The Champ wins again.
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Get the vote out (over there, on the right)

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Oh well, the radio didn't happen.
It seems they were broadcasting live from Tanglewood and I never got the message that my slot was cancelled.

TRULY TROY books
by local authors, with Troy settings

Stanley on the radio again.
Tuesday, August 5 @ 10:05AM
on WAMC FM (www.wamc.org)

Here is the list of books I'll be talking about:

Leslie by Richard Matturro
Curse of the Veiled Murderess by Hollis Palmer
The Nightingales of Troy by Alice Fulton
Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy by the Center for Land Use Interpretation
Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
The Trial of Bat Shea by Jack Casey
The Bell Casters of Troy by Sidney Ross
Industrial Archeology in Troy, Waterford, Cohoes, Green Island and Watervliet compiled by John and Diana Waite
Every Move You Make by M. Williams Phelps
Ornamental Ironworks: Two Centuries of Craftsmanship in Albany & Troy, NY by Diana Waite
Beyond Time by Kersten Lorcher and Uta Susse-Krause
Greetings from the 50 States: How They Got Their Names by Sheila Keenan
&
(DVD) "Sittin' on a Million" a local movie about famed madam Mame Faye by Penny Lane & Annemarie Lanesey

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AND!!! Speaking of Harry Potter!!!
This new title will be available on Thursday, December 4, 2008.
I'll post the details of this book in a bit... I just had to get this online!

Midnight snack?

Another series has been getting a bit of attention lately. It is not as big a buzz as Harry Potter, but certainly it's getting attention. The series is by Stephenie Meyer and features a paranormal romance with a vampire. This series, which concludes with the sale of the last volume Breaking Dawn, is marketed to the female teen reader. There's even a breakaway adult title The Host which some readers have snatched up. We've sold a fair number of books in the series but nothing compared to the juggernaut of the HP series. And this Twilight series has only recently been selling briskly for us.

Some stores will have a midnight debut of the book. Vampire themes. A late nite bite! I haven't been bitten by the "Edward" frenzy (he's the vampire hero of the story) but I can appreciate any excitement about books. I'm a book lover and lover of readers. How can I not enjoy the excite of young people and adults who are eagerly looking forward to the next book. I've been in their shoes. But I'm glad I don't have to stay up late tonight. I'll be there in the morning, when the dawn breaks to open the store and sell some books.

Speaking of vampires. we're hoping to have a GRAND Halloween party this year, which takes place on the night of Troy Night Out! The theme will be vampires and zombies and we should have LOTS of fun.