The Second Day

I forgot to mention that I was given keys yesterday, my first day! So, I pretty much have a second residence now, which is great. I read outside in the sun for about three hours today, much like yesterday. Reading books I was instructed to read. A chapbook, a collection of poetry.

Thank you letters! I foolishly thought I had left behind the addressing of envelopes and placing of stamps and return addresses and stuffing envelopes when I finished AMIGOS. Ha! That is what I did today, as well as talk to another one of my fellow interns. Of the three women I talked to, three of them are Seniors at the U of A with a major in English. I wonder why that could be.

Learning learning! About the business aspect, I suppose. "What is an invoice", I asked. The explanation boiled down to "a bill we give to bookstores." "What are royalties?" I asked. "The money an author gets when others use the products of their mind." Also, Kore Press' authors get a money prize up front, and also get copies of their book to sell themselves. This is regular in the publishing industry, apparently. So, when you buy a book for $12.00 at Borders, two of those dollars do not go to the author. Basically all of it goes to the publisher, since they now own the book."Tell me about return policies," I requested. "Our policy of 60 days is pretty lenient. But stores often return a lot of the books they order from us. Often. It's no big deal." "What are Chapbooks?" My informant suggested that we go to Wikipedia to find out, while simultaneously looking at one in my hand. Chapbooks are bound like pamphlets and contain literature. They were created by 19th century bibliophiles as sort of disposable books. Why anyone would want to dispose of books, I cannot fathom, but there you have it.

Hmm... maybe I should take some pictures and put them up here. We shall see.

~Samone