More Notes of a Dirty Old Man The Uncollected Columns - Coming September...

[Bukfan]

I just got an email from City Lights. The book can be ordered now. Postage for Europe is $12 (which is 49 cents cheaper than Amazon).

 

[PBBUK]

I wonder how many people in the US order 2 books as the postage is only one extra dollar? Like me ...

 

[mjp]

$9 to ship a $12 paperback? Nice. Why not do away with the pretense all together and just charge $25 (or $50 or $99) for the book and throw in "free" shipping.

I guess I'll go look for this one at one of those creepy old book stores. Ew!

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Maybe $9 isn't so much. Forget what I said. Will probably go to a creepy old book store anyway.

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

Some promotion/review from LA Weekly. Moves onto the Esotouric side of things which will no doubt irk some.

 

[Bukfan]

"Though he was born in Germany, his family moved to South Central L.A. when he was 10."
- So much for research.

 

[Erik]

I usually order the book thru a creepy old Norwegian book store.
(Though I do it on a cozy modern PC.)
They handle all the ordering and I pick up the book at the shop postage free.
Works everyt time.

 

[mjp]

The finished book showed up here a couple of days ago, and it looks good. I haven't re-read it yet, but it looks like they've fixed the typos that popped up in the proof copies. Another solid link in the chain, this one.

 

[David]

Well, this one looks good I think. Hope you guys and gals like it!

 

[mjp]

This is trivial, I know, but this one is 8 x5.5 inches, just like the old City Lights books and the two that were split from Erections. Which is fine, but Portions and Absence were 6 x 9 inches. Looks like different publishers there together on the shelf.

And in the final analysis, isn't what these things look like on my shelf what it's all about? Come on.

Oh, the word bits inside are great though.

 

[Stavrogin]

Arrived today and after lunch I'm digging in. David - thanks for the work you put in to these books.

 

[Black Swan]

I'm ordering mine today.

 

[Bukfan]

I've just received my copy. I have'nt read any of the stories yet, but I've read David's 16 page long afterword and it's pretty interesting, I think.

 

[roni]

[...] I've read David's 16 page long afterword [...]

This is what I'm gonna read first too, once I get the book.

 

[Joseph K]

...just like the old City Lights books and the two that were split from Erections.

mjp, the proximity of "split" and "erections" caused Laughing Boy Joey K. to wince audibly....

 

[mjp]

My sincere apologies to anyone with a penis (why do I feel like I've said that before?).

 

[Purple Stickpin]

It appears that hoochmonkey has been to California recently.

 

[Johannes]

Going to order it too. Of course.

 

[StaceyCL]

Couple of readings with editor David Calonne for More Notes this week in SF and LA: Thursday, 9/8, 7pm at City Lights & Sunday, 9/10, 5pm at Skylight (both free, of course). There will be sales of rare foreign editions of Buk books at City Lights that eve. More info here: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100906740&fa=events

 

[StaceyCL]

interview with david calonne in sf weekly: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2011/09/bukowski_is_back_with_more_not.php

 

[StaceyCL]

interview with David Calonne & book excerpt on The Nervous Breakdown:
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/dcalonne/2011/09/david-calonne-the-tnb-self-interview/

 

[roni]

still haven't found what you're looking for?
Here's what you been looking for:

 

[Rekrab]

I'm with you, whatsayjew. Plenty coming in, and all of it going out. But somehow I'll snag a few dollars for this.

 

[Black Swan]

I finally ordered my copies of Absence and More Notes , free shipping.

 

[hank solo]

Good books Swan, sure you'll enjoy them.

 

[Stavrogin]

Sat and read More Notes... in one sitting. Hope David is hard at work on the 3rd one.

 

[whatsayjew]

I'm with you, whatsayjew. Plenty coming in, and all of it going out. But somehow I'll snag a few dollars for this.

I'm making sure I rack up as much debt as possible whilst I'm young so I have no choice but to become michael flatley's heir.

 

[Rekrab]

That's the way to go. If you're creative and work hard at it every day, the credit card companies will let you dig yourself a deeper and deeper hole. I find they are willing to work with you, raising your limit, allowing you to shift balances from old accounts with high interest rates to new accounts with zero interest for one year -- that sort of thing. Of course, they're just trying to help you out.

 

[Jaqdaw]

Notes was the first discovery way back in the day amid a fleet of pale blue Penguins it stood right out out like a snarling jester. Now a part 2. Thank u Buk.