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The SROP Year-End Pre-Fire Sale
This is not really a sale; it's more of a last-ditch effort to give away some stuff that's sitting here on the Big Shelf of Unwanted Tomes.
Once in a while the Head Rodent at Smashed-Rat-on-Press has to re-print a book because a typo is found in the current edition. Or the format needs to be changed a little. Or we decide to typset it in some other font entirely. Since we only keep one sample copy of each book on our archival shelves, this means we sometimes have extra copies sitting around which are known to be somewhat imperfect. They might have a few little typos, or have some formatting glitch. But the text in them is generally the same as the latest available edition, except for the little defects. The books are entirely readable and not known to contain utterly embarrassing problems. (Those that turn out to be too embarrassing even for free giveaway get ripped to shreds mercilessly and used as nesting material for the little furry-faced folks at SROP. That happened to two books this afternoon, in fact.)
Single copies of the following paperback books are available, free for the asking to readers over 30 years of age. Free shipping within North America is included. (Sadly, there's no chance of these arriving before Christmas, and not likely before the new year.) All you need to do is figure out how to e-mail the rodent at SROP and request one of these books. We promise we won't haunt you later or send unwanted catalogs to your mailbox or anything of that sort.
After each book title is a brief description of what's wrong with it, editorially or print-wise:
The Girl Who Grew Crutches From Seeds (1 typo)
The River Rises on Fanny's Future (2 minor typos)
The Princess on the Rock (format diff only)
A Harlot of Venus (format diff only)
On the Klickitat (different cover)
Diane at Fifteen (mostly punctuation issues)
The Typographer's Left Shoe (clean extra)
Slightly Shocking Fairy Tales (limited-print-run copy)
As each book is claimed, I'll cross out or remove the titles. (Like this.) So if you see it here and it's not crossed out, it's still available. However... Any books left over on January 1, 2017 will be heaved into the annual conflagration. For reference, here are all the lovely covers in a row:
And if there's something else in one of the SROP GREEN or RED catalogs that you just can't live without, feel free to ask because we might bedesperate magnanimous enough to load you down with a free copy anyway, compliments of the chef.
Happy Holidays!
P.S.: Don't forget there are also four unloved copies of Anna Conda of the KGB still available as well.
Once in a while the Head Rodent at Smashed-Rat-on-Press has to re-print a book because a typo is found in the current edition. Or the format needs to be changed a little. Or we decide to typset it in some other font entirely. Since we only keep one sample copy of each book on our archival shelves, this means we sometimes have extra copies sitting around which are known to be somewhat imperfect. They might have a few little typos, or have some formatting glitch. But the text in them is generally the same as the latest available edition, except for the little defects. The books are entirely readable and not known to contain utterly embarrassing problems. (Those that turn out to be too embarrassing even for free giveaway get ripped to shreds mercilessly and used as nesting material for the little furry-faced folks at SROP. That happened to two books this afternoon, in fact.)
Single copies of the following paperback books are available, free for the asking to readers over 30 years of age. Free shipping within North America is included. (Sadly, there's no chance of these arriving before Christmas, and not likely before the new year.) All you need to do is figure out how to e-mail the rodent at SROP and request one of these books. We promise we won't haunt you later or send unwanted catalogs to your mailbox or anything of that sort.
After each book title is a brief description of what's wrong with it, editorially or print-wise:
As each book is claimed, I'll cross out or remove the titles. (
And if there's something else in one of the SROP GREEN or RED catalogs that you just can't live without, feel free to ask because we might be
Happy Holidays!
P.S.: Don't forget there are also four unloved copies of Anna Conda of the KGB still available as well.
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