Bound and determined

So I've been slacking off lately on a few things. I'm behind on hiking posts and headed for Baxter state park this weekend to climb Katahdin. It was my goal to get back there this summer and actually make it to the summit. My previous trips to Baxter were for search and rescue activities. The first time I made it three-quarters of the way to Chimney pond before the group I was with turned around. The second time I got to Chimney pond but had to hang out there because we were actually on call. Needless to say I am excited about this weekend.

I'm also behind on editing a novella that centers around a (male) bisexual awakening in a martial artist. I have been writing a non-fiction study guide about Mendelian genetics. It's been submitted for formatting and editing. Hey, it's almost like writing fiction in the steps involved.

Now that I've submitted my guide, I'm turning my attention back to something else that I've been slacking on.

That's right. I still have four more Big Book of Bizarro books to sell. I've pestered my friends and family enough. My sister even got me a few sales. Now I need to find a way of (preferably) selling the last four books in my possession. In the next few weeks, one will find a new home through a Goodreads giveaway.

But what to do with the other three? I thought about donating one to the Bangor library. They actually have my first book, Between Love and Lust, on the shelves. But I still need to get paid for 2 more books to break even on the set. I thought about trying to see if the local book store would put a copy on their shelves. How cool would it be to see something that I contributed to in an actual book store? However, they take a 60% cut of any sale and that would mean taking a loss if I wanted to keep the price reasonable.
One of my goals is to not loss money on my writing. Time, energy, hours of sleep sure. But not money. If my writing isn't good enough to sell than I obviously need more practice.

I also thought about doing a buddy push. You know, if you get a friend to purchase a book from me for $20, I'll send you one for free. Caveat is that the shipping addresses would have to be in the USA so it doesn't cost me an arm or other appendage to send them.

What do you think? How would you sell/distribute the remaining books? Should I just drop a book in a random washroom with a note to pass it along? I actually came across one such wandering book at a highway rest stop.