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I was thinking about doing this on eBay, but I've never used eBay before and it seems like it's best to start with something small there and I have a feeling this could get big.
( I wrote a long and rambling pre-amble that doesn't necessarily add much information and pushes the key facts down off the page, but I can't bear to erase it so I'm LJ-cutting it. )
I am selling the first copy of the first book of Tales of MU to the person who makes the highest bid for it before midnight Central Standard Time on Saturday, March 19th. (That is, your post must be no later than 11:59 the night of Friday the 18th.) This book has never been read and only briefly been handled. I ordered it as a proofing/sample copy when I was still getting set up on Lulu for the first time. It contains some "rare" features: in the first chapter, there's a reference to phone numbers that was edited out once I established magic mirrors as a substitute for phones. This book also bears a unique ISBN number, as when I first started out I was planning on using one of Lulu's services for getting my books sold through Amazon and other retailers that involved having an ISBN number and no control over the price.
I decided the price wasn't worth it, and so no other copy of the book... no other printed and bound volume in existence... bears this number. It is unique, and it identifies this as the first copy.
I will sign the book on the inside front cover for the winner, if desired. I can make it out to a particular person or just sign it, but longer dedications are not possible due to the physical limitations of my hands.
To bid: Click the "reply" link for the most recent bid in the bidding thread and state the amount of your bid. I'll start the thread immediately after posting this. Clicking the "reply" link on the last bid (not "post a comment" is important. It doesn't just make sure your bid is in the right place. It also notifies the person you've outbid.
Don't send money when you make your bid; only if you're the winner. Questions/comments about the book or the auction process can be left as comments on this post, but please stay out of the bidding thread if you're not bidding. In the event that the bidding thread gets too long to be manageable, I may start a second thread and freeze the first one.
More Details:
This is book 1, "Welcome Weekend", containing the first 22 chapters only.
It should be assumed to be identical to the copy currently available from my Lulu store except where noted.
( I wrote a long and rambling pre-amble that doesn't necessarily add much information and pushes the key facts down off the page, but I can't bear to erase it so I'm LJ-cutting it. )
I am selling the first copy of the first book of Tales of MU to the person who makes the highest bid for it before midnight Central Standard Time on Saturday, March 19th. (That is, your post must be no later than 11:59 the night of Friday the 18th.) This book has never been read and only briefly been handled. I ordered it as a proofing/sample copy when I was still getting set up on Lulu for the first time. It contains some "rare" features: in the first chapter, there's a reference to phone numbers that was edited out once I established magic mirrors as a substitute for phones. This book also bears a unique ISBN number, as when I first started out I was planning on using one of Lulu's services for getting my books sold through Amazon and other retailers that involved having an ISBN number and no control over the price.
I decided the price wasn't worth it, and so no other copy of the book... no other printed and bound volume in existence... bears this number. It is unique, and it identifies this as the first copy.
I will sign the book on the inside front cover for the winner, if desired. I can make it out to a particular person or just sign it, but longer dedications are not possible due to the physical limitations of my hands.
To bid: Click the "reply" link for the most recent bid in the bidding thread and state the amount of your bid. I'll start the thread immediately after posting this. Clicking the "reply" link on the last bid (not "post a comment" is important. It doesn't just make sure your bid is in the right place. It also notifies the person you've outbid.
Don't send money when you make your bid; only if you're the winner. Questions/comments about the book or the auction process can be left as comments on this post, but please stay out of the bidding thread if you're not bidding. In the event that the bidding thread gets too long to be manageable, I may start a second thread and freeze the first one.
More Details:
This is book 1, "Welcome Weekend", containing the first 22 chapters only.
It should be assumed to be identical to the copy currently available from my Lulu store except where noted.
