Religious Bookseller Trade Exhibit – <\/a>it’s a mass booksigning during which publishers pull out a couple of authors each and we sign frantically for an hour while exhibit attendees go from table to table, hauling their suitcases and stocking up on their free books. It all makes you feel very popular, but of course what’s popular is free books. Always. <\/p>\n(I will be posting a couple of things this morning, but comments are closed on most recent posts, and will be closed on these. Long-time readers know that I close comments when I’m out of town – one less thing to worry about (combing through comments) when I return.)<\/p>\n
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