Origin of free book
Just got some clarification of how I received the free book in the mail last week, from my A Word A Day email. :)
From: Ruth Ann Harnisch (jennyATthehf.com)
Subject: Somebodies and Nobodies book giveaway
Were you surprised to receive a book in the mail recently?
Perhaps you are one of the thousands of AWAD readers who requested a free copy of author Robert Fuller's Somebodies and Nobodies earlier this year. Mr. Fuller was AWAD's Guest Wordsmith from June 21-25, 2004, and to help spread the word about "rankism" and the "dignitarian" society (Fuller's words that aren't yet in dictionaries), The Harnisch Family Foundation offered a free copy of Dr. Fuller's book to the first 500 AWAD readers who requested one. We received thousands of requests - so many, in fact, that we expanded the giveaway to 5000 AWAD readers. It took a while to figure out how to ship all those books. Eventually, we partnered with BookCrossing.com -- who we met through AWAD -- and The BookCrossing.com team has now completed the mailing of AWAD requests. However, we have received feedback from many people who are confused about why they received the book. May we kindly request that if you ordered a copy for a friend, that you remind your friend how this book happened to arrive in the mail? And please, don't forget to use the new words whenever you can! Our goal is to make them an official part of the language.
Sincerely,
Ruth Ann Harnisch
President, Harnisch Family Foundation
Definitely a good thing. :D
From: Ruth Ann Harnisch (jennyATthehf.com)
Subject: Somebodies and Nobodies book giveaway
Were you surprised to receive a book in the mail recently?
Perhaps you are one of the thousands of AWAD readers who requested a free copy of author Robert Fuller's Somebodies and Nobodies earlier this year. Mr. Fuller was AWAD's Guest Wordsmith from June 21-25, 2004, and to help spread the word about "rankism" and the "dignitarian" society (Fuller's words that aren't yet in dictionaries), The Harnisch Family Foundation offered a free copy of Dr. Fuller's book to the first 500 AWAD readers who requested one. We received thousands of requests - so many, in fact, that we expanded the giveaway to 5000 AWAD readers. It took a while to figure out how to ship all those books. Eventually, we partnered with BookCrossing.com -- who we met through AWAD -- and The BookCrossing.com team has now completed the mailing of AWAD requests. However, we have received feedback from many people who are confused about why they received the book. May we kindly request that if you ordered a copy for a friend, that you remind your friend how this book happened to arrive in the mail? And please, don't forget to use the new words whenever you can! Our goal is to make them an official part of the language.
Sincerely,
Ruth Ann Harnisch
President, Harnisch Family Foundation
Definitely a good thing. :D
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