{"id":96,"date":"2008-08-12T14:30:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2008-08-12T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T22:30:38","slug":"paperback-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/paperback-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperback Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Timely Persuasion<\/em> is now available at <a title=\"Google Maps - Paperback Junction\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=paperback+junction,+easton,+ma&amp;num=10&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=42.043429,-71.078067&amp;spn=0.010517,0.016222&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_self\">Paperback Junction<\/a> at 669 Washington Street in Easton, MA.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjsign.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97\" title=\"Paperback Junction\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjsign-300x225.jpg?resize=180%2C135\" alt=\"Paperback Junction\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjsign.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjsign.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paperback Junction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Paperback Junction is probably the first book store I ever frequented as a child.  Bought all of my summer reading books there every year, hung out in the used book corner while my Mom ran errands at adjacent stores, religiously showed up once a month when each new serialized volume of <a title=\"Amazon.com - The Green Mile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0743210891\/?tag=timelpersu-20\" target=\"_self\"><em>The Green Mile<\/em><\/a> came out, and even showed up bright and early on the tail end of my TP writing sabbatical to pick up <em><a title=\"Amazon.com - Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000YC57DY\/?tag=timelpersu-20\" target=\"_self\">Dark Tower V<\/a><\/em> on its day of release.\u00c2\u00a0 Needless to say, it&#8217;s an honor for PJ to be my first brick and mortar.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Gretchen Miller for accepting the book, to Jon Mack and Sean Willis for coordinating delivery, and to my parents for the photos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjshelf.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98\" title=\"On The Shelf\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjshelf-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Where's Waldo?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjshelf.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pjshelf.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where&#39;s Waldo?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timely Persuasion is now available at Paperback Junction at 669 Washington Street in Easton, MA. Paperback Junction is probably the first book store I ever frequented as a child. Bought all of my summer reading books there every year, hung out in the used book corner while my Mom ran errands at adjacent stores, religiously&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfx3-1y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/remastered\/","url_meta":{"origin":96,"position":0},"title":"Remastered","author":"LBDG","date":"June 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday the new \"remastered\" paperback edition of Timely Persuasion went live. \u00a0How do you remaster a book? \u00a0Read on... The first version was a complete do it yourself project with the exception of the cover art that was graciously donated by Jos\u00e9 Roberto. \u00a0The text was laid out in Microsoft\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/remastered-setlist.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/14-50-1-45-13-05-in-december\/","url_meta":{"origin":96,"position":1},"title":"$14.50 &#8211; $1.45 = $13.05 in December","author":"LBDG","date":"December 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Lulu.com is running a holiday promotion. \u00c2\u00a0Use coupon code HUMBUG at checkout to get 10% off your order on anything, including the Timely Persuasion paperback. \u00c2\u00a0Valid through December 30th. Not only do you get to go back in time, but you can also go back in price! 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There is a theme there. I don't want to say anything about it. Maybe it's love. There is something that the whole thing's all about.\"\u2014Benji Hughes, Artist Direct\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Behind the Scenes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Behind the Scenes","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/category\/behind-the-scenes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hints on the paperback spine.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/LX-Spine-49x300.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":612,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/kindling\/","url_meta":{"origin":96,"position":4},"title":"Kindling","author":"LBDG","date":"April 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Timely Persuasion is now available on the Amazon Kindle for the low price of $1.99.\u00c2\u00a0 (I figure if you shelled out $359 for a Kindle you like to read and deserve cheap content.) 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