Battenkill Books is heading for 600 sales of “Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die” as the holiday season approaches. Connie Brooks now has Paypal on her website and we are aiming to sell 1,000 copies of the book by New Years. Connie is offering buyers a choice either of the free signed video of “Going Home” or a signed Bedlam Farm notecard along with any books purchased. This experiment is drawing national attention from bookstores and publishers,  a collaborative venture between a bookstore and a writer, just as this video was a collaborative venture between my readers and I.

I think we can get to 1,000. The holiday season is just underway and it may be an appropriate gift for friends or family members. This offer also apples to “Meet The Dogs Of Bedlam Farm,” my first children’s book. This is important, I think. It makes a powerful statement, not only about books but about how important bookstores are for us. In America, things have gotten big. We are Wal-Marting the world. I understand why people shop at Wal-Mart and on Amazon, but I believe as many of you do in the right of the smaller, community-based individual to survive. We have lost pharmacies, grocery stores, family clothing stores. We’ve lost enough. We should have both, not one or the other.

I don’t want anybody buying any of my books they don’t want or need, but if you might want or need one this is a good way for you to get one. Connie will ship anywhere, and something good and free will come with it. Thanks for your support so far. It is amazing and Connie and I are thrilled. You can also call her 518 677-2515 if you miss contact with an independent bookstore and a devoted bookseller. (And her very wonderful mother Marilyn also.)