I just got off the phone with Mark Herzel of WVXU Cinncinnati, an NPR station, and we talked about “Second Chance Dog: A Love Story” for nearly an hour, there were great calls from some of you blog-readers and other dog lovers and great questions from Mark. You can hear it here.  I miss sitting down with people like Mark as happens on a traditional book tour, but I am committed to trying to make this new kind of tour work, and it is off to a promising start. The book is in it’s second printing, and Connie Brooks is badgering me to get over to Battenkill Books and begin signing the more than 400 books stacked in boxes waiting for me (and in many cases, Maria) to sign.

We will be there awhile. The first phase of my new book tour is getting at least 500 pre-orders for my book to Battenkill Books, and I think  by the time I get to the bookstore we will hit 500, perhaps more, and I thank all of you good people for that. This book tour is being run through my blog and not much else, we are making some publishing history. Maria and I will be signing for a good few hours and I will report back on the status of things, as always. I appreciate this community very much, this is a Day Of Meaning for me, and I place great stock in Days Of Meaning, they acknowledge the crisis and mystery and wonder of life.

You can pre-order the book right here, Connie take Paypal and ships anywhere in the world. Or you can call at 518 677-2515. If you call in the next few hours, Maria and I will be there – maybe I can say hello, I’ll try. We’ll be there at 3:15 p.m. EDT, I want to sell 500 books for Connie and for this quite wonderful bookstore, my hometown bookstore. This is something we will not lose in our community.

Publication is tomorrow, the book will be available everywhere books are sold, in paper and digital form. Frieda, Maria and I will be launching the book at Battenkill at 7 p.m. – talk, reading, signing, discussion. Frieda does not wish to meet your dogs, thanks.