Buy a Friend a Book!

Debra Hamel wrote to tell me about her new website Buy a Friend a Book!, and who is first to recommend purchases but Damian McNicholl, the author who launched the new "Views" section (his interview, his book's review) last month. Hamel's site is pretty self-explanatory. Here's copy she offers if you feel the need to justify a book gift:

It's Buy a Friend a Book Week and I've selected you as the recipient of a book. Know that this gift is given for no good reason. If it's your birthday, I don't want to hear about it. Anniversary? Not a chance. This is a no-strings-attached present given just because.

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