Something to Read

We in the writing business sometimes forget about the people on the other end of our pipeline -- the people in the reading buisness. This is paradoxically absurd, because I know for a fact that many of the people in the writing business are ALSO in the reading buisness.

This man, however, is out to profit both ends of the spectrum--

http://somethingtoread.net/bike.html

It's a project called Something To Read, and if you're in the vicinity of Wicker Park in Chicago any time soon, you should go and see if you can find him. It's the brainchild of Gabe Levinson, and it's attracted the attention of more prestigious pens than mine, like the people at the Chicago Tribune, which ran a rather nice article entitled

A bicycle built for books

in last sunday's Q section. Personally, I think this man is brilliant. He's helping people read. I would, however, give him more brownie points if he were to start the same thing with RECYCLED, SECOND-HAND books.

So, Gabe Levinson, if you're reading this blog, there's an idea for you. (and if you like it, give my freinds at SCARCE a call. I'm sure they'd love to help you. To everyone else, check out his website. He sounds like a pretty groovy guy.