I created and am heading a new project in Pittsburgh: Fleeting Pages. I’m writing to see if you have any interest in being a part of the project by sending books/work. There are also the opportunities of running a workshop, hosting an event/reading of some kind…if someone can be in the area…
In essence, Fleeting Pages consists of taking over one of the spaces left empty by a failed big box bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA for one month starting May 7, and filling it with independent & self-published work of all kinds, book arts, workshops, and events. All revolving around various forms of written self-expression.
The idea is a result of a few things; the toll taken on local booksellers by big box bookstores, a concern for the cultural effects of big box stores in both their existence and their failure, a general frustration with the model of the corporate publishing industry, and a great appreciation for independent and self-published works of all kinds, as well as for those who create them.
So far, we have work coming in from all over the US as well as from the UK and Australia. Support for the project has been coming in from all over as well- 2,700 unique visitors on our website in less than 3 weeks from 47 states and 41 other countries. And national media inquires.
Feel free to ask any questions you may have. And please share the information with any others you know who may have interest- presses, writers, artists, friends… It will take the masses to pull this off.
Thanks,
-jodi.
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Fleeting Pages
A pop-up book emporium of reading, making, and window licking
Opening May 7, 2011
Hello,
I created and am heading a new project in Pittsburgh: Fleeting Pages. I’m writing to see if you have any interest in being a part of the project by sending books/work. There are also the opportunities of running a workshop, hosting an event/reading of some kind…if someone can be in the area…
In essence, Fleeting Pages consists of taking over one of the spaces left empty by a failed big box bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA for one month starting May 7, and filling it with independent & self-published work of all kinds, book arts, workshops, and events. All revolving around various forms of written self-expression.
The idea is a result of a few things; the toll taken on local booksellers by big box bookstores, a concern for the cultural effects of big box stores in both their existence and their failure, a general frustration with the model of the corporate publishing industry, and a great appreciation for independent and self-published works of all kinds, as well as for those who create them.
So far, we have work coming in from all over the US as well as from the UK and Australia. Support for the project has been coming in from all over as well- 2,700 unique visitors on our website in less than 3 weeks from 47 states and 41 other countries. And national media inquires.
You can find more information on the website: http://www.fleetingpages.com
Feel free to ask any questions you may have. And please share the information with any others you know who may have interest- presses, writers, artists, friends… It will take the masses to pull this off.
Thanks,
-jodi.
–
Fleeting Pages
A pop-up book emporium of reading, making, and window licking
Opening May 7, 2011
http://www.fleetingpages.com
http://www.facebook.com/fleetingpages
http://www.twitter.com/fleetingpages
jodi@fleetingpages.com