I’m In The Library *To The Max*

So, as mentioned previously, my books are now in the Hikari City Public Library. But apparently that wasn’t the end of my library adventures.

The other day, I stopped by my neighborhood sake shop and the owner told me the library’s new head, who had taken over after my last donation, wanted to talk to me about boosting local library usage. Which, despite my enthusiasm for libraries, seemed like something beyond my skillset. But, hey, I’m always happy to meet and talk.

I talked to the new head, who in a small-town coincidence, knew me because our sons went to preschool together. He wanted to talk about things like running book recommendations from “interesting people” in the library newsletters and such, and briefly mentioned that the library would love to stock my sake book. I also happened to get a shipment of the US version of Strange Houses just before, so I brought one along, too.

So, we set up a little publicity stunt where I donated books to the library when a reporter from the local newspaper just happened to be there to get pictures!

I have no idea if this will raise interest in the local library, but I certainly hope it does.