TBD Wish List SOLD OUT!

Let's give a cheer for the success of the TBD Wish List! I heard from Colleen at Guys Lit Wire that ALL 772 BOOKS WERE PURCHASED! A total sellout, in the very best way. :~)

You all ROCKED THE DROP!

Ojo Ecino Day School and Alchesay High School have new books descending on them daily now as Powell's delivers.

Here's to Colleen who built and maintained those lists and twittered her fingers off. Here's to Guys Lit Wire and the special help of extra tweets from celebs like Neil Gaiman. And here's to you. Many of you were able to buy multiple copies.

If you have any suggestions for next time around, leave them in the comments for us! Otherwise, do a little dance, rgz!

TBD Wish List Final Hours, 2010

Colleen is winding down the TBD Wish Lists over at Guys Lit Wire. Check out her amazing post about the tribal schools receiving their shipments. Over 600 books have been purchased! Here's what she said after chatting with the librarians:

"No one expected so many books, not one of them thought so many people could be so generous to children they never met and would likely never know. It just all seemed too good to be true.

How awesome is it that you could prove them wrong in such a lovely way."

There may still be time to jump in and make a difference yourself if you haven't yet. Bravo!

PS. Neil Gaiman just tweeted the TBD Wish List AGAIN (Wednesday), so Colleen is leaving the lists up until Friday. Go, rgz, go!!!

TBD Wish List is LIVE!

*squeeeee* You guys are doing GREAT! Over 100 books purchased at the TBD Wish List in 24 hours! You have Guys Lit Wire running around over there. Way to go, ladies! The books are dropping on Ojo Encino and Alchesay High School, adding to their tribal school libraries.

Colleen has constructed amazing lists and a beautiful post at Guys Lit Wire, so be sure to check it out if you haven't yet. Here are the photos she chose to share from American Youth. Beautiful.

And here are her speedy instructions for purchase:

"First, hit the Powells site and on the upper right click on "wish list". From there you will be prompted for the email address of the list owner. Type in "guyslitwire@gmail.com". You will then be given the choice to select either Ojo Encino or Alchesay. Once you are looking at the lists (which contain hundreds of titles) you can make your selection of a new, used, or sale copy. After your done and ready to make your purchase you will be asked to confirm that you are buying books for a certain wishlist. Checking those boxes will keep the lists up to date and prevent books from appearing as unsold even after they were purchased. Now all you have to do is enter the mailing addresses, and here they are:

Mary Nickless
Ojo Encino Day School Librarian
HCR 79 Box 7
Cuba, NM 87013
(505) 731-2333

Marilyn Hill
Alchesay High School
200 Falcon Way
Whiteriver, AZ 85941
928-338-4848"

So there you go. Read, reflect, and reach out for TBD 2010, rgz!