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We hope this finds you safe, well, and surrounded by good reading material.
Today we are thrilled to announce that TBR is open for gifting, and you get first access! Give the gift of tailored book recommendations–in hardcover or by email–as a one-time gift or year-long subscription. Go ahead and treat someone’s shelf!
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We hope this finds you safe, healthy, and stocked up on reading material.
Just a quick heads-up that effective May 1, 2020, your TBR subscription will include sales tax, in compliance with your state’s regulations that require taxing of digital goods. You don’t need to do anything — this update will occur automatically in your next billing cycle.
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We hope this email finds you safe, well, and surrounded by snacks and good reading material.
We’re excited to share that from here on, all book titles in your TBR profiles and recommendation letters now link to the website of Print: A Bookstore in Portland, ME.
The folks at Print do amazing work fulfilling all of the TBR hardcover subscriptions, and we are so grateful for their partnership. As indie bookstores continue to feel the impact of COVID-19, we encourage you to consider Print when you’re purchasing books from your TBR recommendations, your personal TBR list, or as gifts.
Print is currently offering free shipping on all orders of $20 or more. Prefer ebooks or audiobooks? They’ve got you covered too! Get your first audiobook (delivered by the rad Libro.fm) for just 99 cents, or treat your future shelf by purchasing a Print gift certificate now.
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Thanks for rocking with TBR! If you’re in love with your recommendations and ready to go to the next level, now’s the time to treat yourself.
On July, the price of quarterly hardcover subscriptions will be increasing to $79/quarter plus shipping. (Annual subscriptions will remain $300 + free shipping.) Upgrade now to lock in the current price of $75/quarter plus shipping, guaranteed until July 2020.
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Some of you have reported an issue accessing your recommendations in order to leave feedback for your Bibliologist in anticipation of your next round of recs. We are pleased to report that the bug has been squashed! This was simply a display error; none of your information has been lost or compromised.
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Last week’s Friends & Family sharing was really fun, and you’re now welcome to tell your bookish internet pals about TBR. Please invite them check out mytbr.co/friendsandfam and use the tag #getTBR if you’re so inclined.
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(original post here: https://bookriot.com/2018/06/30/the-books-we-refuse-to-lend/)
One of the most beautiful things amongst book lovers is their joy of sharing; those who love reading find satisfaction in passing along the stories which changed our lives and touched us deeply, there is solace in meeting someone who is willing to read the tales that have moved us. We love libraries, we think they are one of the greatest ideas humans have come up with. It is not a surprise that we enjoy, and even encourage, lending books.
Yet, there are exceptions to this rule. Books we hold so dear that we refuse to even let them out of our sight. Here are a few examples of books our contributors refuse to lend, and their – more than reasonable – excuses.
I have read this book a few times and I own two copies: one in English, that I bought at a flea market in London for £4, and another in my native language, Portuguese, which I bought second-hand for about €4. Now, I don’t mind lending the English version; it’s the Portuguese version that you won’t pry from my dead hands. The reason why I won’t lend this book is simple: it is to me what a bible is to some people, even if it’s not my favourite book: it has a wonderful hardcover, an edition I never saw anywhere else (not the usual movie cover, either, just Ralph Fiennes in the desert holding Herodotus), and it’s a book I find comforting to take with me on plane trips, or when I feel anxious for some reason. I would be pretty upset if I lost this specific book, so I prefer not to lend it to anyone.