Con or Bust is a project of the Carl Brandon society, which is, to quote their website, "a 501c3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction." To help this mission happen, Kate Nepveu administers the Con or Bust auctions, which help fans of color get to conventions. It's an awesome cause, and it delights me.
This year, Orbit and I have donated two signed sets of the Newsflesh series to the auction. They're being mailed by my publisher, so will not be personalized...but they're being mailed by my publisher, which means there's no chance the mail sack gets forgotten next to the front door for three weeks when there's a new Pokemon release. Everybody wins!
Especially our community. Because what Con or Bust does is make our community better by making it more awesome.
So take a look, and check out the rest of the offerings while you're there.
A note for international readers: these books can only be shipped to people in the US and Canada because of publishing rights. If you're not from those countries, there are other items that you can bid on. Or you can donate to Con or Bust here. On the “review your donation” screen, please click “Add special instructions to the seller” and indicate whether this is a donation or payment for an auction item.
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February 14 2014, 01:20:59 UTC 3 years ago
February 15 2014, 00:06:52 UTC 3 years ago
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