Again to Carthage will be published at the end of the month

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As the price of Once a Runner soars up near $500 for a used copy, the release date for Again to Carthage approaches at the end of November. The official publication date for Again to Carthage is November 26, 2007. I am not sure when Once a Runner will be republished, but John had said that it would be early next year around the same time that the sequel was published.

Amazon currently has a pre-order special where you can purchase the book at a discount plus get an additional 5% off once the book is placed into your cart. I pre-ordered my copy this morning. The cover price for the book is $23.95, and Amazon currently has it listed at $16.29 (see the ad to the right for the latest price as you view this article.) An additional 5% discount brings the total price for the book down to $15.48.

I thought that that was certainly a worthwhile price for the book. I have been looking forward to the publication of it since I got to listen to John Parker read the first chapter at Maine Running Company this Summer.

4 Comments

  1. crossn81
    crossn81 on November 14, 2007 at 8:23 am

    Did you see this month’s Runners World? They have an article about Parker and then an excerpt from the book. Here is a link to it.

  2. Blaine Moore
    Blaine Moore on November 14, 2007 at 9:07 am

    I hadn’t seen the magazine, but I knew that it was going to be in there. When I met John this Summer, he was proofing the pages that they sent to him, and on his caring bridge site they talked about it coming in the next issue. My 3 free issues from having run the Marine Corps Marathon only wound up being two issues though, so I didn’t get a copy yet.

    Thanks for the link!

  3. curly su
    curly su on November 19, 2007 at 11:06 am

    i’m not sure how he got his hands on it early, but a friend sent me a copy, and it was really good…i like his running style, and from what i hear, he does a great job of portraying what it’s like to be a runner…definitely some quotable stuff in it.

  4. Blaine Moore
    Blaine Moore on November 19, 2007 at 11:16 am

    Actually, it’s for sale already. I saw it at Maine Running Company the other day when I was in there. You can also buy it directly from the publisher.

    For whatever reason, Amazon isn’t shipping it until the end of the month. But that is okay; I’ve already waited 10 years for it so a few more weeks won’t hurt. (I didn’t read the original when it was published, mostly because I was not yet alive, so I first heard of it and read it in 1998.)