Again to Carthage will be published at the end of the month
As the price of Once a Runner
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.)