Hi Don,
Thanks for the clarification. (I just wish they would have put a teeny
mention of this being 'McSweeneys no.26' SOMEWHERE in the piece. Even a
post-it note on the cover would have been helpful.) :-D
Best,
Brenda
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--On Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:09 AM -0500 Don Lorr
<donald.lorr@THOMSON.COM> wrote:
> I believe McSweeney's intends "Where to Invade Next" to part of this
> issue of the periodical:
>
> "McSweeney's 26 comes in three parts: two small, oblong books of stories
> by writers large and small (John Brandon, Amanda Davis, Uzodinma Iweala,
> and eight more), set in regions near and far (Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Spain,
> Arkansas), and a third book, Where to Invade Next, edited by Stephen
> Elliott and inspired by actual Pentagon documents, which seeks to give a
> picture of just how our government could create a rationale for its next
> round of wars. Read them one at a time, or all at once, but know that
> this one's got it all--whirlwind visions of the world of today, and
> dead-serious essays about which parts of it the United States might soon
> be confronting."
>
> http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_i
> d/7e3092c7-bdf7-4966-87b1-2870ee02f922/McSweeneysIssue26.cfm
>
>
> Perhaps this helps deciding how to process.
>
>
> Don
> Donald Lorr | BIN/PR Sr. Publishing Specialist | Thomson West
> 651 848 4607 | donald.lorr@thomson.com
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Brenda L Battleson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:33 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] McSweeney's (update)
>
> An update to my previous post...
> We did just receive "Where to invade next" and it appears to be a
> McSweeney's published title that is independent of the periodical. We
> will probably catalog it as a monograph and add it to our regular
> collection.
>
> Best,
> Brenda
>
> --
> Brenda L. Battleson
> Head, Print Continuations
> University at Buffalo
> 134 Lockwood Library Blg.
> Buffalo, N.Y. 14260-2210
> USA
> Ph. +1 716.645.2305 x232
> Fax +1 716.645.5955
> blb@buffalo.edu
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:18:29 -0400
> From: Brenda L Battleson <blb@BUFFALO.EDU>
> Subject: Re: McSweeney's
>
> Hi,
>
> We haven't received "Where to invade next" (is this pt. 1 of the 3 part
> special issue?) With previous issues, we've elected to treat them as
> special collections materials. Since the dust jackets are comprised of
> artwork and zine-like content, they really cannot be separated from
> their
> respective issues since in many cases, they are a continuation of the
> content. We don't bind and as special collections items, they are
> "in-house
> use only".
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best,
> Brenda
>
> --
> Brenda L. Battleson
> Head, Print Continuations
> University at Buffalo
> 134 Lockwood Library Blg.
> Buffalo, N.Y. 14260-2210
> USA
> Ph. +1 716.645.2305 x232
> Fax +1 716.645.5955
> blb@buffalo.edu
>
> --On Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:01 AM -0500 Mary Jane Crouse
> <mjcrouse@STOWELIBRARY.ORG> wrote:
>
>> Hello, all.
>>
>> Anyone else out there subscribe to McSweeney's? Just received their
>> "Where to invade next" and curious how you're handling this and other
>> quirky McSweeney's materials.
>>
>>
>> Mary Jane Crouse
>> Library Technical Assistant
>> Stowe Free Library
>> 802-253-6145
>>
>>
>
>
