Haven’t seen these kinds of numbers from Amazon in a long time. Must have sold another three copies. (Sorry; click image to enlarge.)
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I have a a few copies of 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die on hand for sale. The cost is $25, postage included, and will be personally autographed as per the customer’s request, ranging from a simple signature to something like ” To ______, the bestest, most handsome, and smartest person I […]
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From Ed Lucas in the Jersey Journal in a piece about what to get the baseball-loving dad in your life: Dad also had a passion for baseball. Luckily, there were — and still are now — hundreds of books released every year covering the subject. And 2014 is no exception. Ron Kaplan’s “501 Baseball Books […]
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From the Department of Shameless Self-Promotion: Jon Leonoudakis is at the Nine Conference in Tempe, Arizona. I’ve never been to one of these but hope to go some day. In the meantime, according to this picture he posted in Facebook, I’m represented. A reminder: If you’d like an autographed bookplate and/or checklist for your copy […]
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This is the time of year when you start hearing about all the exciting new baseball titles you can look forward to. And don’t worry, I’ll get to those soon. But I can’t help feeling a bit sad about the short “buzz-span” of a book. Heck, even that perennial best-seller Moneyball isn’t talked or written […]
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Awhile back I notched my 100,000th visitor. To celebrate the occasion, I put up copies to The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams, by Bill Bradlee Jr., and The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobbleheads, Cracker Jacks, Jockstraps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objects, by Steve Rushin, […]
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Andy Wolfenson over at the “Bloggin’ Baseball (from the bench)” blog (say that five times fast) posted this review of 501 recently. Grateful that it’s still in the air, so to speak.
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Although that’s not quite accurate for what I’m trying to relate here. I do not take joy in others’ misfortunes. They’re not even misfortunes and I’m sure the Germans have a better word for what I’m trying to say. I just take a small degree of satisfaction in knowing that, as of this writing, 501 […]
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Saw this on Facebook from Jon Leonoudakis, producer/director of Not Exactly Cooperstown and 5:04 p.m.: A First Person Account of the 1989 World Series Earthquake Game: “Christmas gift reading haul–I have read the first two profiles on “Glory” and am floored. Dipped into some of Ron Kaplan’s gem, which is to be my book guide […]
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Well hello there My, it’s been a long long time How am I doin’ Oh well, I guess I’m doin’ fine It’s been so long now and it seems that It was only yesterday Ain’t it funny how time slips away From “Ain’t it Funny How Time Slips Away,” by Willie Nelson One of the […]
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Speaking of awards… The “problem” with a book like 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die is that you have to draw the line somewhere to meet the publisher’s deadline. I was allowed some last-minute adjustments to include a handful of books that came out in 2012, but what about this year’s batch? […]
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A dozen Frenchmen (French people?) can’t be wrong. Found this on the Facebook page for the Bookshelf: INSOLITE | Ron Kaplan, célèbre pour son ouvrage “501 livres que les vrais fan de baseball doivent lire avant de mourir” et son blog Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf, a profité d’un voyage à Paris pour venir visiter les […]
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One person’s opinion on “A few baseball books to extend the season.” Really? That’s all you could come up with? IMHO, one of the nice things about 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die — which includes entries about the three titles in the aforementioned piece — is that it lets you, the […]
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To borrow a familiar phrase. Here’s Waldo E. of Burcht, Belgium, by way of Cuba, a happy reader of the book. Well on the way to being an international best-seller. (Remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.)
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And I mean that in the nicest way. If anyone out there who purchased 501 (or borrowed it from the library or even looks at it at the local bookstore) cares to do so, take a picture of yourself with the book, email to ron (at) RonKaplansBaseballBookshelf (dot) com and I’ll be happy to post […]
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Been awhile. Apologies. The latest nonsense is a pinched nerve in my throwing arm, which makes typing extremely uncomfortable, hence the dearth of posts lately. But back to business… Ed Sherman was kind enough to invite me to discuss 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die for his blog on Sports and Media, […]
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Well, perhaps not crazy. Let’s just say “annoyed?” I was reading this piece about “Why I’m Giving Up the NYTimes Book Review Habit,” by Matthew Gasda on the IndieReader website when I came across this passage: This means that, for instance, when a completely unoriginal, flat book gets pushed by its publisher as the next […]
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The circle of literary life (Update )
May 27, 2014
Every now and then I get a bit antsy about the state of 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. I check the Amazon rankings more than I should and am (relatively) happy when it rises, sad when it falls. Fluctuations are constant. It’s been as high as 9,005 and as low as […]
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