Jun 30, 2015

Another Milestone!
Advance sales are going well: The Astronaut Instruction Manual broke 600+ books sold:

These are advance sales. The number represents books sold to you-the-Backers and sales to chain and indie bookstores.

This is greatastic news! Why? Because bookstores, particularly indie bookstores, are places helmed by professionals with a deep passion for books who service the needs of other people with a deep passion for books

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For myself, the only retail store I have spent more time in my life than a bookstore is a comic book shop, and those two are practically cousins. I LOVE BOOKS.

As an avid lifelong book reader and advocate of reading, in terms of fostering humankind's space future, our getting books into the hands of young students to encourage the dream of living, working, and playing space is one of the best things we can do. In the least, we get another reader. And at best?

We get a space future complete with trips to space and the moon and possibly the entire rest of the solar system. What's not to love? Books (and bookstores) rule.

Thanks again and keep up the good work,
Mike Mongo