Please buy Barb Egbert’s book
March 6th, 2008
Barb is the author of Zero Days, her account of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with her husband and 10-year-old daughter.
As of a couple minutes ago, Barb is essentially unemployed — she’s one of the folks getting their walking papers in the Mercury News’ latest round of layoffs (See RIP Mercury News by a former co-worker if you’ve got a morbid curiosity about what’s going on at Ridder Park Drive these days).
It’s not the sexiest memoir out there, admittedly, but it has the fortunate attribute of being true, unlike so many out there. I’ve come across too many who met her PCT family on the trail. Here’s a review at BooksforHikers.com.
So what do you say, folks, how about a little trail angeling for somebody who walked over 2000 miles in a single summer?
Tags: books, Pacific Crest Trail
March 7th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Which retail avenue give here the biggest cut? Or does it matter?
March 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am
John: I’m not sure, to tell the truth.
You could buy it from Hicklebee’s in San Jose.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I already have the book. My wife and I have both read it. I bought it at Amazon (like always), but I’v always thought their lower prices were the result of lower overhead. It probably doesn’t matter where you buy it in terms of proceeds to the author. If I am wrong hopefully someone can clue me in.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Oh, by the way……… sorry about your colleague’s plight. Hope she finds something else very soon.