My last night at the ICon

After two wonderful days of book selling fun it was time to pay the piper.As a volunteer at the ICon I had received a special vendor's discount which meant that despite my less then positive experience as a volunteer earlier in the week, I was still committed to another day of volunteering. That is why, despite only getting four hours of sleep for the past two night, I was up bright and early this morning, and heading once again to Tel Aviv.But I'm...

Our Third Contest Winner

Congratulations to our third contest winner, Ramona, from Ashdod.Ramona will receive an autographed copy of the Tel Aviv Dossier, a novel by Israeli authors Nir Yaniv and Lavie Tidhar.If you can manage it, Ramona, I suggest you read the part with the detailed apocoliptical destruction of the Tel Aviv Bus Station, while actually in the Tel Aviv Bus Station. I found it adds a little extra spice to the reading experience. Enjoy your book!...

Second Winner of the Book-A-Day Giveaway

Congratulations to our second winner, Susan from Rishon Letzion, who has chosen to receive a copy of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris.Now the remaining books in the giveaway include:Warbreaker by Brandon SandersonThe Tel Aviv Dossier by Lavie Tidhar and Nir YanivThe Apex Book of World SF Edited by Lavie TidharHunting Ground by Patricia BriggsThe Warded Man by Peter BrettThe Dreaming Void by Peter HamiltonFor more information about the contest and the books being given away, visit my earlier blog post h...

My second day at the ICon, much better then the first

I just got back from my second day at the ICon, where I had an awesome time!Selling books is much more fun then volunteering (or waiting around to volunteer)I got to spend a whole day surrounded by books and talking to people about books. I met a lot of new and interesting people (with an emphasis on interesting- this is a con after all) and I even made some money! Nir Yaniv also stopped by my table and signed his book, so now I have an authographed copy of the Tel Aviv Dossier to give away.Overall, I had a really great time and I look forward...

My Day at the ICon

Yesterday was the first day of the ICon and I was scheduled to volunteer from 6 Pm to 8 PM.I took a bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and got to the ICon at 5 PM, which I figured would give me enough time to look around and see if there was anything interesting going on. Ten Minutes later I had determined there nothing interesting was going on.I had received five free event tickets but none of the lectures interested me and the workshops were all centered...

First winner of Book Giveaway

The first winner of the Book A-Day Giveaway is....Revi from Beer Sheva!Revi has chosen to recieve The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, by Leanna Renee Hieber; a book I highly enjoyed and I hope she enjoys as well.Congratulations Revi!...