Welcome ... and now we're off

It's been a few months in the making -- time moves differently when you have a new infant in the house -- but today we've officially launched into the world "Get a Spine," the blog that chronicles the search for used classic literature, as well as the tales and people we encounter along the way.

You can read more about us and the blog here, but suffice it to say for now, we've already built a good deal of content that we hope you'll peruse, enjoy, and get to know better for the time being. We're headed out on a road trip (see above) to Cincinnati (with a stop in Louisville likely, and perhaps a visit to Charleston, W.Va., too), which will surely lead to new adventures, new acquisitions and new stories to tell in the coming days and weeks.

Some regular features of "Get a Spine" will include: bookseller reviews from the places we visit; a book events and happenings calendar; a series we're calling "The Spine Nine," which asks the different booksellers we encounter the same nine questions about who they are, what they do, etc.; an "Inside the Book" a "Left in the Leaves" feature detailing the kinds of things one finds between the pages of a used book that aren't related to the story at all; an "Overheard at ..." series, where we post some of the fun/funny/odd/whatever things we hear in our searching; links to resources and other sites/blogs of interest to used book seekers; news related to used books and classic literature; an updated card catalog detailing the contents of our library; and, of course, details about what we find, how we found it, and why we added it to our library. Plus, there will be much more to come as we go.

We hope you'll get as much out of keeping up with "Get a Spine" as we do putting into it. It's a celebration of used books, classic literature, and the people who carry the torch for both.

So enjoy, reach out, subscribe(!), recommend used-book stores for our trip or for future trips, get listed as a blog or resource on our site, or do anything else you'd like to do to be a part of this with us. Our email address is under "Contact" on the right, comments are welcome, and we'd love to hear from you.

Happy reading, and happy travels!