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003    OCoLC 
005    20201013044043.0 
008    190621t20202020nyua          001 0 eng d 
020    9781982140588|q(paperback) 
020    1982140585|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1105151237 
040    YDX|beng|erda|cYDX|dBDX|dOCLCQ|dCLE|dOJ4|dUAP 
049    CKEA 
050  4 Z1003|b.K386 2020 
082 04 028.8|223 
100 1  Kent, Stephanie,|eauthor. 
245 14 The call me Ishmael phone book :|ban interactive guide to 
       life-changing books /|cStephanie Kent and Logan Smalley. 
250    First Avid Reader Press trade paperback edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAvid Reader Press,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    208 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520    "One night in 2014, two readers named Logan Smalley and 
       Stephanie Kent discussed their favorite literary opening 
       lines. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of 
       times," one suggested. "All of this happened, more or less,
       " the other pointed out. And then, one phrase came 
       immediately to mind: "Call Me Ishmael." As they talked 
       more, the pair wondered what would happen if they invited 
       readers to call a phone number and ask them to leave a 
       voicemail about their most beloved books. But who would 
       they be calling? Ishmael, of course. Soon, they had set up
       a working phone number (a 774 area code, a nod to 
       Ishmael's journey from New Bedford, Massachusetts) and an 
       answering machine greeting. The initial calls they 
       received from family, friends, and coworkers were touching,
       compelling, and surprising, and the voicemail count grew 
       as word spread. As it did, Logan and Steph decided to take
       things further: they built actual rotary phones, which 
       could be placed in libraries, schools, and bookstores, 
       allowing readers to customize and listen to pre-loaded 
       voicemails. In the time since, they have received 
       thousands of phone calls from readers, librarians, and 
       students across the United States that share stories about
       the books that have changed their lives, from The Catcher 
       in the Rye and Beloved to The Sneetches and The House on 
       Mango Street. Now, in The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book, 
       these messages are collected for book lovers everywhere. 
       Designed in the style of the classic Yellow Pages, there 
       is something exciting to discover on each page, from 
       unique phone extensions that have been assigned to each 
       voicemail, as well as transcripts of those calls, literary
       advertisements, bookstore checklists, bookish Easter eggs,
       all organized by category. It is a must-have for any 
       bookshelf or nightstand" --|cAmazon.com. 
650  0 Books and reading. 
650  0 Dial-a-message telephone calls. 
700 1  Smalley, Logan,|eauthor. 
994    C0|bCKE