Notes on A Sixties Story book launch and ordering signed copies

I've been a busy bee getting a book signing announcement in the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times, Reader and maybe Time Out Chicago. 


We are going to record the Dec. 6 reading I do at the book launch at Katerina's (katerinas.com) from 6-8pm and post the reading on YouTube so the world can share in the experience. Yikes. The world. Weird feeling.

 And I set up ways for people to get inscribed or non-inscribed books if you don't want to order them from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

(1) For the people who plan to come to the book signing, I'd like to sign the books this week at home and bring them to Katerina's on Monday. If you'd like me to do that, email asixtiesstory@gmail.com (you can respond to this email) and be sure to let me know if there's anything special you'd like me inscribe. I'd like to do it that way because there'll be no waiting for you at the book signing (I'm being an optimist that there will actually be a line of people waiting) and I can have time to think about what I'm saying to you. We can handle payment at Katerina's. I'll have plenty of books there if you don't want me to sign it in advance. 

(2) For those who aren't coming to the book signing, to order inscribed or non-inscribed book(s), send a $14.99 check (it's $14.99 for each book) made out to me and be sure to include your address and anything special you want me to say. Send it to:

Toni Apicelli

PO Box 25029

Chicago, Illinois 60625

Amazon and Barnes & Noble can handle credit card purchases. I wish I could, but I don't want to be responsible for other people's credit card numbers. Identity theft issues are daunting.

So, I think that's about it. The first 50 books are sitting in my living room. Another 50 are on the way. And it's still surreal that this is actually happening at last. 

Hope I see or hear from you soon! Your support through it all has been so wonderful. I hope you enjoy the book!

Hugs, 

Toni

asixtiesstory@gmail.com

A Sixties Story is published at last!

It's published! I'll have copies at Katerina's on December 6, from 6-8pm, so you won't need to bring one if you come. Katerina's is at 1920 W. Irving Park in Chicago (katerinas.com).

It's also available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

If you want a signed copy, email me at asixtiesstory@gmail.com and I'll let you know the address to send a check for $14.99. Be sure to let me know where to send the book and if you'd like a special inscription.

Hope to see you at Katerina's!

Book Signing at Katerina's December 6!

My first book signing will be at Katerina's 1920 W. Irving Park in Chicago (see the link for more information about this great jazz club). It'll be from about 6-8pm on December 6. Our favorite jazz songstress Jeannie Lambert and guitar accompanist Andy Brown will start their set about 8pm and I can't think of a better way to celebrate my book launch. They are great! Hope you'll be there. I need all the friends I can get!

katerinas.com

Some quotations from A Sixties Story readers

Here are some quotations from people who have read a pre-publication copy of A Sixties Story.

Toni Apicelli is a real "child of the 1960s," and a prototypical Baby Boomer, of course. Her memories of the post-WW II United States belong not only to Ms. Apicelli of Chicago, Illinois, but to many Americans born in those several years following V.E. and V.J. Days in 1945. As she reminds us, the Fifties were not as placid as we wished that they were, the Sixties broke and set new societal molds, and the succeeding decades only teased with both backward steps and some glimpses of renewal, hope, and, finally, change. The future has some significant precedents to live up to, which Ms. Apicelli points out in her book.

--Anthony Rama Maravillas, Ph.D., Professor of History

Those who lived through the sixties will know this rings true. Everybody else will get a real feel for what those tumultuous days were all about.

--Ilene Cooper, author, Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy

A Sixties Story is a great read whether you were fortunate enough to have lived through those times or not. Toni takes us on a quest from the streets of Chicago through the redwood forests of Northern California that is both intensely personal as well as political. I had forgotten about VISTA--the domestic Peace Corps and a refuge for many who had been active in civil rights before the Black Power movement. Toni's book captures the idealism and drive for change we all believed so possible and reminded this reader how sweet even sad times can be.

--barbara knight 
mental health professional 
babyboomer

Those of us born in the late 1940s were kids born on the cusp. Grounded in the sedate ‘50s, we were hurled by personal and public dynamics into the chaos of the ‘60s. The journey was both physical and psychic. It wasn’t always straight; destinations were not guaranteed or uniform. In A Sixties Story, Toni chronicles one such journey through its prompts, starts and turns. It’s an interesting (and memory jogging) read."

--Sandra J. Rowe, Public Affairs, American Hospital Association (colleague)

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new cover design ... and election notes

one of the new cover designs

One of the two new cover designs has arrived. The other is scheduled to be here on the 29th. I never dreamed that it would be so difficult to get the cover right. But it is. I'm really hoping that my book is a good holiday gift idea, but at this rate, well, I don't know. I'm out of rationalizations of why this is probably for the best. It is what it is.

I'm so worried about the election. It just can't be that many of the sensible people who voted for Obama would rather go back to the disaster we had with Bush or worse, much worse.

I don't know why the Democrats don't run on their record. I heard that 15,000 infrastructure projects were completed with TARP money. More jobs have been created on Obama's year-and-a-half watch than were created in Bush's eight years. Why not tell people that? And health care reform will save millions of dollars over the next few years. Isn't that better than spending 700 million dollars to make rich people richer? It's a crazy world, but hopefully people won't be crazy enough to vote anything but Democratic.

I wish we could be at the Sanity/Fear Rally this Saturday. I'm sure it will be fun and people will feel very good about being there.