On Friday, Shelf Awareness took over the iconic Waiting for the Interurban statue in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood. Residents, commuters and visitors were welcome to take some of the hundreds of new fiction and nonfiction titles we placed at the location.
"We wanted to do something fun that promotes reading. One of our major focuses is helping people discover books," said Jenn Risko, publisher of Shelf Awareness. The books were ARCs, selected by Shelf Awareness's book review editor, Marilyn Dahl. "We hope by offering a wide variety of free books, anyone can find something they’ll enjoy. For us, that's the beauty of reading--discovering a new book or a new author," Dahl said.
photo: Maynard Garritty