* 7:30 AM: Inauguration Day! Whoo-hoo!!! There will be parties all over town to celebrate, but once the dancing is done, check out President Obama’s two published books, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. (I don’t think Change We Can Believe In really counts as a book, personally.) And if you really have Obama-fever, there are dozens and dozen of books about the new President (and First Lady) available from SPL. Some of the authors are not fans. [LINK]

* 7:00 PM: Bent: A Writing Institute will be celebrating the inauguration with a reading at Richard Hugo House. “Over thirty Bent writers” will take the stage in the Cabaret to put some of their “own visions into the world.” Or into as many people as happen to show up, I presume.
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* 7:30 PM: Elliott Bay Book Co. is hosting Adam Shepard, yet another self-published author who got a mainstream publishing contract after selling thousands of copies via POD. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream documents Shepard’s successful attempt to go from homeless and broke to flush and sheltered within a year. Which he did. Good job!
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