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October is National Book Month in the United States. We want to make it Literature Month here at Amassment! We know there are many members here who enjoy written mediums, and yet there is a severe lack of shrines dedicated to literary subjects. We want to try to change that. As writing is often a huge part in site-making, we would like to take a moment to celebrate the gift of reading and writing that has influenced our interests, our culture, and even our history. Starting tomorrow and going through all of October, we encourage all members to read something in honor of Literature Month, participate in literary discussions and shrine-spotlighting with us, and then join us in creating shrines to literary fandoms. What you decide to read is completely up to you. A book is an obvious choice, but our community will be focusing on other written mediums as well, like manga, comic books, and visual novels.

Please check out our Literature forum this month, and post what you are reading or plan to read in our Literature Month post there (Keep an eye out for it; it'll be up tomorrow). :)


The Rundown

Literature Month will be celebrated across all of Amassment. Here are some of the things going on in October:

• A community-wide reading event.
• A Paperback Marathon promoting new shrines to books, comics, and mangas. Specifics will be found at the Events and Marathons board.
• A literary-themed Shrine Spotlight.
• A focus on literary discussions at our Literature board.
• New Literature headers at the domain.
• A new Owl shop at the Marketplace!
• A sale on Literature-related shop items.

For October only, posts and replies at the Literature board will be worth double in coins. Instead of .5 coins for each post or comment, you'll receive 1 coin there. Also for October, we will allow you all to discuss mangas at the Literature board so that you will receive the double coins there. At the end of the month, our Forum Staff will move the posts to the Anime and Manga board.

Feel free to comment on this post with any comments, questions, or suggestions. Keep an eye on this thread as well, as staffers and admins will comment here when the things above become available.

We hope you will be encouraged to participate in these events, and maybe even read a nice book in October! Stay tuned for all the new features, and have fun! Happy reading!

Hey all! The owl shop is now open: http://board.amassment.org/shop.php?mode=showcat&c=8

You can get all owls Half Off for the month of October only! Right now they are 17 coins but as soon as November hits, they'll go back to 35. Also, a shout-out to Sarah who did a nice job on a handful of these cuties!

**runs to buy one**

Shrine Spotlight (SOTM) is offering coin bonuses for paperback nominations this month!

Read more about it here: http://board.amassment.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=310

Submit your book, comic, or manga nomination today!