Friday, August 25, 2006
By KIM CURTIS, Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — Buoyed by last year's success, the First Amendment Project will again auction off character-naming rights in new books by prominent authors including Carl Hiaasen, Lorrie Moore and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones.
The 2005 online auction raised $150,000 for the nonprofit organization devoted to protecting freedom of information, expression and petition, and thrilled nearly two dozen fans who paid to see their names in print, according to David Greene, executive director.
Linda-gail Case, 52, a self-proclaimed'tried and true'Nora Roberts fan, spent $6,800 last year to see her name in Roberts'latest novel,'Angels Fall.'"
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