They used to call them vanity presses – now they’re known as P.O.D. (print on demand), but they’re still good for publishing some whacky titles.

Here’s my favorite of the month, from an outfit called Beaver Press (which in my day would mean an entirely different kind of book!):

I Want to Be a Cutout Doll

Contributor(s): Lenzi, Maryann F (Author)

ISBN: 0971189846 EAN: 9780971189843

Publisher: Beaver Publications, Inc.

US SRP: $ 14.95 US – (Discount: 25%)

Binding: Paperback

Annotation: In 80 interconnected poems, a 60-year-old woman asks Mother Nature to turn her into a paper doll so that she can escape the trials and tribulations of her life.

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And who even knew Mother Nature MADE paper dolls!