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The Dual Personalities of Writing
A guest post by Brandon Christopher, author of The Job Pirate As both a novelist and freelance copywriter-for-hire, I have discovered two very different processes of writing—one for the literary voice, and one for the advertising voice. Both are living, breathing methods of putting thoughts onto paper, yet both styles[Read More...]
Beyond the Book Club
I have a confession to make – I never participated in a book club before becoming a bookseller. I wasn’t opposed to them but I didn’t see the point of being part of an organized group created with the sole purpose of discussing books. Book discussions should just happen organically,[Read More...]
Self-Publishing is Here to Stay
A Guest Post by author Lance Manion ¡Viva la Revolución! The more articles I see about how self-publishing is ruining the literary world the happier I get. The establishment is finally waking up to the fact that their influence is going to start to wane. Cocktail parties, press junkets and[Read More...]
Black Friday, or How I Spent My Holiday Giving Away Money
These days, the “Black” in Black Friday makes people think of mini-riots, bleary-eyed shoppers, angry confrontations over the latest Sesame Street marketing variation, and shell-shocked minimum wage employees who wish all the customers in their store would go away, forever. The original intent of “Black Friday” was much different, as it’s[Read More...]
7 Podcasts for Bibliophiles
Give your eyes a break and listen to these book related podcasts – including author interviews, live readings and interesting facts from the literary world. 1. The New Yorker: Fiction : A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman. 2. Litopia A podcast from the Litopia Writer’s Colony[Read More...]
When An Author Comes To Visit
An important part of being a community bookstore is hosting authors – emerging and established, and all of us in between. Playing host or hostess can be a great deal of fun. It also can be exhausting and often stressful. We plan these events to hopefully bring more people into[Read More...]
What’s In a Book?
I woke up at 2:30am the other night and couldn’t fall back asleep. This happens every once in a while when I have too much on my mind. I used to toss and turn and get frustrated, angry – sometimes blaming my husband as he would lie there dreaming. He’d[Read More...]
“It must be nice to own a bookstore…”
“It must be nice to own a bookstore and be able to sit around and read all day. Sometime, when I retire, I’d love to open a bookstore.”
If I had a quarter for the number of times I’ve heard that comment expressed to me in a jovial manner by a well-meaning customer, I’d have enough money to buy that Robert Crais 1st edition of “The Monkey’s Raincoat” that I’ve been wanting for the last 10 years.
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