This month, in celebration of the release of My Bookstore, a collection of essays written by well-known authors about
their favorite bookstores, our blog is devoted to real books and the real people who love them.
My Bookstore includes essays by John Grisham (That Bookstore in Blytheville), Wendell Berry (Carmichael’s Bookstore), Chuck Palahnuik (Powell’s Bookstore), and of course Barry Moser (Lemuria!).
Even with the rise of e-books and Amazon, independent bookstores are still the heart and soul of the book-selling business. We all read the books we are selling you (or at least try to read them–there are a lot of books), but more importantly, we have met many of the authors of the books we sell. Of course we want them to do well, but we really want for the author’s book to find the perfect reader. When we sell you a book, we aren’t just trying to help you find something that you will enjoy, but rather we want you to meet an author that you will follow, and maybe even collect.
This year, Austen and I have both been raving about Kevin Power’s The Yellow Birds. Even before it was nominated for the National Book Award, we have been trying to find as many readers for it as we could. What are we most excited about? We have both found an author we have liked from his first book, and who we can follow for the length of his career. (Even now, I can’t stop talking about how wonderful Yellow Birds is.)
In My Bookstore, we get to jaunt around the country, hearing what makes a bookstore great. A perfect read for a Sunday afternoon (I’ve been reading one or two essays every week), or even, dare I say, the perfect book for the bathroom.
Barry Moser will be HERE to celebrate the My Bookstore release on Friday, November 16th. Plan on coming out to celebrate with us at 5 PM.
My Bookstore is our November pick for First Editions Club.
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