In her regular column for the Yakima Herald-Republic, Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond muses on the store’s 2011 bestseller list, noting how unique it is compared to some of the national bestseller lists and how it’s “sprinkled with sparkling gems reflecting different facets of our unique reading character (and characters).” Half of the titles on …
We noticed this week that the pretty vegetarian cookbook Plenty is #2 on the Northwest Independent Bestseller List and that it doesn’t make an appearance on the national list. This was also interesting because we (specifically the editor who is our resident veggie) splurged on this book last week as a little post-holiday-I-wanted-this-for-Christmas-but-hey-Happy-January, Me!-kind of …
It’s always fun to check out the weekly list of Northwest Bestsellers, especially to see what’s selling well in the Northwest that’s not on the national lists. This week a little book caught my eye called Good Night Oregon (#8 on the children’s illustrated books list), from a company called Our World of Books. I’m …
We update the Bestseller list every Wednesday, based on sales in independent bookstores around the Northwest during the previous week. There are always a few titles on our list that don’t show up in the national lists of bestsellers, which is a reflection of the love of regional authors and books by you, our neighbors …
