This wasn’t what I intended to write. I had planned a whole thing about the books I love which appeal to my inner 10- to 14-year-old boy. But, then I started noticing something on my social media feeds: Authors, some of whom had close ties to the independent bookselling community, were almost exclusively linking to …
By Liz Button for Bookselling This Week on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Author J.C. Geiger has embarked on a 4,300-mile, 10-day interactive road trip from his hometown of Eugene, Oregon, to New York City and BookExpo to promote the release of his debut young adult novel, Wildman (Disney-Hyperion, June 6). Along the way, he will be …
Earlier this year I read this post [about the dearth of Romance in independent bookstores] on one of my favorite book-community websites. And then I read the comments and–I am not being hyperbolic here–it brought tears to my eyes, because I hear things like this all the time and from both sides of the equation. But, …
