You deserve all the love, romance readers! Independent bookstores around the country (and beyond!) celebrate romance books and romance readers with the third Bookstore Romance Day on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Visit participating stores to browse their romance selections. Register for virtual events on both Saturday and Sunday (just note: the site has East coast …
From Diana Portwood of Bob’s Books in Lincoln City, OR: Things booksellers do: rally the community to pitch in! A visitor to town parked out front and left her lights on. Her dad came in to see if there was a roadside assistance business in town to see about a jump as they don’t …
Independent bookstores don’t have the space to carry every title, but they celebrate your freedom to read. This week, many stores created displays to raise awareness of censorship through Banned Books Week (September 23-29, 2018). From University Book Store in Seattle: We’re with the Banned. In celebration and anticipation of 2018’s top 10 banned books, we’re …
I am Diana Portwood, manager of Bob’s Beach Books in Lincoln City, OR. I grew up here on the coast and came back after attending the University of Oregon. My parents each have their own business and many of you know them; Meg Portwood, my mom, is a nurse practitioner with her own clinic; my …
“If you enjoy a good laugh paired with a complex sci-fi plot definitely check out Alien Diplomacy. Koch is one of the very few authors I can honestly say makes me laugh out loud. Her newest book continues the Kitty Katt Martini series with fabulous gusto. Perhaps the most remarkable thing here is that her …
Frankly, we’re tired of the debates, droning articles, prognosticating and the general chicken little-ing around the e-reader issue, but this is the kind of story that warms our bookseller hearts. Diana Portwood, manager at Bob’s Beach Books (Lincoln City, OR), tells us that a customer came in yesterday for The Hunger Games, the first in Suzanne Collins’ …
