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Dec

3

2015

Herbert the King's Books store cat

King’s Books Reveals Winner of Name That Cat Contest

King’s Books in Tacoma had a very competitive Name That Cat Contest with over 210 entries of potential noms de chat for their new bookstore cat. In the end, they decided to name him Herbert, in honor of local literary hero Frank Herbert, author of Dune, born in Tacoma. The winning namer was customer Katy Evans. There were many, many great …

Jun

3

2014

Molly Bloom the cat on computer monitor

Annie Bloom’s Receives
James Patterson Grant

Exciting news from Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland:  We’re thrilled to announce that we are being awarded a generous grant by author James Patterson. As you may have noticed, we’ve been using the same outdated DOS-based computers since last millennium. Thanks to the grant, we’ll soon be upgrading to a brand new inventory and point-of-sales …