Amy Kane, who owns the bookstore in Haines, the tiny Alaska town where I live, tells everyone that my books, especially the most recent one, Of Bears and Ballots, published June 30, 2020, saved her business during the pandemic, but really, The Bookstore saved me. “Bottom line is without that book we wouldn’t be here,” …
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 …
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 As you may have noticed, we’ve been using the same outdated DOS-based computers since last millennium.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 …
