Congratulations to the Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Recipients! Author and publishing phenomenon James Patterson continued his holiday tradition of generosity to booksellers by giving bonuses to independent booksellers around the country. Thank you to Mr. Patterson and to all the readers who nominated booksellers. These are the PNW booksellers who received bonuses this year: Ellis …
Hooray for a successful move for West Seattle’s Paper Boat Booksellers! The store is in its new spot, in the Alaska Junction at 4522 California Ave SW in West Seattle. Stop by and visit the new digs! Store hours are TUE/WED/THURS 10-7 and FRIDAY + SATURDAY 10-8. Enjoy a virtual visit with their photos below …
From the Phinney Books/ Madison Books Team in Seattle, WA: It’s been a bit quiet on the newsletter side of things here, in part because we’ve had quite a bit going on, and in part because many of us have been in and out of town during the summer, but most of all because we …
Congratulations to The Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene, ID on their 10th Anniversary! Friday, May 31- Monday June 3, the store welcomes customers to celebrate with a 10%-off sale throughout the store and a prize wheel with even more ways for people to feel lucky. Swing by in person, on their website, or on their …
In June, 1974, Jan Bruton and Lynn Kelly, filled with a passion for children’s books and music, opened A Children’s Place Bookstore in a tiny storefront just off NE Broadway [Portland, OR]. Over the years, the bookstore would move locations, change owners, and expand in size but always with the same mission: provide the very …
Seattle booklovers had another occasion to celebrate over Thanksgiving/ Indies First weekend: an event with author and bookseller Nick DiMartino of University Book Store. The photos are from the University Book Store Booksellers Instagram. Out to celebrate our own Nick DiMartino’s retirement from the @ubookstoreseattle after more than FIFTY YEARS with the company, friends joined us …
From Carol Price, owner of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID: My three favorite teenage employees graduated from Moscow High School last weekend: Reed Spurling (my son), Sidney Williams, and Emma Seckington. They’ll all be going off to college in August: Reed to University of Arizona for aerospace engineering, Sidney to Georgia Tech for math, …
More big news from Roger and Nancy Page, longtime owners of Island Books of Mercer Island and newly-crowned Mercer Island Citizens of the Year: A couple of years ago on a Sunday in August a young mom and her toddler came into the kids’ section where Nancy and I were working. She looked vaguely familiar …
The online literary newsletter Shelf Awareness announced its top books for 2013: 10 each for fiction, nonfiction, and kids. Congratulations to Pacific Northwest author Daniel James Brown for the selection of his nonfiction account of the University of Washington crew team’s quest for the gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans …
Yesterday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association announced the shortlist for the PNBA 2014 Book Award. The judges for the award are booksellers. To be eligible for nomination, books had to published in the last year and written by an author living in the Pacific Northwest. Up to six of the books will be chosen as …
