How do most folk end up in the jobs they’ve got? A bit like religion, parents have a lot to do with it: there’s an identity there, a self-making in the day to day ofwork. Familiarity, too, seems to matter: the idea of a life and what it could look like. It’s not just about …
This is a link we’ve had in the files for quite some time now… Even though the titles aren’t quite so fresh, it’s still a fun tool. The Seattle Times created interactive book recommendations based on reviews from the paper. You know what’s even more fun, though? Visiting a local independent bookshop to ask a bookseller …
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 …
This Saturday, independent bookstores put their own twist on Small Business Saturday with Indies First. For the third year, authors support independent bookstores as they kick off the holiday season. Find a participating store near you, whether you’re in your own neighborhood or visiting family; the American Booksellers Association compiled stores celebrating Indies First on …
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, …
This week, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Book Publishers Northwest monthly meeting. Book Publishers Northwest (BPNW) is a regional affiliate of the Independent Book Publishers Association. About 20 attended the meeting in the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle. Rosemary Jones, author and longtime board member/ web editor for BPNW, organized the meeting as …
The customers at Third Street Books in McMinnville, Oregon will tell you that store owner Sylla McClellan is a nice woman. She’s also not afraid to speak her mind, which she did when a local author suggested only one option in a book release email—that people buy his book at Amazon. McClellan quickly emailed back: Congrats …
