Has anyone else noticed that wiener dogs seem to be of the moment? First there was this in Shelf Awareness on October 5 (which PNBA Executive Director Brian Juenemann commented was “thankfully… when most were too busy to notice”): In the “veeerrry long fold out book” Where’s Brian’s Bottom by Rob Jones (Pavilion Children’s, $9.95), children and …
Independent bookstores have been big supporters of Antoni Porowski and his latest cookbook, Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner. The Emmy Award-winning author (the food and wine expert on “Queer Eye”) offers easy, fun, delicious recipes full of healthy ingredients and a few indulgences. His publicity team also sent around some life-sized cutouts of Antoni, so bookstores …
Here’s some summer fun: a silly sale from Rediscovered Books in Boise and Caldwell, ID! From their twitter: To celebrate one year of Pixie and Apollo’s reign we’re having a sale on Thursday! All books with cats on the cover or in the title will be 20% off that day at both stores (Yes, Pixie …
If you, like me, thought Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown was a terrific novel, funny, tragic, thought-provoking, insightful, all those good things, then here’s your next great read: Percival Everett’s Erasure. √ them out today. —Nancy Pearl on social media 5/18/20, reposted 5/18/21 One Nightstand is a reader-fueled feature, and you can be a contributor, too. Simply …
As we get ready to celebrate Independence Day, let’s wish a happy birthday to some independent bookstores. Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle has been around for 45 glorious, book-filled years. Meanwhile, Secret Garden Books in Seattle feted their neighbor, Phinney Books, with a photo and a sweet message for Phinney’s fourth …
Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain, shared his list of books read in 2017 on social media. In the post, he wrote, “I was a little short this year–25 books. I think I took a break or something.” I love a peek into a favorite author’s bookshelves and reading habits, …
As if Saturday November 29 weren’t exciting enough in bookstores with Small Business Saturday and Indies First, many bookstores and authors also kicked off the #GiveaBook campaign. The #GiveaBook campaign is the brainchild of publisher Penguin Random House, but it can involve everyone. Like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, there’s an element of drama and …
While nwbooklovers.org is a website with a regional focus, it has an international reach. Recently, debut author Kathryn Fox from the UK contacted us via our facebook page. I found her self-published memoir, Stolen Memories, through IndieBound and Kobo. We started a discussion about self-publishing internationally, and I thought Kathryn’s experiences as an author from …
