Thursday, January 13, 2011

Panicking That I'm Not Going to Read the New T.C. Boyle Before the Event on 2/24--Good Thing Jason Already Did

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After two blog posts where I talked about books that I'd read in preparation for an upcoming event, I now I'm feeling more under the...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Having Finished Reading Chris Bohjalian's Secrets of Eden, I Can Further Talk Up Our Lunch on February 11th at Lake Park Bistro.

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Angels. Now we're reading in Daniel's comfort zone, right? But that's exactly the expertise of the famous author who visits Have...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I Stay Up (Practically) All Night Reading the Johnny Weir Memoir so I Can Tell You About our Signing on Tuesday, January 18th, 5 PM.

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Today is the day that Johnny Weir's book, Welcome to my World is released. Weir is going on a bus tour and we are lucky enough to be on...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Inventory, Peter Hessler, Iron Cupcake

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My schedule is off this week because Amie and I worked last night; we had a physical inventory done in the store. We have friends at other b...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

We Close Early for Inventory, Nonfiction Bestsellers, Our MLK/African American History Display Goes Up

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Inventory is today at 4 pm. Alas, that means we're closing early. It also means I'm working the 2 to 10 pm shift (I like to do my AM...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Reporting on the State of the Store for Publishing Trends, Our Current Email Newsletter, Plus We Get a New Hand Cart

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Back at Schwartz, Publishing Trends would ask us to do something every year. I can't even remember what it was, but since David told me...
Friday, January 7, 2011

One of Those Blog Pieces Where I Link to Other Blog Piece, and Sometimes They Link to Other Blog Pieces.

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Old coworker and friend Sarah came in from Madison with Dave for the holidays. Among our many conversations was one about what book blogs I ...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Huck Finn on the Channel 12 News

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I guess 2010 as "The Year of Mark Twain" is carrying into 2011. The Autobiography of Ma rk Twain turned out to be our bestselling...