November 2009
32 posts
Heading back over to @chroniclebooks this morning for day 2 of sales conference. Up today: Princeton Architectural Press & Moleskine & more!
I’ll be starting to post highlights from the various sales conferences at my3books soon-making quick picks about books we’re excited about.
New today on my3books: 57th Street bookseller Angela Sherrill on her 3 favorite middle grade novels for boys (mostly): http://is.gd/4YPar
Admirable Men in Three Stories about Family,... →
my3books’ contributing editor, and children’s buyer at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park in Chicago, Angela Sherrill returns with a look at three of her favorite middle grade novels from 2009…
now up at #CBSDS10: @arsenalpulp has fiction by Christine Wunnicke and Rhonda Waterfall, vegan books by Sarah Kramer and Jae Steele
listening to “Wilco: Wishful Thinking” ♫ http://blip.fm/~gc9mf
RT @vromans: Vroman’s Bookstore is 115 years old today. Thank you all for supporting us through the years! <happy birthday, you crazy kids!>
now at #CBSDS10: Theatre Communications Group has big current plays incl Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts, Sarah Ruhl’s In The Next Room
I can’t wait to start reading the new books from Tyrus Books! Hello Kitty Must Die - “Heather meets Dexter meets Joy Luck Club” #CBSDS10
Now at #CBSDS10: Nicolo Whimsey Press - a new series of 30 Minute adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays: http://is.gd/4UTeV http://is.gd/4UTfB
Next at Consortium sales conf: Tyrus Books, the new mystery pub from folks who were at Bleak House. @AlisonJanssen is presenting. #CBSDS10
now up at #CBSDS10: Two Dollar Radio’s new list, incl a new Scott Bradfield (http://is.gd/4UTKH), and a new Joshua Mohr (http://is.gd/4UTLx)
Day 1 of the @ConsortiumBooks sales conference. Starting with new kids publisher, Enchanted Lion Books, coming over to us from @FSG_Books.
Enchanted Lion has a funny, sweet, charming picture book called The Chicken Thief. My favorite of theirs so far. #CBSDS10 http://is.gd/4US1J
Spotted at a Twin Cities coffee shop: “Support your local independent everything!” Can I get an amen? http://twitpic.com/paezm
Back in the Twin Cities for sales conference meetings this week. Heading over to Dunn Bros. for some of their magical coffee.
Bought @nyrbclassics’ The Dud Avocado yesterday at @magersandquinn - after just two years of seeing staff recs about it!
RT @MikeDoughtyYeah: Comrades! For the month of Nov., my new album SAD MAN HAPPY MAN is only $5 on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/happy5bucks
Booksellers who chimed in for today’s HuffPost: @commongoodbooks, @RichRennicks, @KatherineBoG, and one of @lanora’s booksellers! XOXO.
my new post on HuffPost today: Overshadowed But Still Awesome: Indie Booksellers Pick Great Reads: http://is.gd/4SQxc
New today on my3books: sales rep @trkravtin picks three books about musicians living, recording and creating: http://is.gd/4SzJK
guest post: sales rep Teresa Rolfe Kravtin Picks 3... →
While I finish up my own next post on my3books, I was glad to receive a new post from my friend and fellow independent sales rep, Teresa Rolfe Kravtin. You can see Teresa’s earlier my3books…
RT @huffingtonpost Richard Nash: Want To Sell Books? Start Gathering Fans http://bit.ly/3IksyC
I was a day late for Nat’l Bookstore Day but picked up @realjohngreen’s Paper Towns. Can’t wait to get into that!
RT @EliseBlackwell: Congrats to @MattoxRoesch! NYTBR reviews “Same-Same”: http://ow.ly/zYyF <nice company, too: Nick Cave & Sam Savage>
The MacHeist nanobundle is a great package for writers with a Mac - It’s got a free copy of WriteRoom! http://www.macheist.com
RT @thecolorblue: First episode is up! http://ow.ly/zGBJ A new bookish vlog: IPC #1! Emelie Samuelson is on. We are both obsessed with PPZ!
Working the show floor at CIROBE today and tomorrow. Stay tuned for inadvertently hilarious books.
Do any bookstores have PDFs or versions of their holiday catalogs online? I’m updating the Holiday Catalog roundup: http://is.gd/4LlC5
RT @EAPress: JAM TODAY trailer up on INDIEBOUND: EAP and eggplant caviar…http://bit.ly/bhl1s <a terrific book trailer for a favorite book>
New today on my3books.com: a roundup of all 9 holiday catalogs from regional indie bookseller associations, with links! http://is.gd/4LlC5
In progress: A roundup of Regional Bookseller... →
There are nine regional bookseller associations around the country, and the bookstores within each region team up each fall to put together their own holiday gift catalogs. These catalogs are great…