June 2012
9 posts
The Wire as Bookselling
thefeeling:
I’ve said it before, but Barnes & Noble is the Barksdale/Bell organization, and Amazon is Marlo.
“There will doubtless be some of you have come here seeking some fanciful little...”
– From the foreword to Johannes Cabal : The Fear Institute by Jonathan L Howard.
“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it...”
– Christopher Hitchens
“Most were books he felt he ought to read, the ones he’d somehow missed in...”
– The Twelve, by Justin Cronin. Page 22.
A self-published book is "independently published"...
Yesterday, when I tweeted the above, it took off in a way I didn’t expect. Loads of people - readers, bloggers, authors, and publishers - RT’ed the line, and I got everything from “hear, hear” to being called nasty names. As much as I love Twitter, it’s wicked tough to have a hearty discourse 140 characters at a time. I’m taking to Tumblr to allow for a bit of...
How It's Done
Customer: I am looking for this book, it was recommended to me by a guy at a conference. It's about New Orleans, and there's maybe a word with a Q in the title? I've Googled for it but been totally unable to find it.
Jenn: Is it fiction or nonfiction?
Customer: I have no idea, I can't remember anything else about it.
Brianna, WORD weekend staffer: Is it ZEITOUN?
Customer, looks at book: It is!
Jenn: *tears up with pride*
