Archive for November, 2009

Happy Black Friday!

AS A RETAILER, Thanksgiving serves as a calm before the storm of today’s shopping frenzy. As a small bookshop, it will never be a 4am open with clearly delineated entry line spots, but today should be an interesting sales day. It’s raining instead of snowing in a ski resort town, so I am […]

It’s an Agitprop America

AS A BOOKSELLER, I have been trying to keep abreast of all things bookish and with the explosion of devices to read electronic books, e-bookish. Today I noticed a catchy article title - “Books Are Bad for You”. Michael Wolff wrote the piece for Newser, but I picked up via the Huffington Post. […]

Scenes from a Commute – Finger Licking Good

I HAVE been lazy as of late, and I have not made time to write up my experiences on the train.  In some cases, my eyes have been become heavy and I nearly wandered into to “sleeper” territory (but not quite, and definitely no pillows). 
Last night, however presented my first sighting of dinner on […]