- Ann Patchett's Pulpit
[caption id="attachment_1529" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Bestselling author Ann Patchett promotes indie bookselling on The Colbert Report"][/caption] Her talents reach far and wide, yet Ann Patchett has chosen to use her talents, med...
- Sales & Spirits Up
During the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute in New Orleans last month, there were high spirits — even before the first cocktail party. From the moment booksellers began arriving in the city that embodies strength and resilience, ...
- What do you say after you say 'hello'?
[caption id="attachment_1492" align="alignleft" width="132" caption="Book"selling" is really about opening the conversation."][/caption] Stop me if you've heard this one before: “A customer walks into a bookstore ... and leaves empty-han...
- Occupy Amazon.com, We're All Fed Up
With Amazon.com's latest marketing tactic, independent retailers, citizens, and community builders are fed up with the predatory strategies that are legal, but highly unethical.
- The Next Generation & The New Economy
Janet Geddis, a young entrepreneur with a dream, but no capital, finds a way to engage the community and opens an indie bookstore in Athens, Georgia.
