![]() ![]() This version is timed to appear in connection with the third annual Independent Bookstore Day, which takes place this coming Saturday, April 29. Bookstores also help writers in the same way they do other customers: introduce them to books and authors they wouldn't know about otherwise, and offer them all the activities, services and charm that indies provide.Įarlier this month, My Bookstore was released in paperback this updated edition features contributions from nine more writers and an afterword by Emily St. In addition, indies keep established writers connected with their readers and with the wider book world. Sometimes funny, often entertaining and always heartfelt, their contributions emphasized something readers may not be aware of: the many ways that indie bookstores are crucial to writers, particularly as they begin their careers and need help introducing their work and themselves to readers. Edited by industry veteran Ronald Rice, illustrated by Leif Parsons and with a foreword by author Richard Russo, the book included essays by, among others, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Isabel Allende, Dave Eggers, Wendell Berry, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Lisa See and Erin Hildebrand. In 2012, Black Dog & Leventhal (one of our favorite names for a book publisher) published My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, a tribute to independent bookstores by 84 well-known writers. ![]()
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