Indie Bookstore Morale Boost!
This week has been rough. As many of you already know, the indie bookstore where I work, Tattered Cover, has announced that it has filed...
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Karen Germain
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Fallcon 2023
I've just returned from spending a blur of a morning speaking with book reps at Fallcon 2023. Fallcon is a regional booksellers...
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Karen Germain
Oct 3, 20233 min read
Celebrating Banned Books Week
We are currently celebrating Banned Books Week, which runs October 1-7th, 2023. Banned Books Week started in 1982, during a time when...
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Karen Germain
Sep 22, 20232 min read
We Need Diverse Books Auction
Last night I was scrolling through Facebook and I landed on a post by one of my favorite authors, Curtis Sittenfeld. Sittenfeld was...
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Karen Germain
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Book Sanctuary Cities
As a bookseller at an indie bookstore, I consider myself knowledgable about the issues facing the book industry and literary issues in...
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Karen Germain
Aug 30, 20232 min read
Preorders, Why They Matter So Much
See this enormous stack of books? This was my haul from attending a bookseller's conference last year. I had multiple tote bags filled to...
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