I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking in a bookstore for the salary, and no one in his right mind would want to own one-- the margin of profit is too small. So, it has to be a love of readers and reading that makes them do it-- along with first dibs on the new books.
Quotes about booksellers (10 Quotes)
I am thrilled to be part of the Lambda team as the Foundation enters its second decade, ... I value the work of Lambda and welcome its goal of being a complete service organization for the entire GLBTQ literary community-authors, editors, booksellers, educators, librarians, and especially, the GLBTQ reader.
Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
This is the fair that, for whatever reason, has the most buzz to it. It's where you'll find the biggest concentration of clients and dealers. What happens is that that booksellers tend to save up their best material to showcase in New York.
My dad had a vision of what a bookseller's role in society was.
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women.
I'd like to uncover some worthy recipients and I'd like it if the member booksellers nominated programs in their communities.
The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.