Archive for January, 2008
I Scream for Ice Cream
Why Boston loves its ice cream so much is beyond me. You’d think that in a city that’s below 35 degrees for a good portion of the year, we’d favor hot chocolate or something (though Burdick’s hot chocolate is treasured by many). Toscanini’s has been making some of the city’s best ice cream for a [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Miscellany.
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Back in Town and Still Breathing
This time the silence is not my fault. I haven’t been able to access the server since I got back from Louisville on Sunday night. I’m still not sure why but it magically fixed itself last night. I think I had a very successful trip to Louisville. Met up with a lot of old friends [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Miscellany.
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Heading to the Bluegrass State
Tomorrow morning I’m off to Louisville, Kentucky for the third ABA Winter Institute for three days of educational programming. I’m being reprogrammed! To buy nothing but Nora Roberts and James Patterson books! Just kidding. It’s very fun. I get to see loads of booksellers from around the country, meet some authors, drink lots of bourbon. [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2008 under The Book World.
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Guess What I’m Reading Next?
A galley of Harry, Revised, Mark Sarvas’s debut, just landed on my desk! I’m very excited to start reading this book. I don’t care if I get accused of cronyism. Sarvas may be a friend of mine, but he’s got excellent taste in books (our tastes are scarily similar) and I imagine he’s a very [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under The Book World.
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Not Dead Yet
Sorry for the silence around here. My buying season kicked off last week. Even the snow storm on Monday didn’t deter reps from coming to my office. I’m a buying machine. In the meanwhile, I’ve read two wonderful books and am working on a pretty good but informative book right now (look at the sidebar [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under The Book World.
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Marketing Ploys
I’m perusing the catalogs again to get ready for appointments. One obvious trend I’ve noticed across the board is a movement toward “green”, be it living green, thinking green, buying green. Often the title will be something like So-and-So’s Awesome Guide to Living/Thinking/Working/Loving Green. The catalog page will have a big dot that says “Printed [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2008 under The Book World.
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New Year, New List
I read many books last year—108 to be exact. Looking over the list, there were some high points and low points. I had tried to write a little something about each book, but you can see that I gave up after a while. I’ll try again this year. I finished Robert Graves’s Good-Bye to All [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2008 under The Book World.
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Who Comes Up with These Titles?
The holidays are over. I’m back and work trying to get ready for the buying season which starts next week for me. The store itself slows down in January, but I’m preparing for one of the busiest times of the year. This will be my first full season as the Head Buyer for the store. [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2008 under The Book World.
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