But authors are also readers and customers, just like us. Often it is the author's local store that supported her during the early days of her career and that works tirelessly to introduce her work to new readers. The relationship between a writer and her local bookstore can last for years or even decades. Rice, good morning.My Bookstore our favorite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favorite bookstores and booksellers. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, in Philadelphia, Ron Rice Mr. The book’s introduction is written by Richard Russo, and its afterword is by Emily St. This book is published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Ronald Rice is a publishing industry consultant, and a four-time nominee for Publishers Weekly Sales Representative of the Year, who spent more than 25 years as a sales and marketing professional. We’ll discuss this book, bookstores and more. The book’s editor, Ronald Rice joins me now. Some other contributors include Isabel Allende, Douglas Brinkley, Timothy Egan, Fannie Flagg, Pete Hamill, as well as previous guests to this program, Pico Iyer, Mike Leonard, and Abraham Verghese. From Martha Ackmann to Simon Winchester, and every type of writer in between, these essayists talk about their own favourite bricks-and-mortar store in essays that are lovingly written. In it, 84 writers contribute essays on their own favourite bookstores and booksellers across America. I was due at the gate and didn’t buy it then, but I made a point to buy it when I got home. In the airport in Portland, they have a couple of bookshops, and I spied a copy of the book, My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop.
Even with a checked in suitcase, I’d brought more books than I could carry back. I only had a day and a half and had to fly back, so what I brought back was limited. The main purpose of going to Portland since I don’t drink beer is to hit up Powell’s Books, that marvellous Oregon institution that is said to be the world’s largest independent used and new bookstore. I went down by train to Portland one weekend several weeks ago. I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver at TheCommentary.ca. My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop Edited by Ronald Rice (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2012).Ĭlick to buy this book from Amazon.ca: My Bookstore Bookseller and enthusiast Ronald Rice discusses a collection of essays he edited, My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2012), the future of bookstores, bookselling and more, with Joseph Planta.
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