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My Bookstore

Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

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Contributors

Edited by Ronald Rice

Introduction by Richard Russo

Illustrated by Leif Parsons

Afterword by Emily St. John Mandel

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Apr 11, 2017
Page Count
432 pages
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-13
9780316395076

Price

$24.99

Price

$32.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $24.99 $32.99 CAD

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In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.

In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it’s the author’s local store that supported him during the early days of his career, that continues to introduce and hand-sell her work to new readers, and that serves as the anchor for the community in which he lives and works.

My Bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 81 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It’s a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops.

Perfectly charming line drawings by Leif Parsons illustrate each storefront and other distinguishing features of the shops.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Social Science
  • Essays

Ronald Rice has worked in book publishing as a sales and marketing professional for twenty-five years, working with and promoting bookstores. He was a four-time nominee for Publishers Weekly Sales Representative of the Year and has served multiyear terms on both the NEIBA and SEBA advisory councils. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Richard Russo is the author of ten books. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls. He lives in Camden ME and Boston, MA.

Emily St. John Mandel is the author of four books including Station Eleven, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Leif Parsons is an award-winning illustrator who's work has been published in the New York Times and Harper's. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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