Every so often there’s something we hear at the bookstore. Someone asks whether we have a book, we track it down, they obviously want the book. Then there’s a whispered comment from a friend, “That book costs less at (you fill in the blank with another retailer)”. The book is put back on the shelf. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Actually, I’d say it costs more
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2009 | 15 Comments »
A Random Post with Random Thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A ways back I promised a video of the new store for those of you not on the Island. It does not do the space justice, and there’s obviously a reason I sell books and don’t make movies, but here you go:
Next… up in the kiddie corner, we (and our readers) [...]
What a difference a year makes.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last year on July 4th, I was supposed to sleep in. I didn’t have to work until 1:30 and had a lazy day planned. I was shot straight from sleep to sitting bolt upright when I heard the upstairs neighbor to my basement apartment say, “Cafe Moxie’s on fire!”
I probably scared the heck out of [...]
What did we ever do to offend independence?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, everybody knows we had a fire last year on July 4th. What you may not know: Yesterday, the start of the long July 4th weekend, we were hit by lightning. Hail the size of golf balls came down on the Vineyard. And the lightning fried some of our wiring and blew some of our [...]
You Should Have Been Here
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.”
– William Styron
As we’ve compiled our list of Island authors who will join us for signings to celebrate our reopening, we’ve been continually amazed [...]
