The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to spread some goodwill than celebrating the independent bookstores that have it all year long? This month’s Independent Bookseller That Rocks Our World is Jill Miner from Saturn Booksellers in the resort town of Gaylord, Michigan. Jill graciously took some time during this busiest of [...]
Atticus Authors on the Move: November
The flurry of fall may be fading into the cold lethargy of winter, but our authors aren’t slowing down. As always, you can catch them all over the web and all over the country–you may even catch them giving away some serious prizes to gear up for the holiday season. So, before you slip into [...]
Coming Home to La Casa Azul
Aurora Anaya-Cerda is a shining example of the drive and dedication to community that defines the indie booksellers we so admire and strive to celebrate. Determined to provide East Harlem with a literary focal point of its own, Anaya-Cerda launched a ’40K in 40 Days’ campaign with the goal of raising the funds necessary to [...]
Atticus Authors on the Move: October 2011
As the harvest season settles in on the East Coast, Atticus is enjoying a fall of its own, basking in the ever-growing glow of our feverishly planted and published Spring and Summer releases, and gearing up for our 2012 bumper crop of delicious indie lit. From deep-probing interviews and essays to book festivals and statehouse [...]
Going Novel Places with Patrick Darby
In our never-ending quest for intelligent and inspired individuals to interview, independent booksellers always come through. And Patrick Darby, owner of Novel Places in Clarksburg, Maryland, is no exception. After traveling the long and winding road to bricks-and-mortar presence, Novel Places opened its doors last May in Clarksburg’s rustic Historic District. Five months later, the [...]
Atticus Authors on the Move: September 2011
Over the past few months, we at Atticus Books have discovered the real-world paradox that the busier and more exciting this little press of ours gets, the less it shows on our website. Sure, we’re blaming it on all sorts of things, from the launching of our online journal, Atticus Review, to the signing of [...]
Newtonville Books: An Indie Determined to Succeed
After a little winter hiatus, our “Independent Booksellers That Rock Our World” interview series is back at full force. This month we were graciously accommodated by independent booksellers Jaime Clarke and Mary Cotton of Newtonville Books in Newton, MA. After having saved the store from shutting its doors back in 2007, the two writers have [...]
Curl Up with Fireside Books & Gifts
A variety of book clubs, a fierce commitment to promoting local authors and a love of finding the perfect something for the vaguely needy reader are just a few of the things that make Fireside Books of Forest City, NC everything an indie bookstore should be. Owner Linda Parks knows as well as anyone the [...]
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