From the monthly archives:

September 2007

I’m With the Banned

by Patrick on September 25, 2007

This year, Banned Books Week falls September 29 – October 6. And this year, as every year, there’s occasional confusion about what we’re promoting. “Why do you want to celebrate the banning of books?” customers sometimes ask us. We don’t! Banned Books Week brings attention to books that some people have tried to snuff out [...]

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Wait, wait — put that book down!

by Patrick on September 5, 2007

Yesterday Bill Clinton’s book Giving hit the sales floor. I set up a nice big display of it near our main entrance, then put signs all over the table telling people to bypass the actual books and instead go directly to the cash register to purchase a voucher that will give them a spot in [...]

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