by Patrick on October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween! In just a couple of hours, Grand Master of Science Fiction (some nifty title, eh?) Ray Bradbury will be joining us for a special signing of his classic novel, The Halloween Tree. In honor of the event, I have, er, borrowed a brief questionnaire from today’s Shelf Awareness that Mr. Bradbury kindly answered: [...]
by Patrick on October 29, 2007
It has been a crazy, busy, exciting week here at Vroman’s. A week ago Saturday the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Author Feast and Trade Show was held at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. , and a great many Vroman’s employees attended. Attendance at this fun annual event was up so much, in fact, [...]
by Patrick on October 24, 2007
Today I and a group of booksellers from around L.A. had lunch with Alice Sebold, best known for her novel The Lovely Bones. Her new book, The Almost Moon, was published last week, and the shy Ms. Sebold agreed to a small “industry only” get-together at Vroman’s in our conference room. If you’ve never met [...]