Reading Fred’s post to his blog in July about books his daughter was reading, I was inspired to wonder about The Garden of the Plynck. Back in college (or before?), I had read something by one of my favorite writers, ::wikipedia(”Theodore Sturgeon”,”Theodore Sturgeon”):: in which he had said that that book had inspired him when [...]
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From the author of 19th Nervous Breakdown: Making Human Connections in the Landscape of Commerce
"Customers have told me that I approach bookselling like a ministry. Sometimes I find people exactly what they want; I hope that sometimes I find what they need. And helping the store make a profit is probably a good thing, too. But what I look for is the human contact, the communication, the chance to help people leave the store happier than they came in."