I haven’t posted much here since the liquidation started. The process has been grueling, with the added overhead of hunting for the next job tacked on.
I have had some good stuff happen, though, mostly connected to publicity for 19th Nervous Breakdown: Making Human Connections in the Landscape of Commerce. The most fun was my appearance [...]
I submitted my first job application in a long time today. It was for another bookstore that had put out word that they were looking to hire booksellers from my soon-to-be-defunct chain.
Ten thousand booksellers will soon be out of work. Ten. Thousand. (Yes, more than eleven thousand will lose their jobs, but some are in [...]
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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."