Argh! Apparently COTG came in *again* this morning! Still looking for a Circle of Thirteen TM! Apparently I am concealing my *own* membership of a Circle of Thirteen from him as he felt the need to question other members of staff. He said I was "unhelpful". WTF?! I am *the most* helpful of all the booksellers! IF IT DOESN'T EXIST, I CAN'T TELL YOU ( Read more... )

Greetings, my fellow shelfminions. I hope your March is better than mine ( Read more... )

"Your versions of fairytales are all too modern. I want something more traditional-like Disney."

A list made by booksellers of their favorite books, as well as some priceless quotes from customers.

Thanks to everyone who recommended titles for the show, and special sparkly thanks to immanentized5 (damn, I've forgotten how to make this a link and the FAQ is less than helpful), as his suggestion of "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" by Marissha Pessl is now the selected book for next month's show ( Read more... )

I generally work at the customer service desk in a large chain bookstore. Mostly, it's only me, but this time of year, there are often several of us there, waiting and helping customers. One of my co workers came up with this game ( Read more... )

I'm paid to smile, & be polite ( Read more... )

Just wondering if anyone else had the amusement of seeing something going under the name "The W*terst*ne's Way" by "Catcher in the Wheat" which arrived via email ( Read more... )

My friend Luke, who owns a bookshop in Austin, received the following set of instructions on the proper way to pack books for shipping. Luke has worked in antiquarian shops for years, and I suspect he's shipped a few thousand books in his career. That makes this list of instructions from some crazy customer all the more amusing:


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If I had a bookstore, I'd make the mystery section really hard to find. "Do you have any mysteries?" "'Well, that's a damn good question."
- Demetri Martin

I overheard someone the other day say "Oh, have you ever read Great Expectations by DIXSON?"