just found this community and i'm glad i did.

i work for Borders. eh.

Hello! I just joined the community today. I started working at Books A Million about two or three weeks ago and was very happy even though it was a *bit* of a income cut... I couldn't keep the job I had anymore due to school. But BAM is a perfect job for me-- I was always straightening the books when I came in anyway, heh. The only thing I have the ( Read more... )

This is my first time posting. I'm so glad I found this community! It's like group therapy ( Read more... )

I don't consider myself a true bookseller since i work in the music department at Barnes & Noble,but i still have to deal with the same silly questions and mind-boggling situationsWhat's the deal with people taking mags/books into the bathroom and then leaving them on the floor after they are done crapping? What's worse is when the mag in question ( Read more... )

Oh, to find a community of booksellers to share my pain. Such a joyous day it is, considering I have come from the depths of hell to be here! That dreaded day - the last shopping saturday before xmas - has now been and gone. Thank fuck for that. I don't think I can stand another minute of this chaos and madness. I have to keep repressing the ( Read more... )

Just thought that I'd take a few seconds and quickly introduce myself to anyone out there. I'm new to this community. I've run a used and rare shop (with select new tites) for six and a half years, been selling on-line for two (though I have kept the shop open) and have recently branched out into book publishing. Has anyone else made this leap ( Read more... )

I've been floating around in the background and felt the need to post. I work at a Coles bookstore in Toronto which is a subsidiary of Indigo Books & Music. The past couple of weeks have been insane and I have to vent to like-minded people or my head might 'splode ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is Angela and I work at a nice little indy bookstore in Portland, Maine. I am also in college right now in Massachusetts, but I do computer stuff (creating posters and mailings) for the store while I'm at school ( Read more... )

I only started my apprenticeship in a bookstore three weeks ago, but I already feel like I could fill novels with the weird requests I've had in this time.. today was a special day, though ( Read more... )

I just came across this community and felt the impulse to join ( Read more... )