Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I grew up in what was essentially a secular home, and Christmas was a present-oriented holiday. We didn’t own many books but spent a lot of time at …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I grew up in what was essentially a secular home, and Christmas was a present-oriented holiday. We didn’t own many books but spent a lot of time at …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cold and clear
Here we are at Black Friday, named for the one day retailers can almost certainly turn a profit. It took me a a day or two to …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Warm and cloudy
We eat for so many reasons, and some of us don’t or can’t eat for a lot of reasons. Everything from psychological, allergies and other health issues, …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cold and rainy
Our feeling about cookbooks may be an indicator of our feeling about the people and events associated with food as much as the food itself. I used …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Rainy and cool
Well, here we are in the season of Thanksgiving! For some of us making our list of what we’re thankful for this year may take a little …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Books as disposables. Nothing could be sadder.
In our minimalist age people are not collection books like they once did. It’s another trend I’m mourning. Books are such treasures. when …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
First,congratulations to the winners from yesterday! I assigned a number to each comment and asked my husband to pick six numbers. Here are the winners: Stephanie Hovland, Morgan L. Busse, …
Unfortunate Trends: Decline of the Independent BookstoreRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Thinking about all the changes in publishing can be mind-blowing, can’t it? I saw an author the other day who was literally walking around in a daze …
Trendspotting: For Every Trend…There’s a Counter-TrendRead More
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: On the way to Monterey
Weather: Mid-70s
Flying across this great land from Tennessee to California, I constantly was looking down to see which parts of the US were decked out in autumn’s splendor and which …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
Thank you all for participating in the blog this week! I’ve really enjoyed your comments. Today I’d like to extend yesterday’s conversation just a little bit. I believe …