Re: Health Notice, bookstores

["Sue Hovey" <suehovey@moscow.com>]

Lou, you make a good point not to be overlooked.  Several years ago--well
maybe two, I wanted the book, Caballero, written by a Texas author and
situated in the Texas Valley during the years 1836 - 1945.  I tried the
bookstores in Harlingen and Brownsville.  The didn't have it in stock even
though it was recent and covered local events.  When I got back home, Bob
ordered it and had it in a few days.  And by the way, it is a wonderful book
for those of you who are interested in the Texas-Mexico relations during the
period when the land from the Nueces and the Rio Grande was claimed by both
Texas and Mexico while Texas was a republic.

Sue Hovey
-----Original Message-----
From: Lou Sternberg <loustern@primenet.com>
To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: Health Notice, bookstores


>At 07:22 AM 1/13/99 -0800, Lois Melina wrote:
>>Linda,
>>
>>I do support Bookpeople, but the reality is that places like Bookpeople
>>can't support authors like me. I write for a small market and Bob has a
>>small store. Like most bookstores, he can only stock titles that he
expects
>>to sell, no matter how much he might like me or my books. While he can and
>>does order books for everyone, the consumer has to first know what he or
>>she wants to buy.
>>
>
>I admit that I have not lived in Moscow the past few years, but I doubt the
>world has turned topsy-turvy.  Bob Greene always stocked the Bookpeople
with
>the books he thought worthwhile, not the books he thought would have a
quick
>sale.  It is the Barnes and Noble / Borders megastores that equate the
value
>of books with their immediate sales potential.  Not Bob Greene, nor the
>majority of independent book dealers.
>
>At the Bookpeople, I always found new and interesting books -- the books I
>never would have known that I wanted to buy.
>
>Peace,
>
>Lou
>
>
>
>
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