Holy shit. The last customer of the day asked for a recommendation. What are you looking for? I asked. He said "Gene Wolfe meets J. G Ballard" and I almost filled the cup!
Instantly recommended @adapalmer.bsky.social 's Too Like the Lightning.
#BooksellerLife
Dude obviously on a date IN A BOOKSTORE:
"Most of my books I read now are Non-fiction. Mostly self help."
Bonus points for knowing what "Non Fiction" is, but holy shit girl! Run!!!
#BookSellerLife
One of joys of working at specialty bookstore is to get folks asking for a specific title to describe what kind of book it is.
"Is it SF, Fantasy, Horror or Mystery?"
"It's kind of... A story... But you know... Really happened."
Its wild people don't know the term "nonfiction"
#booksellerLife
A girl came in and asked if we have any "Christian Romance" books. I tried to sell her the "Closed door" romantasy series by @tkingfisher.com's featuring stories about a sect of paladins who's god has been killed.
#LOLme
#booksellerLife
Holy Crap. I'm so excited. Random person off street - a tourist from UK came in & asked "Do you have a copy of Diaspora by Greg Egan?"
I'm like "YES! We do!"
I don't think she realizes how unlikely it is for her to find a copy of any #GregEgan book on shelves of a US bookstore. #BooksellerLIfe
A woman just described Susana Clarke's novel Piranesi as "A Good Short Story" & I don't even know what words are anymore. #BooksellerLife
Also, I don't know where on the dark web all these folks are gathering but WTF keeps recommending Piranesi for book groups & clubs? Its on our best seller list!
These are made from actual twists of metal. Apparently it was called bullion fringe. There's always something new to learn. #booksellerlife
Two women, with author Gesine Bullock-Prado on the left, stand in front of an orange maple tree holding Gesine's new cookbook, My Harvest Kitchen.
It was lovely having Gesine come in to sign our stock of her newest cookbook! @wwnorton.com #celebrities #booksellerlife #indiebookstore #booksky #cookbook #vermontauthor
Automatic Noodle is back in stock and back on my staff licks shelf where it belongs. So excited to have this back in stock. You can check out our stock at main-street-books.com
#automaticnoodle #booksellerlife #booksky
Tonight! Come along and hear Sam talk about women bookellers of the C20th in Grasmere village hall, 7.30pm. #BookSky #BookTalk #BooksellerLife
Paul and Rachael, behind a table full of books, pens and chocolates, holding up copies of Nessie. Behind them is the store's big GN/gaming books display.
Wonderful to see @paulcornell.bsky.social and @rachaelsmith.bsky.social (and a lovely crowd) at Piccadilly yesterday, signing their cozy new graphic novel, Who Killed Nessie?
Signed copies available in store!
#comics #comicsevents #comicsigning #signedcomics #cozy #bookseller #booksellerlife
Love #BINC and the #independentbookstore community!
#BuyABookDay #indiebookseller #indiebookstore #bookseller #bayareamodel #sfmodel #bookstore #adobebookstore #sanfrancisco #booksellerlife #booksky #model #sf #americanbooksellerassociation #sflife #bayarea #modellife #actor #shopsmall #books
P J Killburn holding up her brand new debut, Dead Yard Seeds of Doom
Customer asked me to find a book for him... turns out it was his wife's brand new, debut novel.
These are always the moments that make it magical!
#bookseller #booksellerlife #kidlit
Equally well, readers need the knowledge, expertise, enthusiasm and range indie bookshops can bring. We're in it because we love books and reading and sharing knowledge. There is no substitute for the knowledge of a good bookseller. #ChooseBookshops #IndieBookshops #BooksellerLife #Bookselling
Brandon Sanderson, signing books on one of the bookstore tables at Piccadilly
A cheeky stop-by, yesterday, from one of the best-known (and most successful) crafters of fantasy. A few cheeky signed books @piccadillywaterstones, but can't promise how long they'll last!
#bookseller #booksellerlife
A selection of book proofs: #philipagregory #jungchan #kieraazar #ammanbrar #nataliegregory
impressive views from Harper Collins HQ
Back from an outing to the big smoke* to the Booksellers Association Network summer do at harpercollinsuk with a bundle due out in the next 12 months...
(*aka London, aka the big airfryer)
#booksaremybag #nairnbookshop #nairnbooks #nairnbooksontour #booksellerlife #booksbooksbooks #bookrecs #booksky
📖 Here are my June reads and SOME of my watches including a lot of rewatches.📺
#indiebookshop #indiebookstore #readinglist #booksellerlife #readingupdate #bookrecs #newbooks #junereads #thrillerbooks #horrorbooks #monthlyreading #horrormovies
What Stephen's reading: #OnTheCalculationOfVolume2 #SolvejBalle #TheMaltWhiskyMurders #NatalieJayneClark #BirlinnBooks #TheUnfinishedHarauldHughes #RichardAyoade
What Starbuck is reading: #catbooks #Catland #KathrynHughes #TheInterpretationOfCats #ClaudeBeata
(2/2) btw Natalie Jayne Clark, author of the delightfully murderous debut, THE MALT WHISKY MURDERS, will be Nairn Book and Arts Festival this year, #nairnfest
#booksbooksbooks #booksellerlife #bookrecs #supportlocal #nairnbookshop #nairnbooks
#booksbooksbooks #booksellerlife #booksky
What we're reading at Nairn Books (pic of a few of the crew)
What Samantha's reading: #Nesting #RoisinODonnell #TheAccidentals #GuadalupeNettel @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social #CleverCrow #ChrisButterworth #OlivieLomenechGill
What Anthony's reading: #Coyote #RobinDeRosario #MutinyOnTheBounty #PeterFitzsimons #FindingHildasay #ChristianLewis
What Linda's reading: #NightSwimmers #RoisinMaguire #WaitForMe #SantaMontefiore
What we're reading (1/2):
And don't forget to sign up to our email list! (We don't bombard you!) Via nairnbooks.com or message/email us direct 🙂
#booksbooksbooks #booksellerlife #booksky #booksellerrecommends #supportlocal #nairn #nairnbookshop #nairnbooks
Right, it's back to work for me.
Come and buy all of the books!
#bookseller #booksellerlife :)
Doctor Who novel: The Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston. White cover, with River Song in profile, her collar turned up.
Served Alex Kingston in the bookshop today, and delighted to discover that she's exactly the sane in person as she is on-screen. And she was kind enough to sign a book for me #doctorwho #riversong #bookseller #booksellerlife
Local railway station, platform and lines leading into the morning sun
Early shift ahoy
#bookseller #booksellerlife
Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle, all looking very pleased with themselves
My first #Ghost #newsletter talks about #Pokemon Day, and the glorious, bonkers energy that is running events for kids!
#bookseller #booksellerlife #gottacatchemall
danacea.ghost.io/catching-em-...
Pokemon Day, Tuesday 27th May 11:00 - 18:00. Card swap. Quizzes, games and activities. Find the hidden Pokemon trail. Sweets, freebies and giveaways.
#Pokemon fun in the bookshop today! Come and see us at Waterstones Piccadilly for card swaps, quizzes and games, and to catch 'em all on out Pokemon trail!
#bookseller #booksellerlife
Become a hero for literature! This sidewalk chalkboard sign humorously frames book buying as a rescue mission: 'Be a HERO. Rescue books trapped in a bookstore,' and assures you, '* book hoarders are a myth!'"
Be the hero you've been waiting for. Adopt a book today.
#BookHoardersAreAMyth #UsedBookstoresAreJustPrisonForBooks
#Booksky💙📚
#BooksellerLife
No sir I don't want your book about the second coming.
#booksellerlife
A nice morning’s work: compare and evaluate several shelves of c16-c19 Bibles. #oldbooks #booksellerlife
Display bay of five shelves of notebooks, in all kinds of shapes and colours
These are About: Blanks. They're recycled old books, given new life as one-off, unique notebooks with a wonderfully vintage feel.
Want them all, but will settle for the <right> one
#bookseller #booksellerlife
