Here’s another chapter in the saga of Vox Pop — our attempts to expand our bookstore/cafe/publishing empire. Enjoy! — Andy Laties
Chapter 4
When he released me from his embrace, Shelly Drobny reached into the air, strained upwards with his fingers, grasped something invisible, and shouted, “You’ve got the brass ring!”
The plan was a million dollars to [...]
The New York Times features an article about the New York Art Bookfair today, and the display table where I’ve been working at the fair is in the lead photograph!
“World War 3 Illustrated Magazine” is the exemplar of the many books at the fair which are not to be found on the Kindle, [...]
From The New York Times:
All the Books You’ll Never Catch on a Kindle
James Estrin/The New York Times
Books ready for sale at the New York Art Book Fair, scheduled to run through Sunday at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens.
By HOLLAND COTTER
Published: October 2, 2009 [...]
One of my favorite things about hosting the AuthorsBookshop booth at the Baltimore Book Festival every year is giving indie authors an opportunity to meet their readers and sign books.
We have a great schedule this year – Saturday is particularly packed. Great books, great authors… come on down and meet them.
Friday, Sept [...]
I know you love book festivals. We usually have to wait months in between them, but not this weekend in the Baltimore/DC area. It’s book festival madness!
Three great festivals are going on at once, all within the Baltimore/DC region. Of course, the IndieBookMan crew will be representin’ at the AuthorsBookshop booth at [...]
Woah. Just saw this over at The Baltimore Sun:
Here’s something to look forward to – with very keen vision. The Walters Art Museum opens an exhibit of miniature books and manuscripts next month, featuring more than 30 items from its collection. There will be examples of tiny prayer books, including one of delicate detail [...]
AuthorsBookshop.com announces its first
BALTIMORE BOOK BURN EVENT!
We have selected three of our favorite local authors and have invited themto BURN THEIR BOOKS!
Are we really going to burn them?
Heck no! We are going to celebrate them (and all indie books!) by bringingthem to light!
Each of the three authors will read an excerpt from their book. [...]
Publishers Weekly has a good little writeup about this year’s Small Press Expo.
It’s pretty close to home here in Baltimore, and I am hoping that AuthorsBookshop will be there next year. Darn life conflicts kept me away this year.
Saturday:
11:00-12:00 Ben Woods – Author, The Developershttp://www.authorsbookshop.com/thedevelopers
1:00-2:00 Michael Zimring – Author, Healthy Travel: http://www.authorsbookshop.com/healthytravel
2:00-3:00 Open Discussion: Why doesn’t indie publishing get the same respect as indie music and film?
3:00-4:00 Angelo Solera – Author, The Journeyhttp://www.authorsbookshop.com/thejourney
4:00-5:00 Janet Roof – Author of Six Feet from Impact:http://www.authorsbookshop.com/sixfeetfromimpact
Sunday:
11:00-12:00 Frank Joseph – [...]
