Mea Culpa
or, My Fault
It's incredibly frustrating for me to have so much news to share and so little time to do it. Whether you know it or not (and this Web log hasn't been much help), the new books are pouring in the door.
Biographies and histories of Teddy Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, George Washington, and Frank Sinatra lead the way, but the most compelling book I've seen this week is The Pirate Coast, the tale of President Thomas Jefferson and the first U.S. Marine secret mission.
Harlen Coben has been out for a couple of weeks with his fourth bestselling novel; David Sedaris' latest unspools in paperback this week; and Larry McMurtry tells a tale of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley.
I'm packing frantically for a four-day jaunt to New York, but it's a working trip. BookExpo America returns to Manhattan this weekend, and you can catch a lot of it this weekend on BookTV, your C-SPAN2 channel. Tens of thousands of booksellers join with the entire publishing world in a frenzy of deal-making, author appearances, and swag!
That's right, swag!
When I return, I'll be loaded down with good stuff, including advance copies of many of this year's fall books. And the following Sunday, Patron Passport members can stake their claim to some of the best galleys, proofs, and other advance reading copies across the spectrum of publishing. They're made available to us to help us make our selections for the fall season, but there's no way we can evaluate them all. Help us make our picks and pick up one of your rewards.
We'll also be calculating your earned rebates this summer. We've decided that this will be the time to reward you for your loyalty each year.
Mark Sunday, June 12, on your calendar now. As an added bonus, the Main Street Preservation Association will be holding their inaugural Mansion Row Garden Stroll that afternoon just two blocks from the store. Park here, come in for presentations on the hour, then explore Main Street's architectural, arborial, and heirloom gardens. We'll keep the store open long enough for you to do a little extra shopping after your stroll, or you can stop by our tent in the 500 block of East Main.
Finally, I keep hearing a rumor that while I'm away, Ann has something big planned, but when I ask her, she just says "What you don't know won't hurt you." Hmmm.
It's incredibly frustrating for me to have so much news to share and so little time to do it. Whether you know it or not (and this Web log hasn't been much help), the new books are pouring in the door.
Biographies and histories of Teddy Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, George Washington, and Frank Sinatra lead the way, but the most compelling book I've seen this week is The Pirate Coast, the tale of President Thomas Jefferson and the first U.S. Marine secret mission.
Harlen Coben has been out for a couple of weeks with his fourth bestselling novel; David Sedaris' latest unspools in paperback this week; and Larry McMurtry tells a tale of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley.
I'm packing frantically for a four-day jaunt to New York, but it's a working trip. BookExpo America returns to Manhattan this weekend, and you can catch a lot of it this weekend on BookTV, your C-SPAN2 channel. Tens of thousands of booksellers join with the entire publishing world in a frenzy of deal-making, author appearances, and swag!
That's right, swag!
When I return, I'll be loaded down with good stuff, including advance copies of many of this year's fall books. And the following Sunday, Patron Passport members can stake their claim to some of the best galleys, proofs, and other advance reading copies across the spectrum of publishing. They're made available to us to help us make our selections for the fall season, but there's no way we can evaluate them all. Help us make our picks and pick up one of your rewards.
We'll also be calculating your earned rebates this summer. We've decided that this will be the time to reward you for your loyalty each year.
Mark Sunday, June 12, on your calendar now. As an added bonus, the Main Street Preservation Association will be holding their inaugural Mansion Row Garden Stroll that afternoon just two blocks from the store. Park here, come in for presentations on the hour, then explore Main Street's architectural, arborial, and heirloom gardens. We'll keep the store open long enough for you to do a little extra shopping after your stroll, or you can stop by our tent in the 500 block of East Main.
Finally, I keep hearing a rumor that while I'm away, Ann has something big planned, but when I ask her, she just says "What you don't know won't hurt you." Hmmm.
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