In which two children's booksellers ponder all things literary, artistic and mercantile en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266.html?nid=3340 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 10, 2009 http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/60050406.html?nid=3340 We had a great author event on Saturday with Grace Lin, whose latest book is The Mountain Meets the Moon. The event drew a diverse crowd of happy c... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1450050345.html?nid=3340 I'm curious what everyone is reading right now. Currently I'm reading two books: The Maze Runner and The Demon's Lexicon. I don't normally rea... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1230050323.html?nid=3340 The season for charitable giving (and giving) is upon us. I have been keeping track of the number of times this fall I've been asked to make a do... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/900050290.html?nid=3340 Guest blogger Kenny Brechner from DDG Booksellers writes: As you can see from this PW article, Simon & Schuster is now selling e-chapters of... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/380050238.html?nid=3340 I hope everyone had a splendid Halloween. I just wanted to report on two costumes I saw at the coffee shop across the street from the Flying Pig on... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/640050064.html?nid=3340 What a great (and ambitious) idea! The blogger who writes Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves reads vintage children's books to her son... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1700050170.html?nid=3340 Fat issues loom large in our culture, as it were, and kids pick up messages about how they should look that batter their confidence at every turn. ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1340050134.html?nid=3340 Displays, provided by publishers, can be a cash cow for any store. We call these displays "dumps" (if anyone knows why, I'd love to know)... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/660050066.html?nid=3340 It's awards time! Well, mock awards, at least. I have been asked now by three book-y friends what my picks are for the Newbery, Caldecott and Print... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1940049994.html?nid=3340 It's not just the kids walking in with swine flu. It's the adults, too. And since the name of my store is the Flying Pig, I am all too aware of the... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1700049970.html?nid=3340 Price wars are all over the news. In fact, unless you lived under a rock, you'd be hard-pressed to not have heard about the Amazon/Wal-Mart/Target ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1230049923.html?nid=3340 The sheer ridiculousness of this video made me laugh out loud. Hope it does the same for you! John Howe (or, in his clay form, &quot... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/550049855.html?nid=3340 We had a book fair that made money and I didn't have to do anything! I was stunned. The key to this book fair was having it in the store. A ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/730049873.html?nid=3340 With so many of you, we share the sad news that beloved writer and teacher, colleague and friend Norma Fox Mazer passed away over the weekend after... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1330049733.html?nid=3340 It is not often that a book is so completely wonderful that I am compelled -- nay, FORCED -- to continue reading it to the neglect of all items on ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1610048161.html?nid=3340 Halloween is almost upon us, and we thought we'd share with you several new titles and a few perennial favorites to get kids of all ages in the m... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/750049675.html?nid=3340 “It’s always been a dream of mine to open a bookstore.” We must hear this two or three times a week, sweetly confessed by starry-... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/280049428.html?nid=3340 Here you go, folks: the updated list of 2009 starred reviews for children's books. And, for those who would like the list with book covers and more... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/670049667.html?nid=3340 Because of our staff vacation schedule, I recently found myself working alone this past Saturday. Generally, working solo for an eight-hour shift i... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/350049235.html?nid=3340 When Gareth and I decided to use poems for each of the readings in our wedding ceremony, we struggled, at first, to find ones w... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1540045754.html?nid=3340 I have been waiting to write this blog post since May, when we first saw the book, and now that it's here, I finally can. Julie Andrews' Collection... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/940049494.html?nid=3340 Okay, so Elizabeth and I, newly inspired from the annual Trade Show, were talking about future educational seminars, and the idea of co-op came up,... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/900049490.html?nid=3340 Now that I'm home from NEIBA's annual trade show, I have a few thoughts and some photos. First off, I am always amazed how much fun it is to spend... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/370049437.html?nid=3340 Okay, I must confess: I'm late for the breakfast with Mary Karr, Anita Shreve and Sarah Vowell. And I'm paying by the minute for computer time beca... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1850049385.html?nid=3340 Author events are the backbone of my store. While every event may not be as well attended as I'd like, every year my top 50 bestselling books are f...