My book is now available to Booksense stores:
For those of you who might not know it, Booksense is affiliated with the American Bookseller’s Association, a consortium of independent booksellers. This interests me because my book is anti-corporate in its stance, and on my forthcoming roadtrip this summer through New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska, I only plan on doing readings and signings at independent bookstores. Booksense is a program which links together about 60% of the country’s independent bookstores, providing them for instance with a title database which allows my book to be carried in stores from San Francisco to Santa Fe. Given the fiercely independent stance of Booksense bookstores, you can see that I would be pleased to be listed by them. I highly encourage everyone to patronize your local independent bookstore, whether it’s a Booksense store or any other enlightened bookstore. In fact, I encourage everyone to smuggle books out of your “local” Borders and to put them into the shelves of your hometown independent bookstore, so that they can sell them instead.It’s not that I have anything against Borders, or any other chain store. It’s just that … well, I actually do have something against chain stores and the intrusion of corporate America into everyday local life. In fact, I wrote a book on this subject! You might have heard about it; it’s the book whose blog you’re reading!
