Mike Leonard-The Book Stall Chestnut Court, Winnetka, ILĪlbert Goldbarth-Watermark Books, Wichita, KS Luis Alberto Urrea-Anderson’s Bookshops, Naperville, IL Robert Macomber-The Muse Book Shop, Deland, FLĭavid Fulmer-Eagle Eye Book Shop, Decatur, GAĪbraham Verghese-Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA Les Standiford-Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL Rick Atkinson-Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC Stephen White-Tattered Cover Book Store, Devner, COĪnn Haywood Leal-Bank Square Books, Mystic, CTįlorence and Wendell Minor-The Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot, CT

Scott Lasser-Explore Booksellers, Aspen, CO Pico Iyer-Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA Meg Waite Clayton-Books Inc., San Francisco, CAĭaniel Handler and Lisa Brown-The Booksmith, San Francisco, CAĭave Eggers-Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA Lisa See-Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA Mahbod Seraji-Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park, CA Isabel Allende-Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA Ron Carlson-Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZĪnn Packer-Capitola Book Café, Capitola, CA John Grisham-That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR Rick Bragg-Alabama Booksmith, Homewood, AL Here is the complete list of contributing authors and their favorite bookstores :įannie Flagg-Page & Palette, Fairhope, AL Visitors to the booth will also be encouraged to provide video comments to the American Booksellers Association’s new “ Why Indies Matter” campaign.Ī portion of My Bookstore authors’ fees is being donated to a fund set up by the publisher to support bookseller scholarships to ABA’s Winter Institute, and a portion of the publisher’s revenue is being given to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the bookseller’s voice in the fight against censorship.īlack Dog and Leventhal is currently working on a series of events in bookstores across the country to coincide with the book’s fall release. To bring attention to My Bookstore at BookExpo America, the Black Dog & Leventhal booth (#4158) will be constructed and decorated to resemble a bookstore, and staff will be giving away a 40-page reader featuring eight author essays.

“We are further honored to be part of a project that pays tribute to the values, virtues, and pleasures of a bricks-and-mortar experience.” “We are delighted to be able to work with so many bookstores and the wonderful authors who love those bookstores,” said Publisher JP Leventhal. Edited by Ronald Rice with illustrations by Leif Parsons and an introduction by Richard Russo, the book features essays from more than 75 authors who pay tribute to their favorite bookstores and booksellers. On November 13, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers will release My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop.

My Bookstore by Ronald Rice