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Now that I have a child of my own, I'm in awe of - and deeply grateful for - the time my parents spent in taking me to bookstores.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Awe Bookstores Child Deeply Grateful Me My Own Now Own Parents Spent Taking Time

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We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.

~Christie Hefner

Topics: Bookstores Discover Miss Should Things You

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It's hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores.

~Christina Baker Kline

Topics: Being Books Bookstores Chain Closing Companies Editors General Hard Independents Laid Large Off Online Out Selling

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'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who,' 'Forgotten Realms,' even 'Firefly' and 'The X-Files' have shared world novels and other media. I can't help but notice these settings have large shelf space in bookstores, so their publishers and authors are getting something right.

~David Conyers

Topics: Authors Bookstores Doctor Doctor Who Even Forgotten Getting Help Large Media Notice Novels Other Publishers Right Settings Shared Shelf Something Space Star Star Wars Wars Who World

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My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in editing books and journals all of my life.

~Denis Dutton

Topics: Angeles Been Book Books Bookstores Brothers Business Editing Interested Journals Life Los Los Angeles My Life Parents Run Still Were

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After a while, if you're a writer, you want to start appearing in the bookstores of the place you're living in.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: After Appearing Bookstores Living Place Start Want While Writer You

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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.

~Gabrielle Zevin

Topics: About Aware Been Books Bookstores Ecosystem Great How Lot Published Publishing Think Very Way Work Works I Think

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I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally.

~Gabrielle Zevin

Topics: Author Bit Book Book Tour Books Bookstores Buy Like Middle Mind Must Never People Read See Strongly Suspect Tell Tour Watching Will You I See

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