Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.
The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.
You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.
An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch just announced that he is stepping down after three years. When asked if he's looking for a new job, he was like, 'Nah, just browsing.'
I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve.
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
My first real job, I sold Christmas trees when I was twelve for extra money. I did that until I was fifteen. Then I bagged groceries, and I worked at the first Borders ever in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
When I go out shopping and pass a bookstore, I always grab a couple of cookbooks, so I have a library of them. I end up keeping many that I got years and years ago because they work so well.
I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.
I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.
I'd have opened a bloody library if I'd wanted to be quiet.
We all just took the bookstore at its word, because if you couldn't trust a bookstore, what could you trust?
I've always wanted to buy a bookstore. You know, sell some of those muffins and a little coffee. I don't care if we make any money. I don't want to lose a lot of money, but we could visit with people and get books.
To start with, look at all the books.
So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.
A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.
I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that night. I fell right down the rabbit hole of crime fiction.
Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.
You can find my book at your favorite bookstore, and if it isn't there, find a new favorite.
I've always loved the physical book and remain committed to it.
After university, I taught secondary school for a while and opened a bookshop in Greenwich, just east of London.
I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects.
