The BookPeople Winter Catalog, a full-color collection of our top recommendations for gift-giving, is here! The catalog is an annual store-wide labor of love. Booksellers submit their essays about their favorite books of the year for a chance to win fame and glory in its glossy pages. Marketing reads through and selects the most compelling declarations of book love. We then stage a big photo shoot during which we collaborate on everything from props to angles to how much eye makeup tigers should wear and whether or not there’s too much glare in the framed picture of Bobby Flay. Our Buyers select additional books to feature alongside our booksellers’ picks and write up those blurbs. We then spend hours and hours editing everything from copy to photos to whether or not it’s strange to include Jeff Abbott twice in the MysteryPeople collage (we left both in, Abbott’s a good guy).
This year, we staged our photo shoot at the historic Paramount Theatre. A huge thank you to everyone at the Paramount for allowing us to use the location, especially Stefanie Crock who came in on her day off to help us out. It was a privilege to spend the day posing in front of the Paramount’s incredible architecture and design.
The Catalog is free to anyone and everyone who wants a copy. Just stop by the store and pick one up. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll share our featured booksellers and their picks here on the blog. Here’s Michael!
MICHAEL – Consignment Book Buyer & Movie Star
Book: Amy Falls Down by Jincy Willett
“This book is a wise, funny testament to the power of chance in our lives. It also elegantly refutes the misguided notion that we have any ides what’s going to happen next.”
Six word autobiography:
“Got born, fell down, got up.”
Favorite Word: Effervescent
Least favorite word: It’s a toss up between “snarky” and “twerk”.
The book in your house you would save in a fire:
“A beautiful hardcover edition of A Confederacy of Dunces that my mom gave me many years ago.”
Who is more terrifying: a drunk Ernest Hemingway or a sober Mad Hatter?
“Definitely a sober Mad Hatter. The poor guy has been sentenced to death by the Queen of Hearts. If anybody could use a couple of drinks, it’s him. He’s not making much sense anyway, what’s the hurt in knocking back a few Irish whiskeys?”
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