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Exciting news on a Monday afternoon: award-winning journalist and Texas native DAN RATHER is coming to BookPeople on Friday, May 11, 7p! He'll be here to speak about and sign his new memoir, Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News. The speaking portion of his event is free and open to the public. Wristbands are … Continue reading Dan Rather is Coming to BookPeople!
This week, our shipment of World Book Night books arrived. UPS unloaded hundreds and hundreds of boxes on our loading dock. We knew we were receiving a lot of books - Austin has the highest per capita number of Givers in the nation - but seeing all of the boxes stacked up at once really … Continue reading Approaching World Book Night….
~Post by Nolan The Fifty Shades of Grey drinking game as presented by the (now hungover) employees of BookPeople: We suggest browsing the book a little beforehand to find the juicy stuff and dog ear those sections. To keep the rhythm going, we also suggest passing the book to the next reader every time one … Continue reading Fifty Shades of Grey Drinking Game
Book: How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees Reviewed by: Steven David Rees’s artistic journey defies categorization. Best known as the cynical mastermind responsible for Get Your War On, the clip-art diatribe against the culture of fear and hostility cultivated by the previous presidential administration, the erstwhile cartoonist has strayed from the limelight to pursue … Continue reading Book Review: ‘How to Sharpen Pencils’ by David Rees
Like so many in the industry, we've been closely following the Department of Justice's investigation into e-Book pricing. For those of you haven't been following along, the Department of Justice has been looking into whether or not five of the "Big Six" publishers (HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Macmillan) colluded with Apple to use … Continue reading What the Department of Justice Lawsuit Means
Book: Wild by Cheryl Strayed Reviewed by: Liz W. Every so often, a book coincides perfectly with a moment in your life. I’m not talking about simply getting lost in a book, when you forget the world around you by tumbling into a new world on the page. I’m not even talking about a book … Continue reading Book Review: WILD by Cheryl Strayed
Algonquin's done it again - they've put together another fabulous little Lucky 7 e-Book sale. Check out their $1.99 specials, on sale through April 22nd, 2012.
Christopher Buckley, preeminent satirist and the bestselling author of fifteen books, has a written a brand new novel about US-China relations called They Eat Puppies, Don't They?, which he'll speak about in person at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 15, 6p. LBJ Library has made a limited number of seats available exclusively to … Continue reading Christopher Buckley Comes to Austin!
We just received word that the one and only David Levithan will moderate our This is Teen! Live event on Monday, April 16, 7p. He'll lead the conversation with Elizabeth Eulberg, Maggie Stiefvater, and Siobhan Vivian. This is awesome news! Levithan is one of our favorite Young Adult authors, penning such bestsellers as Nick and … Continue reading David Levithan is Coming to BookPeople!
We learned a lot when Michael Ian Black was here last month to share his new book, You're Not Doing It Right, a collection of personal and often hilarious essays about what it's like to be Michael Ian Black. Among the various lessons Black imprinted upon our hearts was just how important it is to … Continue reading Michael Ian Black Wants to Know: Are You Prepared?
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