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This Saturday, beware. The Dragons of Alagaesia will be coming to BookPeople. Or, to be more specific, the creator, tamer, and master of those dragons will be coming to BookPeople: Christopher Paolini. Join us when BookPeople transforms its third floor into Alagaesia to welcome bestselling author Christopher Paolini. We'll have face-painting, food, entertainment and activities! … Continue reading Here There Be Dragons.
Books! Books! Brand new books! They're here! They weren't here last week! Now they're here! (Blurbs courtesy of publisher jacket copy.) Then Again by Diane Keaton In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the … Continue reading New Releases
This Thursday, November 17, 7p, the good folks at the Harry Ransom Center are hosting a panel discussion, The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin. Our own CEO Steve Bercu, BookWoman's Susan Post, and Russell Etchen of Domy Books will talk about where they see indie bookselling going, in Austin and beyond. This … Continue reading Thurs @ the HRC – The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin
Book: Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life Reviewed by: Julie W. In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, Ann Beattie describes talking to a class of 20-somethings about her new book, Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines A Life: "As I elaborated...I got a big surprise: while they all knew what Richard Nixon looked … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Mrs. Nixon’ by Ann Beattie
~Post by Mandy Brooks This past week I attempted to make fried chicken. But not just any old fried chicken - John Besh fried chicken. I was cavalier in my planning - not only did I think I would make delicious fried chicken from his new cookbook, My Family Table, but I decided that I … Continue reading John Besh Fried Chicken Experiment
You may have heard that there's a new book on the shelves by perhaps the highest profile writer of all time - God. Veering from his traditional narrative format, wherein he inspires others with his Word and lets them do the work of writing it all down for him, this time God has gone ahead … Continue reading It Getteth Better. God Says So.
“The Man Who Never Died reminds us that it took a people’s movement to create America’s middle class, and that people must get moving pronto for the bosses, bankers, BS-ers, and bastards are going all out to kill it. Adler gives us an epic of investigative reporting and narrative history that will lift you … Continue reading Workers of the World, Awaken!
Google eBooks, the very eBooks we offer for sale via our website, http://www.bookpeople.com, launched in Australia. The Marketplace Fairness Act has been introduced in the Senate, which would authorize states to require the collection of sales tax by online retailers. The American Booksellers Association and Amazon are both on board. Bloomberg Businessweek has a terrific … Continue reading As the Book World Turns….
It was very exciting this week to go down the signing line at our John Hodgman event and see copies of Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan in people's hands. The book has been moving off the shelf at a quick and steady pace as word gets around about Sullivan's talent. We're big, big fans of … Continue reading No Really, Read this Book
On November 11, 1970, two couples opened the door on Grok Books, a small bookstore located on West 17th Street that specialized in books on alternative politics, metaphysics, eastern religion, and political theory put out by small presses and little-known authors. In 1978, Grok was taken over by a man named Philip Sansone, who renamed … Continue reading 41 Years Young!
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