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Lots of visiting authors, signed stock, upcoming events, and great pre-order giveaway in today's Teen Thursday! Looking forward to... Yes We Can panel! - Mon May 6 @ 7PM These are the game changers, y'all! Event details For our event with Sarah Dessen on June 4th, you can pre-order your copy of The Rest of … Continue reading Teen Thursday!
Eugenia's most anticipated titles for spring and summer, which you can pre-order through your local independent bookstore! One of the biggest perks of working at a bookstore is being able to get our grubby hands on books months before their release. Advanced Readers Copies (ARCs) are scattered all over our offices, the break room, the … Continue reading BookKids: What We’re Lovin’ – Early Readers Edition
Get a FREE gift with the purchase of I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman! There are signed copies available, too! Get yours now. Other signed books you can order today: Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist Time Next by Carolyn Cohagan NEW RELEASES: In Her Skin by Kim Savage: 15-year-old con artist Jo Chastain … Continue reading Teen Thursday: 04.19.2018
Here at BookPeople, we LOVE signed books. As avid readers and collectors, we're constantly looking for beautiful books to add to our shelves, to our homes. We also love giving signed books as gifts-- what's the point in finding a book you love if you can't share it with someone who would appreciate it as … Continue reading Introducing our NEW Kids Books by Mail!
This post comes from Meike, a member of our event team. BookPeople kicked off SXSW with two author events with outstanding material on leveraging social media engagement and other management information for the small business owner. If you weren’t able to make it to the events, here’s a quick rundown. Rusty Shelton and Barbara Cave Henricks … Continue reading BookPeople Explores the Digital Media Landscape During SXSW
We're happy to announce a special opportunity to pre-order signed, personalized copies of A Love Letter to Texas Women by Sarah Bird, bestselling author of The Yokota Officers Club and Above the East China Sea. BookPeople is the only bookstore in the country fulfilling orders for signed, personalized copies of A Love Letter to Texas Women in advance of … Continue reading New from Sarah Bird – Pre-Order Signed, Personalized Copies of A Love Letter to Texas Women
On Saturday, November 28, we celebrated Small Business Saturday and #IndiesFirst with over a dozen Austin authors. They stopped by to support their local indie bookstore and keep us well-stocked with signed copies of their books. We're fortunate to live in a city rich with writers who give us great new books to read all year long. … Continue reading Austin Authors Keep #IndiesFirst!
(All photos originally posted on Drew Daywalt's instagram feed. Follow him: @drewdaywalt!) Last time we saw Esteban the Peagreen Crayon, a giant yarn crayon knitted by bookseller Merrilee, he was departing Austin with Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit, after a book signing here at BookPeople for Drew's new book, The Day the … Continue reading Where in the World is Esteban?
~post by Merrilee, Children's Bookseller & Assistant IM & one of our many resident crafty folk I suspect that knitting and children's books don't usually go together in the average person's mind, but when you love them both as much as I do, it seems inevitable. I've worked here at BookPeople in the children's section … Continue reading Merrilee Knits a Crayon Named Esteban and other Creations Inspired by Children’s Books
We are thrilled to host a meet and greet with YouTube personality and prankster extraordinaire JennXPenn! If you are one of her 2 million followers, come meet Jenn, take a selfie, and purchase a signed copy of her new book, Really Professional Internet Person! Jenn McAllister has been obsessed with making videos since she found … Continue reading COMING SOON: A Meet & Greet with YouTube’s JennXPenn!
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