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Giving Thanks to Indie Bookstores

MPBooks — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:22:16 +0000

Greetings from Boston’s North Shore,

It’s been awhile since I’ve written a blog post, but with the winter months approaching and my sixteenth medical thriller A HEARTBEAT AWAY finalized for a February 15th release, I figured it appropriate to take a moment and reflect upon some of what I am thankful for in my life as a writer.

First of all, given the current e-book surge I’d like to dedicate this blog post to the Independent Bookstores. Don’t get me wrong—I’m still very much appreciative of the larger retailers too. In fact, my son Daniel and I meet frequently at a Barnes & Noble to read and assist one another on our latest projects. We seldom come away without at least a couple of books, even though we each have an e-reader.

But as an author who has patronized many Independent Bookstores over the years, I have been witness to the hard work, passion for books and writers, commitment, and imaginative marketing that have helped to keep reading alive in our communities. The dedication and enthusiasm that these stores exhibit inspires authors like myself to experiment, take chances, collaborate, and get involved with readers on a more personal basis.

So this season I’m extending my thanks to The Independent Booksellers, and my hopes that they can weather the storm of change within our industry. I’ve compiled a (growing) list below of bookstores that I’ve been connected to online, through e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter. My goal is to be a reminder to readers and writers alike of the role that the independents play in our communities and neighborhoods. Indie store owners and employees are truly my kind of bookkeepers. If I’ve left out your favorite Independent Bookstore, please comment below to add it.

Thanks, have a wonderful holiday and keep on reading.

Warm Regards,

Michael

Indie Bookstore Name	Twitter	Facebook	Location
A Cappella Books	@acappellabooks		Atlanta, GA
Aaron’s Books	@AaronsBooks	Aaron’s Books	Lititz, PA
An Open Book	@AnOpenBook	facebook.com/AnOpenBook	Newton, NJ
Anderson’s Bookshop	@AndersonsBkshp	Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville	Naperville,IL
Aqua Books	@aquabooks		Manitoba, Canada
Atomic Books	@atomicbooks	Atomic Books	Baltimore, MD
Avid Reader Bookshop	@avidreader4101	Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe	Queensland, Australia
Barbara’s Bookstore	@barbarasbooks	Barbara’s Bookstore at UIC	Chicago, IL
Bayshore Books	@BayShoreBooks	BayShore Books LLC	Oconto, WI
Beaverdale Books	@beaverdalebooks	Beaverdale Books	Des Moines, IA
BlackandNobel	@BlackandNobel		Philadelphia, PA
BlackBearBooks	@BlackBearBooks	Black Bear Books	Boone, NC
Book Cellar	@BookCellarNH		Nashua, NH
Book Cove	@BookCove		Pawling, NY
Book Culture	@bookculture	Book Culture	New York, NY
Book House	@bookhousealbany	Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza	Albany, NY
Book Nook Bookstore	@BookNookBooks		Hyattsville, MD
Book People	@BookPeople	BookPeople	Austin, TX
Book Shop – Santa Cruz	@BookshopSC	Bookshop Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA
Book Soup	@bookSoup	Book Soup	Hollywood, CA
Book Tavern	@booktavern		Augusta, GA
Book Towne	@BookTowne	Booktowne	Manasquan, NJ
Book-a-vore	@bookavore
BOOKCOURT	@BookCourt		Brooklyn, NY
BookHampton	@BookHamptons		East Hampton, NY
Bookhugger.co.uk	@bookhugger	Bookhugger.co.uk
Books On Broadway	@Books_Broadway	Books On Broadway	Siloam Springs, AR
Bookworks Events	@bkwrksevents	Bookworks Albuquerque	Albuquerque, NM
Boulder Book Store	@boulderbooks		Boulder, CO
Bound2BeReadBooks	@BoundToBeRead	Bound To Be Read Books	Atlanta, Georgia
Brave New Bookstore	@BraveNewBooks	Brave New Books	Austin, TX
Brazos Bookstore	@brazosbookstore	Brazos Bookstore	Houston, TX
Breathe Books	@breathebooks	breathe books	Baltimore, MD
Broadway Books	@bookbroads	Broadway Books	Portland, OR
Brodsky Bookshop	@TaosBooks		Taos, NM
Brookline Booksmith	@booksmithtweets	Brookline Booksmith	Brookline, MA
Buddy Mondazzi	@MondazziBooks	facebook.com/MondazziBooks	Windsor, CT
Burry Bookstore	@burrybooks		Hartsville, SC
Changing Hands	@changinghands	Changing Hands Bookstore
Changing Hands	@ClintonBooks		Clinton, NJ
City Lights Books	@CityLightsBooks		San Francisco, CA
Common Good Books	@commongoodbooks		Saint Paul, MN
Copperfield’s Books	@Copperfields	Copperfield’s Books	Sebastopol, CA
Country Bookshelf	@countrybooks	Country Bookshelf	Bozeman, Montana
Crazy Wisdom	@crazywisdomA2	Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom	Ann Arbor, MI
Creatures ‘n Crooks	@cncbooks		Richmond, VA
Davis Kidd	@DKMemphis	facebook.com/DavisKiddMemphis	Memphis, TN
Davis Kiss	@daviskiddbooks	facebook.com/DavisKiddNash
Diesel, A Bookstore	@dieselbookstore	DIESEL, A Bookstore	Oakland, CA
Domy Books	@Domy_Books		Austin, TX
Donna Fell	@spartabooks		Sparta, NJ
Dorit Gani	@PromisedBook		Bet Hashmonay, Israel
Doylestown Bookshop	@DoylestownBooks	The Doylestown Bookshop	Doylestown, PA
Drew Goodman	@DrewSGoodman
Eagle Eye Books ATL	@eagleeyebooks	Eagle Eye Bookshop	Decatur, GA
Earth Song Bookstore	@EarthSongBooks		Del Mar, CA
Emily Russo Murtagh	@emilyrmurtagh
Farley’s Bookshop	@farleys	facebook.com/farleysbookshop	New Hope, PA
Flintridge Bookstore	@Flintridgebooks	Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse	La Canada, CA
Flying Pig Books	@FlyingPigBooks	The Flying Pig Bookstore	Shelburne, VT
FountainBkstore	@FountainBkstore	Fountain Bookstore, Inc.	Richmond, VA
From My Shelf	@FromMyShelf	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wellsboro-PA/From-My-Shelf-bookstore/234252467466?v=wall	Wellsboro, PA
Fullers Bookshop	@FullersBookshop	facebook.com/FullersBookshop	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
GoodNews Bookstore	@GoodNewsBooks
Greenlight Bookstore	@greenlightbklyn	Greenlight Bookstore	Brooklyn, NY
Grove Bookstore	@GroveBookstore	The Bookstore in the Grove	Coconut Grove, FL
Harriet Logan	@loganberrybooks	facebook.com/loganberrybooks	Shaker Heights, Ohio
Harvard Bookstore	@HarvardBooks		Cambridge, MA
Housing Works Books	@HousingWorkBks	Housing Works Bookstore	Brooklyn, NY
HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE	@HUEMANBOOKS		New York, NY
IdlewildBooks	@IdlewildBooks	Idlewild Bookshop	12 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
In Other Words	@iowbooks		Portland, OR
Infinitas Bookshop	@InfinitasBooks		Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Isis Bookstore	@IsisBookstore	Isis Books & Gifts	Englewood, Colorado
Janet Geddis	@AvidBookshop	Avid Bookshop
Jason Burley	@camdenlockbooks		Saint Agnes Well, London
Jessica	@booknerdnyc
Jonathan Main	@booksellercrow	The Bookseller Crow on the hill
Jordan’s Books	@jordansbooks	Jordan’s Village Books	Castro Valley, CA
Joseph-Beth	@josephbeth	facebook.com/JosephBethPgh	Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph-Beth Books	@josephbethLex	facebook.com/JosephBethLexi	Lexington, KY
Joseph-Beth Books	@JosephBethCincy	http://www.facebook.com/JosephBethCincy	Cincinnati, OH
Joseph-Beth Books	@JosephBethCleve	http://www.facebook.com/JosephBethCleve
Just Books	@justbooks		Glen Ellyn, IL
Katherine Fergason	@katherineBook
Kelly Justice	@RVABookChik
Kepler’s Books	@Keplers
King’s Books	@kingsbooks	facebook.com/kingsbooks	Tacoma, WA
LaCasaAzul Bookstore	@LaCasaAzul
Lafayette Book Store	@lafayettebooks
Left Bank Books	@LeftBankBooks		Saint Louis, MO
Legacy Books	@legacy_books		Plano, TX
Lemuria Bookstore	@LemuriaBooks	facebook.com/LemuriaBookstore	Jackson, MS
Liberty Bay Books	@LIBERTYBAYBOOKS	Libery Bay Books	Poulsbo, WA
Lindon Bookstore	@lindonbookstore	Lindon Bookstore	Enumclaw, WA
Luan Stauss	@LaurelBookStore		Oakland, CA
Luanne Kreutzer	@booklark
Magers & Quinn	@magersandquinn	facebook.com/magersandquinnbooksellers	Minneapolis, MN
Maple Street Books	@fightthestupidheads
Matter Bookstore	@matterbookstore	Matter Bookstore
Melanie Carroll	@unicorntreebks
Metropolis Books	@Metropolisbooks	Metropolis Books	Los Angeles, CA
MFA Bookstore	@MFABooksore
Midtown Scholar	@MidtownScholar	Midtown Scholar	Harrisburg, PA
Mitchell Books	@MitchellBooks
Moravian Book Shop	@MoravianBkShop		Bethlehem, PA
Murder by the Book	@murderbooks	Murder by the Book	Houston, TX
Mysterious Bookshop	@The Mysterious	The Mysterious Bookshop	New York, NY
Mystery Bookstore	@mysterybooks	The Mystery Bookstore	Los Angeles, CA
Nantucket Books	@nantucketbooks	Nantucket Bookworks	Nantucket, MA
Nebraska Bookstore	@NEBookstore
Next Page Bookstore	@NextPageBooks		Frisco, CO
Nicholas Hoare Books	@NicholasHoareTO		Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Northshire Bookstore	@NorthshireBooks	Northshire Bookstore	Manchester Center, VT
Odyssey Bookshop	@odysseybks		Hadley, MA
Old FireHouse Books	@OFirehouseBooks	Old Firehouse Books	Fort Collins, CO
Once Upon a Story	@OnceUponAStory		Long Beach, CA
Orca Books	@orccabooks
Page after Page	@eatsleepread
Pages Bookshop	@pagesbookshop		Newton, KS
Pegasus Downtown	@pegasusdowntown
Peter Makin	@Brilliant_Books		Suttons Bay, MI
Powell’s Books	@Powells	facebook.com/powellsbooks	Portland, OR
powerHouse Arena	@powerHouseArena	powerHouse Arena	Brooklyn, NY
Pudd’nhead Books	@puddnheadbooks		St. Louis, MO
Quimby’s Bookstore	@QuimbysBooks		Chicago, IL
Rainy Day Books	@RainyDayBooks		Fairway, Kansas
Raven Books	@ravenbookstore
River Road Books	@riverroadbooks	River Road Books	Fair Haven, NJ
RiverRun Bookstore	@RiverRunBkStore	RiverRun Bookstore	Portsmouth, NH
Rob Dougherty	@IndieRob
Room of One’s Own	@Room of One’s Own		Madison, WI
Sam Weller’s Books	@SamWellers	Sam Weller’s Bookstore	Salt Lake City, UT
Schuler Books	@SchulerBooks	Schuler Books	Grand Rapids, MI
Seattle Mystery Book	@SeattleMystery	Seattle Mystery Bookshop	Seattle, WA
Skylight Books	@skylightbooks	facebook.com/skylightbooks	Los Angeles,
SoCal Book Scene	@SoCalBookScene
Square Books	@SquareBooks		Oxford, MS
Stef Kiper	@StefWaterStBook	Water Street Bookstore	Exeter, NH
Strand Book Store	@strandbookstore	Strand Book Store	New York, NY
Sue Kowalski	@Suejustbooks
Susan Hinkle	@pageafterpage
Susan Mercier	@EagartownBooks
Suzanna Hermans	@oblongirl	facebook.com/oblongbooks	Millerton, NY
Tall Stories	@TallStoriesBooks
Tamra Dore	@KatyBudgetBooks	facebook.com/KatyBudgetBooks	Houston, TX 77084
Tattered Cover	@TatteredCover	Tattered Cover	Denver, CO
The Book Abyss	@TheBookAbyss	The Book Abyss Online Book Shop
The Book Table	@TheBookTableOP	The Book Table	Oak Park, IL
The Booksmith	@Booksmith		San Francisco, CA
The Dock Bookshop	@thedockbookshop		Fort Worth, TX
The Island Bookstore	@IslandBOOKstore
The PM Bookstore	@PMBookstore
Third Place Books	@ThirdPlaceBooks	Third Place Books	Lake Forest Park, WA
Tiger Bookstore	@TigerBookstore	Tiger Bookstore	Memphis, TN
Tim Schmidt	@villagebookshop		Holbrook, NY
Titcomb’s Bookshop	@Titcombsbooks	Titcomb’s Bookshop	East Sandwich, MA
Tracy	@tannwynne
Ukazoo Books	@UkazooBooks	Ukazoo Books	Towson, MD
Vicki Erwin	@mainstreetbooks		St. Charles, Missouri
Village Books	@VillageBksBham	facebook.com/VillageBooks	Bellingham, WA
Vroman’s Bookstore	@vromans	facebook.com/vromans	Pasadena, CA
Watchung Booksellers	@watchungbooks	Watchung Booksellers	Montclair, NJ
Watermark Books & Café	@Watermarkbooks		Wichita, Kansas
Wellesley Booksmith	@WellesleyBksmth		Wellesley, MA
Wessel & Lieberman	@wlbooks		Seattle, WA
Wings Bookstore	@wingsbookstore	facebook.com/WingsBookstore	St Petersburg, FL
WORD	@wordbrooklyn	facebook.com/wordbrooklyn	Brooklyn, NY

The Last Surgeon Makes The NY Times List

MPBooks — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:31:05 +0000

The NY Times hardcover fiction best seller list for the week 2/15/10 through 2/21/10 (to be published in the 3/7/10 issue of the Times Book Review) includes THE LAST SURGEON at #15. Adding to our excitement is that TLS was only on sale for 6 days, and also that the list is a cruncher, including The Help, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, and books by James Patterson, Stuart Woods, Joe Hill (Stephen King’s son), Laurell K. Hamilton, and Steig Larson (The Girl Who Played with Fire). So, thank you, thank you all. After so much hard work writing, then promoting the book, it is incredibly rewarding to have it be appreciated in this way.

The Second Opinion Climbing the Charts

MPBooks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:53:02 +0000

The critically acclaimed thriller THE SECOND OPINION, featuring Thea Sperelakis, a 33-year-old physician with Asperger Syndrome, is now available in mass-market paperback wherever books are sold! It has made every best seller list, including 3-weeks on the New York Times, where it currently has risen to #12. With sympathetic characters and twists and betrayals that come from the most unlikely places, THE SECOND OPINION will make you question…everything. David Pitt writes in Booklist: “Suspenseful… Intriguing… THE SECOND OPINION is another winner from a consistently fine writer.”