Bookseller Resources & Education - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association

February 12, 2019 In Marketing

How to Make Independent Bookstore Day a Smashing Success

The key to a great IBD is throwing a great party. Independent Bookstore Day is not just about the limited-‐edition books and items we will be selling that day. It’s about the culture of books, reading and indie bookselling. It is a celebration of everything...

February 11, 2019 In Reviews

Eric Boss reviews THE ASSASSINATION OF BRANGWAIN SPURGE

The home-cooked-baked-bean aspects of this review are simple: I like the buckram-like binding of this book. No dust jacket, just images and text printed directly on the cover like a Tom Swift or Hardy Boys volume, and the notation that is appropriate for readers 10-14...

February 6, 2019 In Reviews

Eric Boss reviews EARLY RISER

True to his inimitable form, the author has produced a bizarre entertainment imagining things that cause the reader to wonder, “where does he get this stuff?”. In this case, this stand-alone novel posits a world in which the winters are so severe that most...