Donna Apperson
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Amy Stewart:
Just finished Last Bookstore in America. Not sure if you meant to, but you sure gave an eye-opening view into our potential future in the electronic age. How intentional was this? Makes me want to buy a book! I do have a small shelf of books I could never part with, a few of which have my name in them as a consultant or whatever. Thanks for making me think all the while enjoying the gardening aspect of the book :)
Amy Stewart
Hi Donna--
Oh, that is entirely what that book was about. I wrote it as a lark, really: We had just bought our bookstore (Eureka Books in Eureka, CA) and it was a stormy day in January, raining so hard that you literally couldn't see anything outside our windows. It felt like we were a ship lost at sea. We hadn't had a single customer all day--not a promising start to owning a bookstore! I said something like, "It feels like we're the last bookstore in America right now." Then we got to talking about WHY a bookstore would be the last bookstore in America--like, what had happened to all the others--and why a bookstore in a little town like Eureka would be the last to survive. Ebooks had just come on the scene, and I have to say that I predicted many things that came later, including, most recently, Amazon opening brick and mortar stores! So yes, that's what it was all about--plus the gardening!
Oh, that is entirely what that book was about. I wrote it as a lark, really: We had just bought our bookstore (Eureka Books in Eureka, CA) and it was a stormy day in January, raining so hard that you literally couldn't see anything outside our windows. It felt like we were a ship lost at sea. We hadn't had a single customer all day--not a promising start to owning a bookstore! I said something like, "It feels like we're the last bookstore in America right now." Then we got to talking about WHY a bookstore would be the last bookstore in America--like, what had happened to all the others--and why a bookstore in a little town like Eureka would be the last to survive. Ebooks had just come on the scene, and I have to say that I predicted many things that came later, including, most recently, Amazon opening brick and mortar stores! So yes, that's what it was all about--plus the gardening!
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Daa_of_night
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Amy Stewart:
Not a question, an appreciation. The first book made my jaw drop. The five ensuing novels kept me entertained for an entire weekend recovering from sprained ankles. My only complaint is the wait time for the next installment. Thank you for staying true to the mindset of the times. It makes no sense to inject modern philosophy into a historic setting. You have avoided that trap beautifully. How hard was that?
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