![]() I always steer them toward our local authors, like Rick Bragg and Sonny Brewer. We get people from all across the world, people who want to come and learn what the South is really like. ![]() If we had to guess: Mark Helprin’s “Paris in the Present Tense,” “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles, Michael Ondaatje’s “Warlight,” Joanna Cannon’s “The Trouble With Goats and Sheep,” Amor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow,” Helene Stapinski’s “Murder in Matera,” Madeleine Albright’s “Fascism: A Warning” and “Love, Africa,” by Jeffrey Gettleman.įairhope, Ala. Generally if our staff loves it, our customers will love it, too.Īny predictions for the store’s most popular books this season? The books we sell by the case are not necessarily on every best-seller list, but they’re ones we love. Summer’s really the only time of year when we stock lighter reads, books for people to take to the beach.įorecasting our customers’ taste is really like a sixth sense, and there’s an art to it. ![]() ![]() We try to order everything ahead of time so that when things start to really pick up - from about July 4 through Labor Day - we can spend time with customers and not be tied up placing orders. How do you buy and prepare for the season? ![]()
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