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Feb. 14th, 2007 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_roseDream Haven Books (Online Here is my favouritest place in Minneapolis, and that's saying a lot.
I haven't been there in ages, but they have many things on their online order page that have been on my wish lists since their release dates, and on my "I'll order them when I have some spare money." (I only didn't order the Folk Underground CDs because I was supposed to receive one for review from Green Man -- alas, that was in the stretch of months when they had the wrong address listed for me but after the post office stopped mail forwarding.)
Of course, right now, I'm broke, and can't help, just as I'm given what I consider the ultimate excuse to be greedy and charitable at the same time. But just 'cause I can't doesn't mean you shouldn't. As reported by Neil Gaiman:
We had a break-in on Saturday night. They got a bit of cash but wreaked
terrible havoc on the store and my office. Damages will be costly but
insurance should cover a lot of it. But after the lull in current
business, this really will hurt. I don't like charity but if you could
encourage people to maybe buy an extra book off us soon, it may help.
Three bookstores have closed in the Twin Cities in the past two months and
I don't want to make it four.
Go thou and browse. If any of the authors you like are in Minneapolis (And it's likely they are,t he city is a haven for SF/F writers) you also have a strong chance of being able to request signed copies - even signed to you, sometimes, if I understand it right.
I haven't been there in ages, but they have many things on their online order page that have been on my wish lists since their release dates, and on my "I'll order them when I have some spare money." (I only didn't order the Folk Underground CDs because I was supposed to receive one for review from Green Man -- alas, that was in the stretch of months when they had the wrong address listed for me but after the post office stopped mail forwarding.)
Of course, right now, I'm broke, and can't help, just as I'm given what I consider the ultimate excuse to be greedy and charitable at the same time. But just 'cause I can't doesn't mean you shouldn't. As reported by Neil Gaiman:
We had a break-in on Saturday night. They got a bit of cash but wreaked
terrible havoc on the store and my office. Damages will be costly but
insurance should cover a lot of it. But after the lull in current
business, this really will hurt. I don't like charity but if you could
encourage people to maybe buy an extra book off us soon, it may help.
Three bookstores have closed in the Twin Cities in the past two months and
I don't want to make it four.
Go thou and browse. If any of the authors you like are in Minneapolis (And it's likely they are,t he city is a haven for SF/F writers) you also have a strong chance of being able to request signed copies - even signed to you, sometimes, if I understand it right.
