Noting that bookstores are essential, Simonds observed: "I can't think of any other place where you can go in and have in front of you a whole array of different subject matter on the humanities and sciences." "We have children and grandchildren spread around the country-we'd like to see them and like to have time simply for ourselves."
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Gordon Simonds, owner of the bookstore with his wife, Diane, said, "I closed my long-standing law practice at the end of December 2017 and the next logical step was to allow both of us to truly become free of responsibilities." He added that the decision coincided with the upcoming expiration of their lease. This coming Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the store is hosting a "meet the new owners" event that will include cookies, a 10% discount on everything in the store and five chances to win $10 gift cards.Īfter nine years in business, River House Books at the Crossroads shopping center in Carmel, Calif., has been put up for sale, but will close March 31 if an interested buyer isn't lined up by then, the Monterey Herald reported. As for changes, Lingle said he plans to hold a monthly children's storytime event-as did original owner Holly Richardson-and start a monthly newsletter. So I spent the rest of that weekend putting together a business plan, and walked into the bank the following Monday to get the ball rolling." Off the Beaten Path carries new and used books, Melissa and Doug toys, gifts and journals. In January, "I saw the post, met with Judy the following day and found what she was asking to be extremely reasonable. "This is the ideal bookstore, and it's exactly what I've always wanted," Lingle told the paper.
Lingle and his wife, Shannon, who teaches at a local high school, and their children moved to the area in 2016 from Buffalo. Judy and Katie Gustafson have sold the store to Bob Lingle, who has seven years of experience working in and managing bookstores. Off the Beaten Path bookstore, Lakewood, N.Y., has new owners, the Post-Journal reported. We're encouraged that Sherman Alexie has apologized to those he has hurt and has dedicated himself, as he's said, to becoming 'a healthier man who makes healthier decisions.' " A Hachette Book Group spokesperson confirmed the postponement and said the publisher is keeping his other books in print, adding, "We were surprised and troubled to hear the allegations that have recently emerged, and are concerned about the distress this situation has caused so many. The ALA added that it "believes that every person has the right to a safe environment free from sexual harassment." It also promised to support "members, their colleagues, and their community members" in addressing sexual harassment issues by providing resources and referral services on its website.Īlexie has also asked his publisher to postpone the publication of the paperback edition of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, which had been scheduled to appear from Back Bay Books April 24. The winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction was Jennifer Egan for Manhattan Beach (Scribner). The two other finalists for the Carnegie Medal in nonfiction were The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg (Bloomsbury) and Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Doubleday). The ALA said on Friday that "we acknowledge" Alexie's decision and will not give a Carnegie Medal for Excellence in the nonfiction category this year. The medal and its $5,000 award would have been officially presented during ALA's annual conference in New Orleans in June. Winners of the Carnegie Medals, a joint initiative of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, were announced at the ALA's midwinter meeting in Denver last month. Accused by at least 10 women of sexual harassment, author Sherman Alexie has decided not to accept the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction that he won for You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir (Little, Brown), NPR reported.
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