I was out of town, so I can only quote Publishers Weekly about recent events in our fair city: Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp, co-owners of Once Upon a Crime mystery bookstore in Minneapolis, were married before eight witnesses at their bookstore on August 1, the fifth anniversary of their purchase of the 20-year-old shop … Continue reading Going to the Chapel… err, Bookstore

Your ususally dutiful Magers & Quinn blogger is on vacation in Wyoming. I'll return on August 9. Until then, enjoy the scenery.--David E

An editor at Publishers Weekly is shocked--shocked, I tell you--to discover that a publicist with whom he thought he was having a deep and meaningful epistolary relationship is in fact a pair of interns writing the same not-so-personalized note in preview copies of a new book. The editor takes his revenge by informing gawker.com of … Continue reading This Book Isn’t Going to Sell Itself