28 Comments on “My Local Bookstore is the Coolest”

1. That’s great

2. So that’s where you ended up when you went to “buy shoes?”

3. Sweet!

4. Funny looking shoes.

5. We need a close-up of the poster.

6. Awesome! Congratulations, Mr. Scalzi! You are officially an order of magnitude more awesome than Stephen King.

7. Isn’t that just like that King fellow, trying to sneak into the display of an established writer . Seriously, oh Esteemed Host, this is majorly cool.

8. Nice to see you photobombed by Stephen King!

9. I did buy shoes. And then I went to the bookstore. I SWEAR.

10. What kind of shoes did you buy?

11. Very afrad to put my feet in Steven King shoes, they look so nice and normal, I do not think I would get all my toeses back.

12. So is understudy writer slang for he’s your bitch?

13. Where’s the life-sized cardboard cut out of the author?

14. Congrats. Redshirts doesn’t look like my cup of tea. However, I may have to read Agent to the Stars.

    Also, if they’re gonna make a display shouldn’t they have more than 4 copies? Call your suppliers!

15. Greenville?

16. You’ve been very nice to them, and they’d be pretty fracking ungrateful if they didn’t post something congratulatory.

    I doubt, however, if they would put up a huge display like this if they weren’t pretty confident that it will draw in customers. Bravo!

17. Hi John, was that a real copy of King’s book, or just a jacket on display? Amazon says the book doesn’t come out till 24 September, Tuesday.

18. Pox Vay, I’ve read and enjoyed most of Scalzi’s work, and Agent To The Stars remains my favorite to re-read. Although I am now gazing at the prize which arrived in today’s mail: my signed hardback The Mallet of Loving Correction 2008-2012, so it’s possible ATTS may not keep that title. (Since I follow this blog, does my first read of TMOLC count as a re-read?)

19. Were they redshoes? ;)

20. Alan, we’ll just say it’s your favorite novel to reread…

21. I just read Agent to the Stars. I wish that kind of experience could happen.

22. That was really nice of them!

23. congratulations!

24. Is this the bookstore where you do your holiday signings?

    I am glad your relationship is mutually profitable.

25. Pox Vay:

    I’m sure they have more than the copies on display in the window. That’s the whole point of window displays, to draw you in, and then you’ll find *other* books you want to take home, as well.

    (Though window displays in second-hand bookstores seem to operate by different rules…)

26. Hooray for hometown and indie bookstores! I worry for the future of bookselling based on my last few trip to large, corporatish book behemoth’s who, honestly, would appear challenged to merchandise their way out of wet paper bag.

27. Did you call ahead?

28. Waitaminnit. Did you just put the Stephen King book there on the floor?