Specialty Book Retailers – from John Kremer

22 12 2010

Specialty retailers
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Here are some more great retail stores that carry books (as well as CDs, DVDs, etc.):

Earth Treasures, Linda Walsh, Owner, 906 N US Highway 27, Berne, Indiana 46711; 260-589-3675. Health, nutrition, and cookbooks.

Hennessey + Ingalls, Space 15 Twenty, 1520 N. Cahuenga Boulevard #8, Los Angeles, California 90028; 323-466-1256; Fax: 323-466-1362. Second store: Hennessey + Ingalls, 214 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90401; 310-458-9074; Fax: 310-394-2928. Email: info@hennesseyingalls.com. Web: http://www.hennesseyingalls.com. Features books on architecture, art, fashion, furniture, graphic design, landscaping, interior design, photography, transportation.

Little Shop of Stories, Diane Capriola, 133A E Court Square, Decatur, Georgia 30030; 404-373-6300. Web: http://www.littleshopofstories.com. Features children’s books.

Mary’s Health Food Store, Mary Bogar, Owner, 2564 King Avenue W #J, Billings, Montana 59102; 406-651-0557; 800-935-6748; Fax: 406-651-0093. Web: http://www.maryshealthfood.com. Health, nutrition, and cookbooks.

Rudolph Steiner College Bookstore, 9200 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Fair Oaks, California 95628; 916-961-8729; Fax: 916-961-3032. Email: shopkeeper@steinercollege.edu. Web: http://www.steinercollege.edu. Featuring books on anthroposophy, biodynamic gardening, Waldorf education, consciousness studies, metaphysics, eurythmy, architecture, art, child development, parenting, holistic health, nutrition, cookbooks, and more.

Sid Richardson Museum Store, Monica Herman, Store Manager, 309 Main Street, Forth Worth, Texas 76102; 817-332-6554; Fax: 817-882-9215. Web: http://www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org. Features art and horse books, gifts, reproductions, apparel, and more.





Reasons to write a book

9 08 2010

There are many rea­sons to write a book.

Some are enhanced cred­i­bil­ity, to leave a legacy, to help other peo­ple, to make money, and a few more.

The book will bring you more cred­i­bil­ity than any­thing else you can do. You can invest your time in writ­ing a screen­play, pub­lish­ing a line of greet­ing cards, or teach­ing a Work­shop. All are viable con­tri­bu­tions to soci­ety but none will give you the cred­i­bil­ity of being a pub­lished author.

Peo­ple think if you wrote a book you know some­thing. And you prob­a­bly do because in order to write a book you not only use your accu­mu­lated knowl­edge, you read every­thing else that has ever been pub­lished on your sub­ject. You study other books, mag­a­zine arti­cles, web­sites, blogs, inter­view experts, and so on. You take that infor­ma­tion, dis­till it down, focus it to a par­tic­u­lar type of indi­vid­ual reader, and give them the answers they are pay­ing you for.

In effect, you’re giv­ing your­self an advanced degree in your sub­ject. You are giv­ing your­self a PhD. After all, you are doing the research and you are writ­ing the paper.
Dan Poynter/Para-Publishing








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