Overview

From proposals to ""I do."" Book-lovers find their perfect match at bookstores they love. What is the most romantic place to get engaged? A bookstore, of course. The perfect wedding venue? A bookstore! Book-loving couples from all over America agree, and Bookstore Romance celebrates not only a couple's love for each other, but also their love of books and bookstores. Bookselling journalist Judith Rosen interviewed twenty-four couples who tell their stories about how they planned and celebrated their engagements and weddings in independent bookstores. And of course these perfect occasions could not have been orchestrated without the help of willing booksellers who slipped rings into books, made special displays of handmade volumes, and hid behind bookshelves to snap photos. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.

Full Product Details

Author:   Judith Rosen
Publisher:   Brandeis University Press
Imprint:   Brandeis University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781684582549

ISBN 10:   1684582547
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   01 February 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Proposals and Engagements Bart’s Books (Ojai, Calif.) Boulder Book Store (Boulder, Colo.) Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, Mass.) City Lights (San Francisco, Calif.) Friday I’m in Love: Date Night at the Bookstore City Lit Books (Chicago, Ill.) Kramers (Washington, D.C.) The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles, Calif.) Northshire Bookstore (Manchester Center, Vt.) Old Town Books (Alexandria, Va.) Where Romance Comes First: The Ripped Bodice The Ripped Bodice (Culver City, Calif.) RJ Julia Booksellers (Madison, Ct.) Shakespeare and Company (Paris, France) Texas Book Festival (Austin, Tex.) Vroman’s (Pasadena, Calif.) Weddings and Receptions Beacon Hill Books (Boston, Mass.) Brazos Bookstore (Houston, Tex.) Housing Works Bookstore (New York, N.Y.) Island Books (Mercer Island, Wash.) King’s Books (Tacoma, Wash.) Matrimony Mondays More Than Words Bookstore (Boston, Mass.) Novel Bookstore (Memphis, Tenn.) Parnassus Books (Nashville, Tenn.) Penguin Bookshop (Sewickley, Pa.) Women & Children First (Chicago, Ill.) Afterword Acknowledgments About the Author

Reviews

“A bibliophile’s time capsule and an enduring record of love and literary obsessions, Bookstore Romance is a swoonworthy coffee table book about couples who formalized their relationships in bookstores.” * Foreword Reviews *

Author Information

Judith Rosen worked in publishing and bookselling for a dozen years before writing about them both as the long-time bookselling editor and New England correspondent for Publishers Weekly. Some of her interviews and articles have been collected in Writing for Your Life and in The Writer’s Handbook. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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