Today, I stopped by Blood Wise, the soon-to-open used
bookstore here in KC at 300
Westport Road
A co-worker was helping him level the sign and I went inside
with my box of books to sell, and a hope.
The offering from me was a mix of Updikes, Saul Bellows,
Rushdie, Stephen King, a mix of horror anthology paperbacks, and not-so-famous
authors I’ve either read and won’t re-read or started and couldn’t get into.
And….
“Be willing to look at my stuff?”
He was. I came back later and found out what he was offering
for the works of others and that he would buy outright to carry in the store three
books by me! A small victory, but a victory none-the-less. I’ll be probing him
later to see what attracted him to these particular works among my smorgasbord
of genres. I didn’t really expect him to buy more. It’s an investment on the
store’s part. They don’t know if these will sell. Hope springs eternal: if they
do sell, Blood Wise may stock more, and buy other titles. Hope--which has been
dashed often in my life--is hard to kill. Live on, Hope. Who knows.
They are creating a really nice environment for the store. Opening
date Dec. 13 is a Friday and, who knows, maybe I’ll be there. If so, I’ll let
you know what time.
Here are the three works you’ll find on the shelves at Blood
Wise, placed, I hope, above a shelf of Margaret Atwood books and sporting a sign:
“Read Our Attwood Books!”
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