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ellenkushnerA Letter from founder & owner Peter Glassman:
Dear Friends,
Over the years, many of you have asked me if there was anything you could do to help us at Books of Wonder. Well, actually, there is! Books of Wonder has been nominated for a Parents' Picks Award as Best Bookstore for Children in New York City.
This award is based on votes given at the website, www.parentsconnect.com, which is the Nickelodeon Channel's parenting website. You can vote once each day from now till July 15th, when the voting ends.
We are one of 7 bookstores nominated. Some very loyal customers have worked hard to make sure we are vying for first place, but we are in a tight race against a bookstore owned by a large publishing company -- a store which only sells books published by that company -- and they have apparently asked the entire publishing company staff to vote for them!
Now I have nothing against a bookstore promoting it's corporate parent's publications, but to suggest that such a store could be the best bookstore for children in NYC -- without stocking all the great books for children published at other publishing houses -- seems to me to be ridiculous. [italics mine - ek]
So I am asking each and everyone of you to vote for us. Today and everyday! You can vote once each day till the contest ends on July 15th -- so please do so! And feel free to ask your friends and families to do so too! This would mean so much to me and my staff -- and, of course, anything that helps in this bad economy is a welcome blessing!
To vote, you can try going to this direct page:
http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/parents-picks/new-york-ny-usa/best-new-york-city-book-store
Thank you to each and everyone of you for your help! My staff and I greatly appreciate it!
Best Wishes,
Peter Glassman
Books of Wonder
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There are lots of really good bookstores on this list. Bookstores that I love, that have really good kids' book sections. But it's clearly mano a mano, a duel to the death between Books of Wonder & - here, I will go ahead and name names; it's my blog, after all - The Scholastic Store (35%) and BoW (39%) - all the others are in the single digits.
Also, I feel a strong personal loyalty to BoW. Not only do they keep a fantastic stock of books old & new, but they are the [Wild] Rumpus Room of all the NYC children's & YA authors. I run into colleagues there all the time - it's kind of our personal Club (with cupcakes). Part of what makes us feel welcome there is that Peter & his staff generously throw parties & signings for us all whenever something new comes out. Last Sunday, we had a fabulous Troll's Eye View reading/signing there (see photos here). On June 30th, Delia will be reading/signing The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen! So maybe this is a good place to point out that you can order from them online - including personalized signed copies from upcoming events....
Times are hard. We need books - and booksellers need us. Thanks!
Dear Friends,
Over the years, many of you have asked me if there was anything you could do to help us at Books of Wonder. Well, actually, there is! Books of Wonder has been nominated for a Parents' Picks Award as Best Bookstore for Children in New York City.
This award is based on votes given at the website, www.parentsconnect.com, which is the Nickelodeon Channel's parenting website. You can vote once each day from now till July 15th, when the voting ends.
We are one of 7 bookstores nominated. Some very loyal customers have worked hard to make sure we are vying for first place, but we are in a tight race against a bookstore owned by a large publishing company -- a store which only sells books published by that company -- and they have apparently asked the entire publishing company staff to vote for them!
Now I have nothing against a bookstore promoting it's corporate parent's publications, but to suggest that such a store could be the best bookstore for children in NYC -- without stocking all the great books for children published at other publishing houses -- seems to me to be ridiculous. [italics mine - ek]
So I am asking each and everyone of you to vote for us. Today and everyday! You can vote once each day till the contest ends on July 15th -- so please do so! And feel free to ask your friends and families to do so too! This would mean so much to me and my staff -- and, of course, anything that helps in this bad economy is a welcome blessing!
To vote, you can try going to this direct page:
http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/parents-picks/new-york-ny-usa/best-new-york-city-book-store
Thank you to each and everyone of you for your help! My staff and I greatly appreciate it!
Best Wishes,
Peter Glassman
Books of Wonder
--------------------------------------------------------------------
There are lots of really good bookstores on this list. Bookstores that I love, that have really good kids' book sections. But it's clearly mano a mano, a duel to the death between Books of Wonder & - here, I will go ahead and name names; it's my blog, after all - The Scholastic Store (35%) and BoW (39%) - all the others are in the single digits.
Also, I feel a strong personal loyalty to BoW. Not only do they keep a fantastic stock of books old & new, but they are the [Wild] Rumpus Room of all the NYC children's & YA authors. I run into colleagues there all the time - it's kind of our personal Club (with cupcakes). Part of what makes us feel welcome there is that Peter & his staff generously throw parties & signings for us all whenever something new comes out. Last Sunday, we had a fabulous Troll's Eye View reading/signing there (see photos here). On June 30th, Delia will be reading/signing The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen! So maybe this is a good place to point out that you can order from them online - including personalized signed copies from upcoming events....
Times are hard. We need books - and booksellers need us. Thanks!
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