tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post8672602386477988711..comments2024-01-08T17:53:50.573-06:00Comments on Joy Preble: Thank You BordersJoy Preblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-65326670849189804222011-07-20T22:29:53.266-05:002011-07-20T22:29:53.266-05:00Thanks so much for your kind words - I have been s...Thanks so much for your kind words - I have been so happy to promote your books, and those of other authors too. The loss of our north Houston suburban Borders is a breaking apart of a family for me - a stopping of something I have done on a daily basis for longer now than I ever did any other thing thing before. I have to think it is a start of something to though, for me, and the people I've shared it with. We are around until September, but tomorrow is our last day as we were - a community spot for learning, socializing, discovery. Friday morning at 9 am we become a place that only exists to move units, quick, discounted and finally. It will be sad . . .<br /> - Cindy WexlerCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876244998512961379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-36435314489812758372011-07-20T19:40:19.438-05:002011-07-20T19:40:19.438-05:00Thanks for the wonderful comments! I really have b...Thanks for the wonderful comments! I really have been thinking about this all day, and about how important bookstores in general are for society. A forum for literacy, ideas, philosophy, conversation... and thus a major part of democracy. Obviously I love my on-line forums for all these things - but when we all hang out at a book event at Blue Willow or wherever - and cozy into those chairs and wait together to see an author we adore or even who we might not know, it's important interaction. I think I'll be writing about this tomorrow or Friday, actually.Joy Preblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-21514850632843347622011-07-20T11:12:28.902-05:002011-07-20T11:12:28.902-05:00Saw your linky from Twitter and had to come by to ...Saw your linky from Twitter and had to come by to mourn Borders with you. I love hard-copy books and was very sad to see Borders' announcement. Yes indeed--where ARE kids/teens/aduls going to buy their books? It's just not the same browsing the books on Amazon...Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-63542574052827102322011-07-20T10:28:22.927-05:002011-07-20T10:28:22.927-05:00Lovely post. I'm also sad our local Borders ha...Lovely post. I'm also sad our local Borders has to close its doors so soon. And I've definitely seen how supportive they are of your books--that's actually how I heard about you last year! Dreaming Anastasia was on a shelf downstairs with a local author tag, I flipped through it, SOLD. <br />I dreamed of doing my own book signing there one day (if I get published that is), but now it won't happen. Who knows what the bookstore world will look like by then. <br />Here's hoping more independents pop up (I think Blue Willow needs to branch out our way!).Kristin Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169967050454852124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-18634548799317657122011-07-20T09:08:46.979-05:002011-07-20T09:08:46.979-05:00Hi Joy! Glad to have met you again at the Tera Ly...Hi Joy! Glad to have met you again at the Tera Lynn Childs a couple of weeks ago!<br /><br />Your blog this morning says everything I've been thinking - including your comments on the B&N at the mall. I dislike going there because of the parking and how cramped it feels. Kristin and I went in yesterday only to find that as of Friday, they are done. This Friday! It seems so fast! I'm glad that I got to go one more time.<br /><br />A lot of bloggers are predicting the rise of the indie book store after this. I sure hope they are right. Unless I have missed it, there really isn't one in the Woodlands / Spring area that I've seen. We love going to Blue Willow, but for everyday browsing, it's a bit far. One can only hope we see one soon.<br /><br />Thanks for your beautiful words today and every day!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147895890297100060noreply@blogger.com