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Books of Wonder
Jun. 13th, 2009 03:19 pmA 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.
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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Kat:
I know a lot of you don't live in NYC or frequent it, but those of you that do, if you've ever been to Books of Wonder and liked it, please vote! I have nothing against the other lovely bookstores listed on the site, but it's pretty much down to Scholastic vs. Books of Wonder and I find it preposterous that a store that only carries books from one publishing company can be considered the best. Plus, Books of Wonder could really use the extra attention. They're a small independently owned bookstore and especially in this economy I'm sure that some new customers would be more than welcome. Books of Wonder is THE place to go if you love YA. They are constantly holding events and signings and it's always very friendly and casual. I've met so many of the authors that I admire there. Plus, and most importantly, they have an amazing collection of children's and young adult books there.
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ellen_kushner wrote on her blog: 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).
If you have a moment, please help them out!
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.
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
***
Kat:
I know a lot of you don't live in NYC or frequent it, but those of you that do, if you've ever been to Books of Wonder and liked it, please vote! I have nothing against the other lovely bookstores listed on the site, but it's pretty much down to Scholastic vs. Books of Wonder and I find it preposterous that a store that only carries books from one publishing company can be considered the best. Plus, Books of Wonder could really use the extra attention. They're a small independently owned bookstore and especially in this economy I'm sure that some new customers would be more than welcome. Books of Wonder is THE place to go if you love YA. They are constantly holding events and signings and it's always very friendly and casual. I've met so many of the authors that I admire there. Plus, and most importantly, they have an amazing collection of children's and young adult books there.
ellen_kushner wrote on her blog: 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). If you have a moment, please help them out!
