Passing it on
Part of my daily cyberspace ritual is to check the online journal of Neil Gaiman and the most recent entry bears a bit of sad news--the wonderful book shop DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis suffered a rather damaging break-in.
It's tough enough to be an independent bookseller in this era of Barnes & Noble superstores and amazon.com without adding malicious vandalism and thievery into the mix, so Neil--being a patron and big fan of DreamHaven--has put the word out that spending your book dollars at DreamHaven will have an immediate, direct, positive impact.
DreamHaven is definitely a science fiction, fantasy and comics sort of a place, and, as Neil mentions, they tend to have things on their shelves that you can't find really anywhere but in a small, dedicated independent book shop. You can find them at www.dreamhavenbooks.com and if you are also a fan of Neil Gaiman, try www.neilgaiman.net, although if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, you probably have read the original blog entry.
Of course, far more people will read Neil's blog than this one, but on the off chance that someone or two folks show up here, I figured that they ought to know, and even if the books of DreamHaven aren't your cup of tea, I am sure that they would be happy to help you send a gift certificate to someone you know who might or should be a DreamHaven patron.
So, if you have made it this far, go check them out.
It's tough enough to be an independent bookseller in this era of Barnes & Noble superstores and amazon.com without adding malicious vandalism and thievery into the mix, so Neil--being a patron and big fan of DreamHaven--has put the word out that spending your book dollars at DreamHaven will have an immediate, direct, positive impact.
DreamHaven is definitely a science fiction, fantasy and comics sort of a place, and, as Neil mentions, they tend to have things on their shelves that you can't find really anywhere but in a small, dedicated independent book shop. You can find them at www.dreamhavenbooks.com and if you are also a fan of Neil Gaiman, try www.neilgaiman.net, although if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, you probably have read the original blog entry.
Of course, far more people will read Neil's blog than this one, but on the off chance that someone or two folks show up here, I figured that they ought to know, and even if the books of DreamHaven aren't your cup of tea, I am sure that they would be happy to help you send a gift certificate to someone you know who might or should be a DreamHaven patron.
So, if you have made it this far, go check them out.
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