Said we are seeing a sense of cloud cover and just hit a drizzle on the coastline temperatures very mild. Vallejo 5965 currently in hayward daily seared now 57 degrees. By the afternoon we will see mostly sunny skies temperatures still cooler than where we should be for this time of year as we head into tomorrow looks like really not much change in the forecast. Cooler than normal purred conditions will persist and monday. One trend the 90s back in forecast talk about exactly when youll expect the coming up in 15 minutes and begin the sort without knowing the overnight shooting leaves one Person Injured this morning at happen about 11 00 last night at shoreline amphitheater after the popular was click the concert kron for mike is live from shoreline of the latest on that morning they remain on the scene just down the hall from where im located spoke with an officer who tells me the shooter shooters fired off six shots during this incident which took place backstage here at shoreline am
Havent changed in the book world over the past 20 years. Many things have changed. But im also very pleased to say that one constant over the past couple decades is the Media Presence of john mutter, cofounder and ed or to have in chief of the brilliant daily newsletter, shelf awareness. He was also the longtime editor at Publishers Weekly and the former e newsletter. Go to the web site, www. Shelfawareness. Com. Without further ado, ill turn the stage other to john who will introduce this panel of wonderful and talented booksellers who i know will offer you brilliant insight into the everchanging Book Business. Of john . [applause] thank you, gene. I dont think ive ever been called a constant. Thank you. [laughter] welcome to the independent bookselling panel. I want to start off by saying anything you take away from this session, it should be that contrary to current perceived wisdom, one independent bookseller stores are not dying and are not going the way of the dinosaur and, two,
Is that there is a difference between someone recommending something and someone reviewing something. And this is one of my bug bears as a book reviewer. A proper review will tell you about something fully. It isnt necessarily saying just i loved it or i hated it. Its actually telling you something about the book thats meaningful, and theres a takeaway in it. But amazon, it calls them all reviews. I wish they would call them amazon recommendations. That would be so much more accurate because thats really there are not, im sure, sir, that your, you know, are really well written, and there are people who write, who take the time to write reviews on amazon, but those are few and far between. Yeah. I agree with everything you just said. [laughter] so i guess the general feeling is, chime in, take it with a grain of salt. Like everything. Yeah. You know, i sort of feel the if you want to buy a book, you dont necessarily not buy it because you read a bad review. I wouldnt buy everything you
Festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. Welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history and beer and trains. Actually we will wait for just a second. One of the wonderful things about being in gaithersburg we are in old an Old Town Square and theres a real town that is here and the railroad station is right behind us which is a wonderful Historic Place to go to. Gaithersburg is a vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. We are pleased to bring you this festival and event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers so please visit the
The whole world is crazy. Right. So the peoples Choice Awards were last night, guys. And 700 million fans voted. Thats amazing. I didnt realize that many people voted. So it must be cool if youre one of those selected and especially if youre sandra bullock. Everybody loves the woman cannot do anything wrong. Shes perfect. She won four. Favorite movie actress, favorite comedic actress, favorite dramatic actress, Favorite Movie duo with George Clooney for gravity. Wow, wow, wow. Was meryl streep upset . She probably was. The heat also won best comedy. Here is one of our favorite moments from that particular movie. Stop pulling me pants off. Jesus. What . What are those . What . Stop. Stop it. Those are my spanx. They hold everything together. Why, whats left to pop out. Youve got to use a lot of that during that movie. Only wolf of wall street had more. That was really funny though, wasnt it . Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, im happy for her. The only bad decision she ever made was that marr