And if they have any ideas i can still. Speaking today with the team, the brain trust behind the industries leading trade magazine for in the books, publishers and particularly bookstores, selfawareness, jenn risko the cofounder and publisher, john mutter the other cofounder and editorinchief, and bob gray an editor and columnist for shelf. You no doubt read his columns. He is basically a bookstore correspondent, wandering bookstore correspondent making you feel like you are in america is great in the bookstores and seeing whats really going on from the inside. Welcome, guys, its really an honor and pleasure to see you all. You all looking basically the same from last time i saw you with i think was with institute. January. Yes. Seems like a lifetime ago, doesnt it . Its good to see everybody. I have to say, shelf to me seems to have become even more important obligation then it was before. Really kind of a lifeline for indie booksellers in particular to see whos making it, how they ar
Im Dennis Johnson from Melville House. Dont know what day of lockdown were in new york city. My stoop is as far as im willing to go from my apartment but die know by machines is still closed and so is a hell of a lot of the independent Book Business so im still calling up friends and trying to find out how to do it and if they have any idea is can steal. Okay, speaking today with the team, the brain trust behind the industrys leading trade magazine for indy books, publishers, and particularly book stores, shelf awareness, and they are jen sko, john mutter, the awe cofounder and he is the editor and chief, and bob gray an editor and columnist for shelf. He is basically a back store correspondent, a wandering book store correspondent. Its an honor and pleasure to see you the last since january. Seems like a lifetime ago. But its good to see everybody and i have to say, just to me seems to have become even more important publication than it was before. Really have kind of a lifeline for i
Midtown detroit. However from the downtown area in detroit. Were eight or nine miles. Downtown is one district, as they say now in detroit, and midtown is the next district after that, and years ago, new center was created like another part of the city, and that is another maybe five or seven miles beyond us. So were really right in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the universities, the library, the main library, the wayne state university, the health centers, and a lot of galleries and africanamerican museums, historical museum. So were in a wonderful cultural rich area of the city. I call it the heart of the city. And youre just a couple blocks off woodward avenue if people know detroit. One block off. I knew a little train that goings up and down the road and says one mile one block from woodward avenue and turn left and youre right with us. Allison, whats the last month been like for you at source book sellers . Well, we had to get used to having our doors shuttered
Janet, when did you start your bookstore . We started with our first incarnation in 1989, we just celebrated our 30 years of selling books in detroit and not that time we were vendors going to put people from showing up and into thousand two we joined a collective of three independent stores that share the space and in 2013 we moved into the space that we run now midtown detroit. How far from the downtown area are you in detroit. We are about eight or 9 miles, downtown is one district as they say now in detroit and midtown is the next district after that. Years ago a news center was created, another part of the city and that is another five or 7 miles beyond us. We are in the heart of the cultural life of the city with the universities, the library, the main library, the university, the Health Center and a lot of galleries in africanamerican museum, the historical museum, were in a cultural rich area of the city and its really the heart of the city. You are just a couple blocks off woo
To ask a question because we after susans talk today she is taking questions and if you like to ask a question you are asked to line up at the microphone here. She will speak for about half an hour. Please dont ask your question from your seat but from your microphone. As someone who has written about civil rights in the south and my next book takes place in 1936 in nazi germany at the olympics. I cannot could not be more excited about being here in nashville with susan to hear about her new book. Shes one of the leading philosophers of the time. This is such an important book for these times. She studied at harvard. Shes taught at yale and tel aviv university. She is now the director of the Einstein Forum outside of berlin. Shes been in the u. S. On her book tour for about five weeks. I know shes looking forward to getting back home after a long book tour. Please join me in welcoming susan neiman to nashville. Thank you so much for coming. [applause] thank you. I am delighted to be he