pandemic started and mister kaplan, i think you reminded me that was the day books and books shut down, is that correct? that s correct peter. at that point we became a virtual bookshop. the only business we were doing was online and we were just exploring how to do our events virtually as well. is an update five months into this. it s been like a roller coaster to be honest. we ve had up and down area we , we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. unfortunately when we brought them back our stores were under, they were so shut down because of the pandemic you re in florida. but toward the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of july june or so. and actually not june, i think it was july that i think about it. it was in july we began to open and we opened all but one of our stores. one of our stores we close permanently on miami beach. we re looking forward to finding another space there as well. what s it been like to have
joining us is mitch kaplan the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area. we last spoke with mr. kaplan mh when the pandemic started. that was the day books and book shut down. that s right. at that point we became a virtual bookshop. the only business we were doing was online and doing our events virtually as well. give us an update five months later. it has been a roller coaster to be honest. we have had ups and downs we were able through the ppp loans to bring our staff back but unfortunately the stores were so shut down because of the pandemic here in florida. but toward the end we could open around the beginning of june or so i think it was july now that i think about it we began to open. we opened all but one. one we have closed permanently on miami beach. but we are looking forward to finding another space there as well. what s it like to have customers back in the store? for us and has been fairly smooth. the customers have all been very resp
book came earlier in the year when i the press coverage of sara palin unfold and she to be on the national stage i was amazed at some of the exaggeration and distortions or been told about her and some of our most established news media. people said that she was a supporter of pappy cannon, she wasn t. people said she was a supporter of the alaskan independence party, she was not a member. rumors about the paternity of her youngest child were circulated on the web. [inaudible] all of these rumors and lies i decided we should catalog them to show not only the fact that all of these myths were propagated, but also try to ask for the question of why. i think the question of why it isn t a way more interesting question. sara palin has this unerring ability to summon up the worst feelings in her opponents. it is really quite amazing. what is that quality? why is that quality they are invited to have the effect it had? of personal thing she represents most of the things that th
virtually as well. host: is so give us an update five months into this. guest: it s been like a roller coaster, to be honest. we ve had ups and downs. we ve, we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. unfortunately, when we brought them back, our storeses were under, were still hut down because of the pandemic here in florida. but toward the edge of it we were the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of june or so. actually not june, i think it was july. now that i think about it, it was in july we began to open. and we opened all but one of our stores. one of our stores we ve closed permanently on miami beach. but we re looking forward to finding another space there as well. host: what s it been like to have customers back in the store, mr. kaplan? guest: you know, for us, it s been fairly smooth. our customers have been all very, very respectful of wearing masks, there s been no hesitation on anybody s part about that. ou
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