Coffee House Press is publishing Our Favorite Books, a compilation of 25 lists of independent booksellers' favorite titles that began this past summer when Micawber's Bookstore co-owner Hans Weyandt was asked by a customer for a list of his favorite 100 books. Weyandt asked other booksellers to contribute--et voilà (Shelf Awareness, September 1, 2011).
Bookselling This Week wrote that Our Favorite Books will appear next fall and include a short biography of each of the participating booksellers and "anecdotes relating to their lists or handselling in general." Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.
Weyandt told BTW that he didn't want the book to be "just a reprint of these lists." Rather, "we want to know who they are as booksellers."
Jessica Deutsch, marketing and sales director for Coffee House Press, said, "We're very excited about doing a book with a bookseller. We thought this would be a fun way to support the stores and share the interesting stories they have."
