green apple books – Three Percent

Three Percent #92: Crying in the Sunshine

Chad Post — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:47:17 +0000

This week’s podcast features a true roundtable discussion, with Tom and Chad being joined by Caroline Casey from Mark Haber and Jeremy Ellis from Stephen Sparks from and Danish author Naja Marie Aidt ( ) to discuss the American Booksellers Association One of the funniest podcasts to date, they break down what Winter Institute is, why it’s so important for the future of bookselling, and what various publishers get out of attending. They also make fun of all the crappy crutch phrases you find in jacket copy.

This week’s music is the Flaming Lips rendition of

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Finalists for Bookstore of the Year

Chad Post — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:17:46 +0000

I was probably asleep at the wheel in years past, but I think it’s really cool that Publishers Weekly of the five finalists for 2014 Bookstore of the Year.

Here’s the list of the finalists with some commentary on why they should win:

(Seattle, Washington)

Do you have any idea how many Open Letter books are on display in this store? Pets (in multiple places), High Tide (a staff favorite), and Elsewhere, were three of the first books I noticed when I walked in there last week. If Elliott Bay takes it, I think it’s because of the “More Open Letter Books = Great Store” hypothesis. Also, they get bonus points for being “The” Elliot Bay Book Company.

(San Francisco, California)

Stephen Fucking Sparks. Have you read this? With it’s BTBA judging pedigree and the fact that Green Apple once featured Vilnius Poker in a video they may just pull this out.

(Petoskey, Michigan)

I’ve never been to McLean & Eakin, but as a Michigander, I spent a week every year from K through 5th Grade polishing So smooth and pretty! Given that Petoskey has a population of under 6,000 (although they do attract the tourists!), it would be kind of cool for McLean & Eakin to win. The real question: How many Open Letter books do they have already? I think they better stock up.

(Iowa City, Iowa)

Prairie Lights is pretty much the only thing that people from the University of Iowa talk about. I’m pretty sure Iowa City consists of a river, this bookstore, and a bunch of mediocre football players. (GO MICHIGAN STATE!) It’s almost unfair that this city gets such a fantastic bookstore. Paul Ingram is wonderful to talk to (and my height, which is always a bonus), and this store is the quintessential charming small-town bookstore. They very well could win this.

(Chicago, Illinois)

Women & Children First is helping sell books at an upcoming Open Letter/Black Balloon event celebrating Bulgarian literature—for that alone, they’re probably going to receive this award. But seriously, this is a great store that does what it does better than any store in the country, and has succeeded for years. When I was working for Dalkey, one of my favorite buyers to visit was at WCF . . . She’s since left the store, but I’ll forever respect the hell out of this place.

The winning store will be announced by PW just before BEA, and will be featured in the pre-BEA issue.

Vilius Poker Book Trailer [LOCK YOUR DOORS]

Chad Post — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:30:50 +0000

This isn’t exactly how I pitched when we released it, but, well, this trailer is a stylized, frightening representation of one of our most popular titles.

We had nothing to do with this, which, in a way, makes it even cooler to find it online . . . Apparently this was put together by the fine folks from Books from Lithuania, who have now released

I’m never sure off the effectiveness of these sorts of things, but when I started watching this late Saturday night, I double-checked my door locks when it got to the line: She’s fascinated by the smell of the concentration camp that has permeated his body.

/shiver

Ironically, this Lithuanian novel, which was translated by the award-winning Elizabeth Novickas, was also featured in another video—one that also emphasizes the “Lithanian zombie” aspect, but with a totally different tone:

Coincidentally . . .

Chad Post — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:34:22 +0000

The latest Book vs. Kindle video from visually (and hilariously) illustrates Ed’s point in today’s

Wait for It . . .

Chad Post — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:45:14 +0000

Lithuanian + Zombies = ?

Green Apple Books vs. The Kindle

Chad Post — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:47:04 +0000

Oh boy, this should be fun. Over the next 10 days, Green Apple Books will be posting short-format, tongue-in-cheek (and maybe a bit over-the-top) videos pitting the Book against The Kindle. Here’s the first one:

And Now Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Blogging . . .

Chad Post — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:49 +0000

Well, hopefully. It might take another day to get back in the swing of things, but I am back and will be writing a couple reviews this week, featuring July’s store of the month, etc., etc. (And finally replying to e-mails, in case you’re waiting for a response . . .)

In the meantime, here’s I did with Stephen of Green Apple Books about why we should read literature in translation, and so on.

is a damn cool store, and their “Book of the Month Videos” are a pretty innovative and fun. Here’s the most recent one for Werner Herzog’s

Green Apple Books in San Francisco

Chad Post — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:27:41 +0000

My old college roommate was the first person to tell me about the general greatness of Green Apple Books, and it’s nice to see the store so wonderfully in Maud Newton’s series on independent bookstores.