As much of the country braces for yet more snow, it's amusing to see how some booksellers and readers have dealt with the wild winter weather.
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| Intrepid customers at Milkweed. | |
During the polar vortex freeze the week before last, the staff of McLean and Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, Mich., posted videos on Facebook showing what they were reading. As co-owner Jessilynn Norcross noted, "All told, we had over 500 interactions that day with customers, so even though we were closed, we were still handselling!" The most "liked" video starred co-owner and husband Matt Norcross and explained that the store would be closed.
Last Friday, Hans Weyandt, manager of Milkweed Books, Minneapolis, Minn., reported on Instagram that "two intrepid souls" cross-country skied to the store to pick up copies of Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.