The large chains have brought new people into bookstores, and that's great. We need more readers, though sometimes I wonder if the new folks are reading books or just sipping cappuccino. The bookselling world is changing, and we don't yet know what it will look like in five years. My tastes run from John Updike to Raymond Chandler to John D. MacDonald. Way too many to pin me down.
Challenges come in all sizes and shapes.
The most daunting Click here for ordering information. It's also daunting to me to have given up a secure position as a partner in a national law firm to write full time. I have to treat this as a business, not a hobby. I'm just finishing a novel about a disbarred lawyer turned bookie who must win a huge bet on the Super Bowl to save his life and win back his ex-wife. It's a caper that was fun to write.