The other day I was thinking about writing a book about working in a used/new bookstore and how probably it wouldn't be successful. After all, who really wants to read a book about someone's experiences working in retail? Not terribly interesting. There are plenty of stories I could tell about customers - strange things they've wanted, ridiculous questions they've asked, stupid things they've said ("The sun is a star? I didn't know that."). I could easily have a whole chapter on things found in buys (such as a bread knife) or things found inside books (such as the report cards of about 40 kids who went to my high school circa 1988-1993). Then there are the books themselves, everything from titles, concepts, blurb reviews from the cover ("This book is unputdownable!"), trends, author photos (Dean Koontz nearly always had Trixie, his golden retriever, in his author photos but she passed away last year), cover art, etc.
Of course, I'm not really serious about the book and just to prove it, here's the working title. It's compiled from parts of 12 titles of popular books of all kinds; usually ones that have been extremely popular during my tenure at the store that we get asked for allllll the time. If you can get the complete titles/series from which the parts came, you will get a cookie. Or my complete admiration.
A is for A Million Little Splendid Keepers of the Boleyn Water for Bees in Death for the Sixth Soul & Me For Dummies
The best part is that, for short, it would probably be called "Me For Dummies." I love that.
Probably I spend too much time at work.
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