The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers Author: Matt Eversmann, James Patterson Narrator: Amy Jensen, Jennifer Pickens, Jenn Lee, Deanna Anthony, Rob Reider, Marni Penning, Tom Force, Daniel Henning, Jane Oppenheimer, Nancy Peterson, Susan Hanfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 8, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This “celebration of the world of books” (Kirkus) from New York Times bestselling author James Patterson is a collection of riveting stories celebrating the heroic efforts of the people who are on the front lines getting our books into the world.​ To be a bookseller or librarian…   You have to play detective.    Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. An advocate. A visionary.    A person who creates “book joy” by pulling a book from a shelf, handing it to someone and saying, “You’ve got to read this. You’re going to love it.”   “When the pandemic started, Patterson launched a movement, #SaveIndieBookstores [and] pledged half a million dollars, and, with the support of the American Booksellers Association and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, the campaign ended up raising $1,239,595 from more than eighteen hundred donors...Somehow, the bookstore outlived the pandemic. Why? The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians, compiled by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, suggests a few reasons." – New Yorker