There was one legal way for our owner to rid herself of the union: close the store. It’s so dishonest that public message is the usual bullshit: margins bad, Amazon mean, business hard. Finances were a disaster the whole time. It only started to matter recently, and you know why.
I never intended to make this account personal but I’m suddenly not a bookseller anymore. Friday was our last round of union negotiations, and instead of putting the final touches on our first contract, our owner announced the closure of the store - in just one week.
One week. Why? Why not finish out the summer, our most lucrative season, with dozens of events already planned? Why not start crowdsourcing resources if finances were really so tight? Why not put the business up for sale and continue operations in the meantime?
Absolutely obsessed with your graphic novel, @EOosterhous. I’ve got it on our Pride display here at Savoy Bookshop & Café, and I am screaming at our buyers to get more.
Hi, @HMoushabeck! Happy book birthday to HOMELAND! We’re so happy to have it here at Savoy. I wrote a shelf-talker so others can enjoy your book as much as we do!
Today we’re talking about what the hell “literary fiction” even means, and interviewing bookseller @recdyourbook about her chapter of the @silentbookclub!
https://t.co/mSxmGKGW4w
Hi, @johannhari101! I know you’re off Twitter for now, but: congrats on Stolen Focus making the NYT bestseller list! I absolutely loved it. I have the hardcover on our staff picks shelf at Savoy Bookshop & Café in Westerly, RI.
Happy new year, @the_jennitaur! How to Do Nothing is my whole vibe for 2023. I wrote a shelf-talker at Savoy Bookshop & Café to encourage others to check it out, too.
Hi, @David_Philipps! Alpha was one of my favorite books last year. I recommend it every chance I get at Savoy Bookshop & Café, and I wrote a staff picks shelf-talker to encourage our customers to find it on their own.
Hi, @AlisonCochrun! Happy book birthday to KHOFM! I have it on our staff picks shelf at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI, and I can’t wait to spend the winter hand-selling it. 🥰
Hi, @TheNapMinistry! I’m so excited that your book is out and you’re sharing your message with the world. I have Rest is Resistance on our staff picks shelf at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI and will be hand-selling it every chance I get.
Hi, @rrrins! I loved The Gospel of Wellness (what a great cover), so I wrote a staff pick shelf-talker here at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI to encourage others to pick it up, too!
Hi, @tazmuir! All of us here at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI are obsessed with TLT. I wrote a staff pick shelf-talker to put our beloved daughter Nona on our customers’ radar! #bones
Hi, @woodsqueer! I really enjoyed your author talk at the NEIBA Spring Forum this year. I was so glad to have grabbed a copy of your book while I was there. I loved it, and I hope my shelf-talker at Savoy Bookshop encourages others to pick it up, too!
Hi, @debontherocks! So happy to see Florida Woman on our Indie Next shelf here at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI. We have a lot of folks from FL in town for the summer, so I wrote a staff pick shelf-talker to encourage them to pick up your book!
Hi, @melissabroder! Milk Fed is one of my favorite books of all time, so I wrote a shelf-talker for it at Savoy Bookshop & Café so others will read it too! I’m also reading The Pisces right now and loving it.
Hi @Catrionaward, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Sundial since I finished it. My coworkers and I at Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI are totally obsessed. I wrote a self-talker so that others will pick it up, too!
Hi, @RachelKrantz! I have been recommending Open to all the local queers seeking polyam representation. I wrote a shelf-talker for it at Savoy Bookshop to encourage others to read it, too!