The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson is a collection of short stories about how librarians and booksellers figure out how to match books with readers. Often they know their patrons by name and by personality, and so are able to make recommendations that make the customers happy. Sometimes, the books they recommend change lives.
Having been a library person for 17 years, I know what it's like to make suggestions that keep people entertained. I've chosen books for people going into the hospital for surgery, for people stuck at home because of the lock-downs, for people going on vacation, and for students doing reports or science projects. It was all wonderful. I'd go home knowing I had accomplished something good.
These are stories like that told by a multitude of other people in the book business.
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Thank you for visiting with me. Happy reading.
Kathi
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