We have more news relating to Hurricane Katrina:
Susan Daigre, owner of Bookends, the Bay St. Louis, Miss., bookstore that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, has sent a general e-mail outlining her situation.
She and the staff and their families--and even the store's cat, Oscar--are all "fine," but their homes are not. Daigre lost her personal collection of books and wouldn't mind authors signing and replacing the ones now gone.
Although Daigre had said immediately after the Hurricane that she would not rebuild, she is reconsidering. Now she says, "the future of Bookends depends on many things. How soon I can rebuild my home, if there is a viable economy on the Gulf Coast, the support of the publishers and the insurance industry doing the right thing."
Daigre thanked her "book people" friends for their good wishes as well as "the wonderful authors who have graced our shop" and "my wonderful customers who talked books and bought books and became friends." She may be reached at bookendsbsl@bellsouth.net; 228-671-9826; or the store's address, 111 Hwy 90, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 39520.
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Bookselling This Week talked with several affected booksellers who told their stories and discussed reopenings. In New Orleans, the Garden District Bookshop has reopened; Maple Street Books and Maple Street Children's plan to reopen on Monday; and DeVille Books hopes to reopen in November. (Sadly DeVille owner Joanne Sealy's father died during the evacuation.) As noted here on Tuesday, Octavia Books has reopened.
In Pass Christian, Miss., Scott Naugle, whose Pass Christian Bookstore was completely destroyed, plans to rebuild although he expects it to take at least two years.
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The ABA is sending out the first checks from the Bookseller Relief Fund this week. The grants of $500 each are going to 35 booksellers and are meant to provide assistance for temporary housing, food, clothing, transportation, medical expenses and other personal items lost or damaged during the storms. Go to Bookselling This Week for information about eligibility and how to apply.
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Some 10% of profits from this year's annual Warehouse Book Sale at the University of Virginia Press will be donated to the ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Relief Fund. The sale takes place Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, at the press warehouse at 500 Edgemont Road in Charlottesville. On sale: thousands of first-quality books in history, literature, Virginiana, African American studies, the Civil War and the founding era at major discounts. (Most prices will be $3-$6.) For more information, go to the press's Web site.
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The Publishers Association of the South's Winter Conclave, scheduled for January 27-29, is being moved from New Orleans to Savannah, Ga. Unfortunately the French Quarter hotel that would have hosted the event, the Maison DuPuy, is having a "huge mold problem" and does not plan to reopen until at least February.
Susan Daigre, owner of Bookends, the Bay St. Louis, Miss., bookstore that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, has sent a general e-mail outlining her situation.
She and the staff and their families--and even the store's cat, Oscar--are all "fine," but their homes are not. Daigre lost her personal collection of books and wouldn't mind authors signing and replacing the ones now gone.
Although Daigre had said immediately after the Hurricane that she would not rebuild, she is reconsidering. Now she says, "the future of Bookends depends on many things. How soon I can rebuild my home, if there is a viable economy on the Gulf Coast, the support of the publishers and the insurance industry doing the right thing."
Daigre thanked her "book people" friends for their good wishes as well as "the wonderful authors who have graced our shop" and "my wonderful customers who talked books and bought books and became friends." She may be reached at bookendsbsl@bellsouth.net; 228-671-9826; or the store's address, 111 Hwy 90, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 39520.
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Bookselling This Week talked with several affected booksellers who told their stories and discussed reopenings. In New Orleans, the Garden District Bookshop has reopened; Maple Street Books and Maple Street Children's plan to reopen on Monday; and DeVille Books hopes to reopen in November. (Sadly DeVille owner Joanne Sealy's father died during the evacuation.) As noted here on Tuesday, Octavia Books has reopened.
In Pass Christian, Miss., Scott Naugle, whose Pass Christian Bookstore was completely destroyed, plans to rebuild although he expects it to take at least two years.
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The ABA is sending out the first checks from the Bookseller Relief Fund this week. The grants of $500 each are going to 35 booksellers and are meant to provide assistance for temporary housing, food, clothing, transportation, medical expenses and other personal items lost or damaged during the storms. Go to Bookselling This Week for information about eligibility and how to apply.
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Some 10% of profits from this year's annual Warehouse Book Sale at the University of Virginia Press will be donated to the ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Relief Fund. The sale takes place Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, at the press warehouse at 500 Edgemont Road in Charlottesville. On sale: thousands of first-quality books in history, literature, Virginiana, African American studies, the Civil War and the founding era at major discounts. (Most prices will be $3-$6.) For more information, go to the press's Web site.
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The Publishers Association of the South's Winter Conclave, scheduled for January 27-29, is being moved from New Orleans to Savannah, Ga. Unfortunately the French Quarter hotel that would have hosted the event, the Maison DuPuy, is having a "huge mold problem" and does not plan to reopen until at least February.