In another books and wine story, one-year-old Bookmark It, Orlando, Fla., is running a Wine & Sign author event from 6-8 p.m. every Friday this month and continuing into April. The store will "spill out" onto the balcony for the events, which feature local authors and free wine.
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| A recent Bookmark It Wine & Sign event. | |
Owner Kim Britt said the series was designed to support "our new late-night hours on Friday and Saturday night until 8 p.m. and have been very well attended by authors' friends and fans as well as delivered new folks to the shop!" The first two Wine & Sign events resulted in sales equal to or greater to the entire day's sales--and covered the wine expense, she said.
The first event on March 6 featured Nathan Holic, author of Things I Don't See and Fraternity Man, and on March 13, Nicole Speropolous, author of the new cookbook The Little Chocolate Paleo, appeared.
This Friday, the event features Bob Brigham, author of Math Is Murder and Murder by the Numbers, and on March 27, David Bornstein, author of Me and E: A Baseball Odyssey and The Good Word: A Decade of Jewish Thought and Chutzpah, will be the guest.
On April 1, the store is moving within the East End Market from its current 140 square feet to "a whopping" 205 square feet, Britt said. Friday, April 3, will be the ribbon cutting for the new location. In honor of National Poetry Month, that evening's Wine & Sign event will feature three local poets. BookMark It opened exactly a year ago.