Everything is wrong with this, but on a purely selfish note from a Northern New Mexico bookstore, IAIA is a robust pipeline for authors and poets in addition to being a local information resource. When I’m in the plaza area I talk to their staff (and buy books) and get great recommendations.

The second most popular teenager purchase today (#1 being boba) was the Smithsonian edition of The Constitution of the United States of America.

The authors of Banned Book Club will be participating in the Pajarito Literary Festival (remotely) May 10th. We have lots of copies of Banned Book Club in store now!

Today at ICv2, I talked to @ryanestrada.com about his and Kim Hyun Sook's decision to cancel their planned trip to the U.S.: icv2.com/articles/new...

Lit Fest tickets are on sale! We have 12 confirmed authors, poets, and artists doing speaking engagments and signings ranging from talks on folklore and banned books, to discussions with local children's authors! Whew, can we do it folks? I think we can! www.losalamosartscouncil.org/pajarito-lit

We have books on all sorts of topics. Someone asked us today if we have a banned books section and we were like that’s the whole store.

It’s been our general philosophy that when it’s, for example, Black History Month, we should simply be able to go to the stacks and pull relevant books and make a display, no special orders needed. If we can’t do that, we’ve slipped up along the way and need to reevaluate our ordering.

Valentine’s is coming! Parents need a night out and a night off. Also, the world is on fire! and we all want to do *something*. These two events aren’t related in anything but proximity of timing, but we’re not going to let that stop us! lasteamlab.com/shop/parent-...

Also tea. Much of our tea comes from Canadian distributors. We got a big order across the border a couple days ago. But we can’t order massive stock in advance. We don’t know what this means for pricing yet. We are not raising prices in advance, though :)

Blurbs are almost entirely useless and when a cover is particularly beautiful the presence of a blurb ruins it. Unless that blurb is “Daddy’s diary definitely delivers.” Which is on a book we received this week. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Bookshop is now doing e-books! When you use Bookshop for your online purchases and choose us as your beneficiary, it has a significant impact. We will use the Q4 payment at the end of January to cover a week of payroll. We are so grateful for your support. bookshop.org/ebooks

Copied from the FB page of @tgrcnm.bsky.social COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION Post Election, here's what we can do. Please RSVP and join our virtual discussion! RSVP here: bit.ly/41Fw3fl

Hey Los Alamos, uh, good luck on your next travel to the Nevada Test Site?

Our bestselling book of the holiday season.

If you’re downtown tomorrow for Winterfest weekend, stop by the bookstore and Fuller Lodge Art Center for free gifts! When you bring a Saturday Samizdat receipt to the Art Center, you’ll get a free bookmark. Bring us a receipt from the Art Center and you’ll get a free recycled sari gift wrap!

Ever wonder about those recycled sari scarves we have hanging up by the register? We have them there so folks can use them for reusable furoshiki gift wrap. On this Black Friday, get one free wrap with every hardcover book you purchase!

Join us for poetry night on Friday, November 15th from 6 to 8 pm. Read your own poetry, read another author’s work, or just hang out. Very informal, everyone is welcome.