1 00:00:00,033 --> 00:00:01,966 >> LOOK AT ALL THE SIZES AND 2 00:00:01,966 --> 00:00:02,300 SHAPES. 3 00:00:02,300 --> 00:00:04,033 JUST KIND OF CELEBRATING SHARING 4 00:00:04,033 --> 00:00:05,633 OF IDEAS. 5 00:00:05,633 --> 00:00:07,900 >> I DEFINITELY THINK IT IS A 6 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,000 VALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO BE IN A 7 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,800 PLACE SURROUNDED BY BOOKS. 8 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,266 >> IN THIS DIGITAL AGE OF eBOOKS 9 00:00:13,266 --> 00:00:15,566 AND ONLINE SHOPPING, A BELOVED 10 00:00:15,566 --> 00:00:17,000 AND ALMOST CENTURY-OLD STORY 11 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:17,900 CONTINUES TO THRIVE. 12 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:21,766 JOIN US TODAY AS WE VISIT THE 13 00:00:21,766 --> 00:00:24,300 NEW DOMINION BOOKSHOP. 14 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:25,800 COME ON. 15 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,500 >> WE WERE KIND OF JUST 16 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:29,500 EXPLORING CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND 17 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:31,766 WE LOVE BOOKSTORES. 18 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:34,700 ANYTIME WE SEE ONE, WE LIKE TO 19 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:35,900 GO IN, AND THIS JUST LOOKED LIKE 20 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:38,166 A REALLY CUTE SPACE. 21 00:00:38,166 --> 00:00:39,900 >> IT KINDA HAS A VINTAGE VIBE 22 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:42,233 OUR GENERATION JUST REALLY 23 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:43,600 APPRECIATES THAT. 24 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:44,600 >>WE THINK IT WAS STARTED AROUND 25 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,733 1924 BY A UVA GRADUATE 26 00:00:46,733 --> 00:00:49,866 IT WAS BOUGHT BY CHRISTOPHER 27 00:00:49,866 --> 00:00:52,600 COLUMBUS WELLS IN 1926. 28 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,566 HE OWNED IT FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS 29 00:00:53,566 --> 00:00:54,566 IT BECAME FAMOUS AS THE LOCAL 30 00:00:54,566 --> 00:00:55,566 BOOKSHOP 31 00:00:55,566 --> 00:00:56,566 YOU COULD SEE ALL OF 32 00:00:56,566 --> 00:00:57,233 CHARLOTTESVILLE PASSING THROUGH 33 00:00:57,233 --> 00:01:02,333 YOU COULD GET THE DAYS NEWS, THE 34 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:03,966 GOSSIP, THE NEWEST TITLES. 35 00:01:03,966 --> 00:01:05,366 ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES BOUGHT THE 36 00:01:05,366 --> 00:01:07,866 SHOP FROM HIM AND MOVED IT 37 00:01:07,866 --> 00:01:11,100 ACROSS THE STREET TO THIS 38 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:14,566 LOCATION, WHICH WAS A SHOE 39 00:01:14,566 --> 00:01:16,233 STORE. 40 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:17,600 HER HUSBAND REDID IT. 41 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:18,600 AND MADE IT INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL 42 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,166 SPACE IT IS TODAY 43 00:01:20,166 --> 00:01:22,933 >> AND SHE PASSED AWAY 44 00:01:22,933 --> 00:01:23,366 UNEXPECTEDLY. 45 00:01:23,366 --> 00:01:24,533 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER 46 00:01:24,533 --> 00:01:26,166 AND THE ROLE SHE PLAYED IN THE 47 00:01:26,166 --> 00:01:27,800 COMMUNITY THROUGH THE STORE. 48 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,066 >> I THINK EVERYONE KNEW CAROL 49 00:01:29,066 --> 00:01:30,033 AND EVERYONE TRUSTED HER 50 00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:32,266 RECOMMENDATIONS. 51 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,100 SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE SO MANY 52 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:37,733 PERSONAL RECK MINUTEDATIONS TO 53 00:01:37,733 --> 00:01:39,066 PEOPLE. 54 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:41,633 SHE HAD IMPECCABLE TASTE. 55 00:01:41,633 --> 00:01:44,666 THE COLLECTIONS IN GARDENING AND 56 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:47,166 ARCHITECTURE WERE PARTICULARLY 57 00:01:47,166 --> 00:01:48,633 STRONG, BUT THE SHOP WAS SO MUCH 58 00:01:48,633 --> 00:01:50,133 ABOUT HER TASTE AND HER LEGACY. 59 00:01:50,133 --> 00:01:52,866 >> WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO COME AND 60 00:01:52,866 --> 00:01:55,933 TAKE OVER THE STORE? 61 00:01:55,933 --> 00:01:59,366 >> WELL, I THINK LIKE ANY LIFE 62 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:01,133 DECISION THERE WERE MANY THINGS 63 00:02:01,133 --> 00:02:02,100 THAT BROUGHT ME HERE. 64 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:05,800 I HAD BEEN WORKING FOR CAROL 65 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,800 SELLING BOOKS AT A READING 66 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,966 SERIES I STARTED OVER IN BELMONT 67 00:02:10,966 --> 00:02:12,100 CALLED THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 68 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:12,833 READING SERIES. 69 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,433 I STARTED SELLING FOR CAROL 70 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:16,366 THERE AND THEN DOING SOME SOCIAL 71 00:02:16,366 --> 00:02:17,700 MEDIA, SO I WAS CONNECTED WITH 72 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:19,733 IT WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY. 73 00:02:19,733 --> 00:02:22,400 AND I CONTACTED HER HUSBAND. 74 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,933 I SAID, I KNOW THIS IS A VERY 75 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:26,666 DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE SHOP, AND 76 00:02:26,666 --> 00:02:29,766 I ASKED IF HE WOULD HIRE ME AS 77 00:02:29,766 --> 00:02:31,966 THE MANAGER, UNDERSTANDING 78 00:02:31,966 --> 00:02:34,333 SOMEDAY I WOULD BUY THE SHOP. 79 00:02:34,333 --> 00:02:35,566 >> THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT 80 00:02:35,566 --> 00:02:36,400 TRADITIONS HERE THAT YOU'RE 81 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,933 CARRYING ON IN THE SHOP, BUT YOU 82 00:02:37,933 --> 00:02:41,100 ALSO HAVE SOME NEW IDEAS AND NEW 83 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:41,466 GOALS. 84 00:02:41,466 --> 00:02:42,166 TALK ABOUT BOTH. 85 00:02:42,166 --> 00:02:45,933 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M DOING, 86 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:48,533 I'M CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO 87 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:49,300 REINVENT THE WHEEL. 88 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:51,833 THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING SHOP, 89 00:02:51,833 --> 00:02:55,700 AND WE HAVE SUCH A LOYAL 90 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:57,133 CLIENTELE. 91 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:59,600 WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND DO 92 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,800 THINGS LIKE STORY TIME. 93 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,533 WE'RE STARTING A NEW OPEN MIC 94 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:05,200 NIGHT TO GET YOUNG WRITERS AND 95 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:16,700 READERS INTO THE SHOP. 96 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,033 >> SO FRIDAY NIGHT WRITES IS 97 00:03:18,033 --> 00:03:19,800 REALLY TRYING TO SERVE AS AN 98 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,433 OUTLET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND 99 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:21,966 COLLEGE STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT I 100 00:03:21,966 --> 00:03:22,900 THINK THERE'S NOT MANY OTHER 101 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:24,500 PLACES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT 102 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:25,666 PRESENT THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY, 103 00:03:25,666 --> 00:03:29,466 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN 104 00:03:29,466 --> 00:03:32,633 MICS, BUT I DON'T THINK LITERARY 105 00:03:32,633 --> 00:03:35,366 FOCUSED ONES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 106 00:03:35,366 --> 00:03:36,666 ARE A COMMON THING. 107 00:03:36,666 --> 00:03:40,600 >> A DAY WILL COME WHEN MY 108 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,266 POETRY IS NOT A SLAVE FOR YOU 109 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:44,533 LIKE TO SMILE WHEN YOU LIE, HERE 110 00:03:44,533 --> 00:03:46,666 MY MOTHER CROONED. 111 00:03:46,666 --> 00:03:48,233 >> I THINK IT IS GREAT. 112 00:03:48,233 --> 00:03:50,466 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE 113 00:03:50,466 --> 00:03:52,166 JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHARE 114 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:54,300 MY WORK SO BAD. 115 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,333 >> YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF 116 00:03:56,333 --> 00:03:57,466 THEIR LIFE AND WHERE SOMEONE'S 117 00:03:57,466 --> 00:03:59,033 COME FROM, A BACKGROUND THAT'S 118 00:03:59,033 --> 00:04:00,166 DIFFERENT THAN YOURS OR 119 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:00,900 EXPERIENCES THAT ARE DIFFERENT 120 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:04,266 FROM YOURS, AND YOU LEARN FROM 121 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:04,566 THAT. 122 00:04:04,566 --> 00:04:06,533 >> YOU TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR 123 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:09,466 TENDENCY TO BURST INTO FLOWERS. 124 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:11,600 YOU TELL HIM YOU WISH YOU COULD 125 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,166 STOP. 126 00:04:12,166 --> 00:04:15,233 HE HAS A PENCIL AND A CLIPBOARD 127 00:04:15,233 --> 00:04:17,166 AND A LITTLE PENLIGHT TO HELP 128 00:04:17,166 --> 00:04:20,233 YOU SEE HIS PAPERS. 129 00:04:20,233 --> 00:04:23,266 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TRIED 130 00:04:23,266 --> 00:04:24,833 TO DO, WHICH IS THE THING 131 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:26,166 CONSISTENT WITH A NATIONAL 132 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:29,533 INDEPENDENT BUSINESS MODEL, IS 133 00:04:29,533 --> 00:04:30,966 TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY 134 00:04:30,966 --> 00:04:34,633 EVENTS IN THE SHOP TO USE THE 135 00:04:34,633 --> 00:04:39,333 SHOP AS LIKE THIRD SPACE. 136 00:04:39,333 --> 00:04:42,400 >> AND AUTHORS WHO CHOOSE THIS 137 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,666 BOOKSHOP TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS AND 138 00:04:43,666 --> 00:04:44,733 RELEASE THEIR BOOKS AND TALK 139 00:04:44,733 --> 00:04:48,100 ABOUT THEIR BOOKS, TALK ABOUT 140 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:50,000 SOME OF THESE WRITERS WHO COME 141 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:50,333 THROUGH. 142 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:52,333 >> WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LINEUP 143 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:53,300 YEAR ROUND. 144 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:54,900 WE TRY TO HAVE THE FALL AND THE 145 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:57,700 SPRING SEASON KICKED OFF WITH A 146 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:59,333 BOOK FESTIVAL OF COURSE SINCE 147 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:00,600 THOSE ARE MAIN EVENT SEASONS, 148 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,466 BUT WE HAVE THREE LOCAL AUTHORS 149 00:05:03,466 --> 00:05:04,666 WHO ARE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN 150 00:05:04,666 --> 00:05:07,766 WHO SUPPORT THE SHOP. 151 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:09,133 THEY HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE AS 152 00:05:09,133 --> 00:05:12,266 THE PLACE THEY SIGN. 153 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:16,266 JOHN GRISHAM AND JAN CARON AND 154 00:05:16,266 --> 00:05:20,400 MARGO LEE SHETTERLY, WHO WROTE 155 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,733 "HIDDEN FIGURES." 156 00:05:21,733 --> 00:05:23,866 THOSE THREE ARE VERY HELPFUL TO 157 00:05:23,866 --> 00:05:24,466 THE SHOP. 158 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:26,333 IT IS WONDERFUL TO GET CALLS 159 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:27,366 FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY 160 00:05:27,366 --> 00:05:29,166 WHO WANT THEIR BOOKS SIGNED. 161 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:30,966 WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS SCHEDULE OF 162 00:05:30,966 --> 00:05:36,466 PEOPLE COMING TO THE POETRY 163 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:37,900 FICTION, SOME NONFICTION. 164 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,500 >> ON FIRST FRIDAYS, YOU HAVE 165 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,166 ART EXHIBITS. 166 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:43,166 >> YEAH, WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE 167 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:44,733 IN HERE FOR ALL KINDS OF 168 00:05:44,733 --> 00:05:45,066 REASONS. 169 00:05:45,066 --> 00:05:47,166 IF THEY COME AND LOOK AT ART, 170 00:05:47,166 --> 00:05:48,933 MAYBE THEY'LL ALSO BUY A BOOK OR 171 00:05:48,933 --> 00:05:49,833 FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY 172 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:52,900 WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN OTHERWISE, 173 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:55,866 BUT WE HAVE A LOVELY GALLERY 174 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:56,166 SPACE. 175 00:05:56,166 --> 00:05:58,033 >> ONE OF YOUR GOALS IS TO 176 00:05:58,033 --> 00:05:58,766 REALLY SERVE THE WHOLE 177 00:05:58,766 --> 00:06:00,600 COMMUNITY, AND THE BOOKS YOU 178 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:01,833 CHOOSE, YOUR COLLECTION, IS 179 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:03,533 BASED ON THIS GOAL. 180 00:06:03,533 --> 00:06:04,633 TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S 181 00:06:04,633 --> 00:06:05,400 VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. 182 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,300 >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF 183 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:10,133 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF MY JOB 184 00:06:10,133 --> 00:06:13,900 IS THAT I AM -- I'M THE MANAGER, 185 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:16,333 BUT I'M ALSO THE BOOK BUYER. 186 00:06:16,333 --> 00:06:19,666 I'M THE PRIMARY BUYER. 187 00:06:19,666 --> 00:06:22,433 READING "THE NEW YORK TIMES" 188 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:24,066 REVIEWS AND "THE WASHINGTON 189 00:06:24,066 --> 00:06:25,300 POST" REVIEWS AND SEEING WHAT'S 190 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:26,466 IN THE ZEITGEIST FOR THE WEEK 191 00:06:26,466 --> 00:06:28,300 AND KEEPING UP IS REALLY 192 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:30,033 IMPORTANT AS A BOOKSHOP BECAUSE 193 00:06:30,033 --> 00:06:32,000 I CAN'T HAVE ALL THE BOOKS, BUT 194 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,266 WE TRY TO HAVE GOOD BOOKS. 195 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:37,333 >> I LIKE TO INTERACT WITH THE 196 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:39,500 PAPER, THE COVER, SEE THE 197 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:39,833 ARTWORK. 198 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:43,933 SEEMS MORE ALIVE TO ME. 199 00:06:43,933 --> 00:06:48,633 >> JUST LIKE HOLDING A BOOK IS 200 00:06:48,633 --> 00:06:49,266 SEEING PROGRESS. 201 00:06:49,266 --> 00:06:50,266 YOU CAN FEEL IT. 202 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:52,133 THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I 203 00:06:52,133 --> 00:06:59,833 LOVE PHYSICAL HARD COPY BOOKS. 204 00:06:59,833 --> 00:07:01,200 >> YOU CAN HAVE THEM WITH YOU IN 205 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,466 A LOT MORE SITUATIONS. 206 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:08,033 >> I AM A CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN 207 00:07:08,033 --> 00:07:09,966 ARTIST, SO I PAINT MYSELF IN THE 208 00:07:09,966 --> 00:07:11,033 CONTEMPORARY STYLE. 209 00:07:11,033 --> 00:07:13,900 I PUBLISHED A BOOK ON WOMEN FROM 210 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:15,866 ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND IT 211 00:07:15,866 --> 00:07:20,200 FOCUSES ON WOMEN OF COLOR. 212 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,866 >> HOW DO YOU SURVIVE? 213 00:07:22,866 --> 00:07:25,333 HOW DOES AN INDEPENDENT 214 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:26,900 BOOKSTORE SURVIVE IN THIS DAY 215 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:30,433 AND AGE, THE DIGITAL AGE, 216 00:07:30,433 --> 00:07:31,833 eBOOKS, CHAIN STORES? 217 00:07:31,833 --> 00:07:38,400 AND PEOPLE LOVE TO SHOP. 218 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:38,766 >> IT IS. 219 00:07:38,766 --> 00:07:39,433 IT'S BELOVED. 220 00:07:39,433 --> 00:07:41,400 THERE'S A LOT OF WORK YOU HAVE 221 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,933 TO DO IN GETTING NAME 222 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:45,300 RECOGNITION, HAVING PEOPLE FIND 223 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:46,000 YOU. 224 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,933 AND WE ARE CONTINUING THIS 225 00:07:47,933 --> 00:07:49,333 TRADITION AND TRYING TO BRING IT 226 00:07:49,333 --> 00:07:51,100 TO NEW PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE THAT 227 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:51,833 INCREDIBLE BASE. 228 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:54,166 THE WAY WE SURVIVE, YOU KNOW, 229 00:07:54,166 --> 00:07:55,900 PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES SAY, WOW, 230 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:57,166 WHAT A LABOR OF LOVE. 231 00:07:57,166 --> 00:07:59,833 I SAY, YES, IT IS, BUT IT IS 232 00:07:59,833 --> 00:08:00,600 ALSO MY JOB. 233 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,133 I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A 234 00:08:02,133 --> 00:08:03,533 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. 235 00:08:03,533 --> 00:08:06,900 I HAVE A STAFF OF NINE 236 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:07,400 EMPLOYEES. 237 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,033 IT'S THEIR WORK, AND IT'S THEIR 238 00:08:09,033 --> 00:08:09,300 JOB. 239 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:11,400 THEY LOVE IT, AND THEY TAKE IT 240 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,733 REALLY SERIOUSLY, SO I THINK IT 241 00:08:13,733 --> 00:08:15,333 IS A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR 242 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:16,800 INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLERS. 243 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,666 IT WAS A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME 244 00:08:17,666 --> 00:08:19,866 IN THE 90s WHEN AMAZON AND THE 245 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:24,266 BIG BOX STORES CAME IN. 246 00:08:24,266 --> 00:08:27,500 OUR MODEL IS NOT TO HAVE EVERY 247 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:29,033 SINGLE BOOK, BUT THAT WE CAN 248 00:08:29,033 --> 00:08:30,700 ORDER IT AND HAVE IT IN TWO OR 249 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:31,466 THREE DAYS. 250 00:08:31,466 --> 00:08:33,000 WE HAVE GOOD BOOKS. 251 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:33,900 WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE 252 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:37,733 WHO LOVE BOOKS AND LOVE 253 00:08:37,733 --> 00:08:38,800 LEARNING. 254 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,300 WE'RE NEAR THE DOWNTOWN MALL, SO 255 00:08:40,300 --> 00:08:42,366 WE HAVE AMAZING PEDESTRIAN 256 00:08:42,366 --> 00:08:43,300 TRAFFIC. 257 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:44,233 >> RIGHT. 258 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:46,600 >> PART OF THE REASON PEOPLE 259 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,933 COME HERE AND LOOK AROUND. 260 00:08:47,933 --> 00:08:50,333 THEY'RE LIKE, WOW. 261 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:51,733 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE. 262 00:08:51,733 --> 00:08:54,200 IT'S LIKE BOOK CHURCH FOR SOME 263 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:54,533 PEOPLE. 264 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:55,433 >> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MOVE 265 00:08:55,433 --> 00:08:56,966 BACK TO GO FORWARD. 266 00:08:56,966 --> 00:08:58,600 >> YOU'VE HAD BIG EVENTS. 267 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,033 YOU'VE HAD BIG EVENTS WHERE 268 00:09:01,033 --> 00:09:04,966 YOU'VE RENTED OUT THE PARAMOUNT 269 00:09:04,966 --> 00:09:07,066 THEATER AND YOU'RE ALSO 270 00:09:07,066 --> 00:09:07,566 DELIVERING BOOKS. 271 00:09:07,566 --> 00:09:11,466 >> BACK IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS, 272 00:09:11,466 --> 00:09:18,566 PEOPLE WOULD CALL THE BOOKSHOP, 273 00:09:18,566 --> 00:09:22,500 AND WE WOULD HAND DELIVER THEIR 274 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:23,333 ORDERS TO THEIR HOUSE. 275 00:09:23,333 --> 00:09:26,400 IT WAS A VERY OLD-FASHIONED 276 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:26,733 SYSTEM. 277 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,300 THAT CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH 278 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:29,966 TIMBERLAKES DRUGSTORE, WHICH IS 279 00:09:29,966 --> 00:09:31,433 RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. 280 00:09:31,433 --> 00:09:34,066 THEY DELIVER BOOKS TO 281 00:09:34,066 --> 00:09:37,966 WESTMINSTER CANTERBURYS, TO THE 282 00:09:37,966 --> 00:09:41,633 COLONNADES, TO THE COUNTRYSIDE. 283 00:09:41,633 --> 00:09:43,033 WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR 284 00:09:43,033 --> 00:09:43,766 PRESCRIPTIONS, THEY CAN ALSO GET 285 00:09:43,766 --> 00:09:44,333 THEIR BOOKS. 286 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:45,300 >> I LOVE THAT. 287 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:47,833 WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS WONDERFUL 288 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:49,800 BOOKSHOP DOWN THE ROAD? 289 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,866 HOW DO YOU ENVISION IT IN A 290 00:09:51,866 --> 00:09:52,866 HANDFUL OF YEARS? 291 00:09:52,866 --> 00:09:54,833 >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT 292 00:09:54,833 --> 00:09:55,766 WHENEVER PEOPLE IMAGINE THE 293 00:09:55,766 --> 00:09:57,233 FUTURE THEY ALWAYS IMAGINE, 294 00:09:57,233 --> 00:09:59,533 WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE 295 00:09:59,533 --> 00:09:59,933 HOVERCRAFTS. 296 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:02,566 WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE WEARING 297 00:10:02,566 --> 00:10:04,033 PLASTIC PANTS. 298 00:10:04,033 --> 00:10:06,566 WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIVING ON 299 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:07,466 THE MOON. 300 00:10:07,466 --> 00:10:09,600 WHEN WE MAKE PREDICTIONS, IT 301 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,266 SHOWS HOW COMPLETELY TRAPPED IN 302 00:10:11,266 --> 00:10:12,633 THE PRESENT MOMENT WE ARE, SO 303 00:10:12,633 --> 00:10:14,100 I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS GOING 304 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,100 TO LOOK LIKE. 305 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:17,533 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE 306 00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:20,366 THIS SAME MODEL FOREVER OR HOW 307 00:10:20,366 --> 00:10:22,900 THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE WITH 308 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:27,300 BOOKS AND BOOK CULTURE, READING 309 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:27,633 CULTURE. 310 00:10:27,633 --> 00:10:30,300 I HOPE THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A 311 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:31,733 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND 312 00:10:31,733 --> 00:10:35,000 READ AND SHARE STORIES AND FIND 313 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,233 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THEM, 314 00:10:37,233 --> 00:10:37,933 MAKE THEM HAPPY. 315 00:10:37,933 --> 00:10:39,633 BUT YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY 316 00:10:39,633 --> 00:10:44,266 THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE ROBOTS. 317 00:10:44,266 --> 00:10:45,666 BOOKS ON ROBOTS. 318 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:47,333 >> WHAT DO YOU READ? 319 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:50,266 >> I TRY TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF 320 00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:50,666 EVERYTHING. 321 00:10:50,666 --> 00:10:56,933 AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, I LIKE 322 00:10:56,933 --> 00:10:57,300 BIOGRAPHY. 323 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:01,800 AS I GET OLDER, I FIND LIFE IS 324 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:02,933 SOMETIMES MORE INTERESTING THAN 325 00:11:02,933 --> 00:11:05,133 EVEN FICTION, SO I TRY TO READ 326 00:11:05,133 --> 00:11:09,033 AS BROADLY AS I CAN. 327 00:11:09,033 --> 00:11:18,166 EVEN THE GENRES THAT DON'T 328 00:11:18,166 --> 00:11:18,833 INTEREST ME. 329 00:11:18,833 --> 00:11:21,766 >> I THINK INDEPENDENT 330 00:11:21,766 --> 00:11:22,766 BOOKSTORES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE 331 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:25,233 THEY MORE RESPOND TO WHAT PEOPLE 332 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:27,333 WANT TO READ VERSUS MAYBE 333 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:28,833 SETTING AN AGENDA FOR WHAT 334 00:11:28,833 --> 00:11:29,800 PEOPLE SHOULD READ. 335 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,466 >> "THE SOUND AND THE FURY" BY 336 00:11:33,466 --> 00:11:35,533 WILLIAM FAULKNER IS THE MOST 337 00:11:35,533 --> 00:11:36,500 CHALLENGING BOOK I'VE EVER READ. 338 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:37,566 >> FICTION AND FANTASY. 339 00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:40,000 I DON'T LIKE TO SAY IN THE REAL 340 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:40,633 WORLD. 341 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:42,400 IT IS TOO SERIOUS AND TOO MUCH 342 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,166 FOR ME SOMETIMES. 343 00:11:43,166 --> 00:11:46,266 >> I LIKE READING BOOKS ON 344 00:11:46,266 --> 00:11:47,600 ROMANCE ODDLY ENOUGH. 345 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,500 >> CULTURE AND LITERATURE AND 346 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:54,066 ARCHITECTURE AND COOKING. 347 00:11:54,066 --> 00:11:54,800 THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, 348 00:11:54,800 --> 00:12:03,033 YEAH. 349 00:12:03,033 --> 00:12:07,833 [ APPLAUSE ] 350 00:12:07,833 --> 00:12:10,100 >> WHOEVER GETS PICKED WILL GET 351 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,300 A FREE BOOK FROM A DIFFERENT 352 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