Welcome All Mailing Listers!

Hello!
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To address a few of the inqiries and suggestions you very kindly noted when filling out the Reader Survey available around town, here's some information.
The book selections will include many genres and our littlest visitors will have lots of childrens books to choose from. Under fiction you'll see Mystery/Detective/Suspense/Espionage, Romance, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical and Classic Literature. You'll find Biography, History, True Crime, Religion, Humor, Fashion, Art, Current Events and much more in the non-fiction section. For book-lovers who find reading difficult these days there will be large print and audio-books in several genres including general fiction, non-fiction, Classic Literature, Westerns, Romance, Biography, History and, again, much more!
Anything you may want that you don't see can be special ordered.
As for decor, it's going to be pretty eclectic. I've got all kinds of 'stuff' to populate the shelves, walls, tables and windows, mainly fish. There will be a cozy reading area with chairs, a couch and coffee table. Since Mackerel Sky is located right next to The Red Coyote Coffee House (where all the famous people meet) there will be coffee and yummies to enjoy. You won't even have to go outside! I'm sure you will be careful not to spill anything on the books, of course.
Aside from books, there will be gifts and art so I'm sure everyone will find many things both interesting and unusual to enjoy.
I look forward to hearing from everyone and seeing you at the store when we open (I have the sign!) in the spring.

Coming along...

Little by little, its coming together!
Decided on POS program, Booklog wins! They have a great interface, works with Ingram and its easy to use. I should be able to learn it fairly quickly. They have some neat touches too, like a dinosaur icon for checking 'history'!
The bookshelves that can be built here at the house are done. The wood for the big shelves is cut and drilled, the staining and varnishing is nearly done. Way to go Dave!
Still plugging away at the worksheet for my initial bookorder. Man, that is a struggle! I'll be getting some expert help on Tuesday from my sales rep at Ingram. I need it!!
More to come.... I'll keep you posted.