{"id":69126,"date":"2020-06-25T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=69126"},"modified":"2020-08-06T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:16:12","slug":"staying-in-touch-with-books-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/06\/25\/staying-in-touch-with-books-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying in touch with books &#038; us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_69128\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/woman_reading_morisot_1873.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/woman_reading_morisot_1873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/woman_reading_morisot_1873.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/woman_reading_morisot_1873-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman Reading by Berthe Morisot, 1873<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"search\" data-affiliate-id=\"1028\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends and Readers,<\/p>\n<p><strong>THANK YOU for your patience and support!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the past few weeks we&#8217;ve removed our carpeting and are in the midst of staining and sealing the concrete floor. The work is going a bit slower than we thought (working only in the evenings) and has unfortunately postponed our reopening this week.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also brought in some new bookshelves and are working on a section devoted to quality bargain books and literary remainders. If you&#8217;re not already&nbsp; receiving our bi-monthly newsletter, please subscribe.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll receive store updates, book news, reading recommendations, special sales and more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/\">Book Beat Homepage<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69129\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69129\" class=\"wp-image-69129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-1024x1365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1801-rotated.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night shift workers Brett and Kevin rip-it-up in the children&#8217;s section.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Direct Ordering<\/h3>\n<p>Direct sales benefit the shop immediately and are appreciated. Our current hours are: <strong>Mon.-Sat. 10 AM &#8211; 5 PM, Sun. 12-5 PM. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TO ORDER CALL (248) 968-1190<\/strong>, or email us at: <a href=\"mailto:BookBeatOrders@gmail.com\">BookBeatOrders@gmail.com<\/a> CURBSIDE PICKUP &amp; SPECIAL ORDERS MAILED for $3 per box within the USA continues. Have you joined our <em> Send a Friend a book!<\/em> campaign. It&#8217;s Fast! (snail mail) and Cheap! (still only $3) any size order delivered. Mail order bookselling and contactless service are part of &#8220;the new normal&#8221; and we see it as a good thing that promotes safety and reading.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good book recommendation? Give us a call. We are here to help.<\/p>\n<h3>Ordering Online at Bookshop.org<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to browse from home (or from anywhere), our online bookshop is at: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/shop\/Bookbeat\/\">http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/shop\/Bookbeat\/<\/a> Most Bookshop books in our catalogs are stocked at our physical store. If they turn up as out-of-stock online, please try the bookstore: they may be available on our shelves.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of the page is a new book search button for Book Shop. Bookshop is simple and easy to use. The data base is connected to Ingram Books, a distributor used by almost every indie bookstore. Andy Hunter, who began Bookshop, saw a need for indie bookstores to compete online with Amazon. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/16\/books\/bookshop-bookstores-coronavirus.htm\"><em>New York Times <\/em>article<\/a> Hunter said, \u201cIf it\u2019s sticky and it lasts beyond this Covid crisis, it\u2019s going to really help bookstores thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bookshop has been a lifeline for us, and we believe it will get better. Check it out if you haven&#8217;t already. We&#8217;ve added 134 catalogs containing thousands of books, and are growing it weekly. Our goal is to have <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/shop\/Bookbeat\/\">Bookshop\/Bookbeat<\/a> represent our in-store stock as close as possible. If you&#8217;re a blogger, please use Bookshop instead of Amazon. Thank you.<\/p>\n<h3>For Audiobooks<\/h3>\n<p>For <strong>Audio Book<\/strong> fans, we have become an affiliate of<a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/bookbeat\"> LIBRO.FM <\/a>&amp; we&#8217;ve heard that the service, price and selection is similar to audible and other audio book services.<\/p>\n<h3>Rare and Out of Print Books<\/h3>\n<p>For scarce out-of-print books, collectible art and children&#8217;s books, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblio.com\/bookstore\/book-beat-oak-park?aid=BSCB83814\">Biblio.com<\/a> shop. Biblio is owned and operated by indie bookstores to help indie bookstores. We update our inventory on Biblio several times a week and ship orders within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<h3>Find us on Face Book, Instagram and Twitter<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We update our Facebook page usually daily with book news, and reviews of interest: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/bookbeat\/\">Facebook.com\/bookbeat<\/a> and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bookbeatdetroit\/\">Instagram,<\/a> posts are similar to Facebook, but without links. At Book Beat&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monsterisland\">Twitter Page<\/a> we share links to book news and shop events.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s in this month&#8217;s Newsletter:<\/h3>\n<p>Poet and author Helen Frost has kindly shared some of her family&#8217;s favorite books shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/06\/19\/an-extraordinary-spring-by-helen-frost\/\">reading aloud<\/a>. Tara Jay, (a former manager at Book Beat) wrote an essay on several notable LGBTQ books in &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/06\/24\/queer-mappings-speculative-histories-diaries-and-memoir-by-tara-e-jay\/\">Queer Mappings<\/a>&#8216; for Pride Month. A new installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/06\/24\/i-arrogantly-recommend-vol-2-4-by-tom-bowden\/\">literary book reviews<\/a> featuring art and children&#8217;s books by Tom Bowden is here, along with an update of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/06\/25\/detroit-i-do-mind-dying-2\/\">Detroit I Do Mind Dying<\/a><\/em>, from an author signing held at Book Beat ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Please pass along our newsletter to friends who might be interested in books or reading. Signing up for the newsletter is easy at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/\">Book Beat Homepage<\/a>. We are trying to keep mailings to a twice-a-month schedule during the pandemic. Thank you for your continued patronage. We&#8217;re sincerely grateful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay Safe, Healthy and Reading,<\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Cary, Colleen and the staff at Book Beat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends and Readers, THANK YOU for your patience and support! During the past few weeks we&rsquo;ve removed our carpeting and are in the midst of staining and sealing the concrete floor. The work is going a bit slower than we thought (working only in the evenings) and has unfortunately postponed our reopening this week. 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