Lost in Place

I promised myself I would wrap up my Boston bookstore visits before another month began. So now, finally, here is the last installment — a brief mention of the MIT Press Bookstore that I had a chance to browse through on my way out of town. After a quick meeting with my rep, I headed around the block to a cheerful corner shop that is just steps from the Kendall Square T stop. The store obviously highlights MIT titles, but carries a collection of new and used books from other publishers as well, on topics that fit well with the MIT collection.

During my two days touring bookstores in the Boston area (and I merely scratched the surface, I know), I was also able to meet with my reps and publicity contacts at Harvard University Press and MIT Press. It was wonderful to be able to combine my visits with bookstore event folks with a few additional face-to-face meetings with these reps who I most often interact with through a tunnel of emails. It was refreshing and enjoyable to be able to meet all these colleagues in-person, something I hope to do in other cities in the coming months.

As a wrap up, the other Boston-area bookstores I visited:

Brookline Booksmith

Harvard Book Store

Globe Corner Book Store