Best Cookbook of the Year!
January 21, 2016 |
Hi guys! I have found it: the best cookbook ever. It has no ISBN, no price, and no publisher. It was handed to me this Tuesday by...
At Last!
January 18, 2016 |
At last, you guys! I moved way back in November, and have been steadily working away at painting and fixing up my new apartment since then. On...
New Year, Same Me
January 15, 2016 |
Everyone around me has gone crazy. They’re all “getting healthy” and “cutting out carbs” and “not eating entire family-sized bags of chips for dinner,” all because it...
Pickles!
January 14, 2016 |
Hi guys, I know that I’ve talked about this cookbook before, but I tried something that I’ve never tried before this weekend: PICKLING! As it turns out...
An oldie, but a goodie
January 13, 2016 |
Part of the perks of being a sales rep (or working in publishing, in general) is getting to read books that are brand spankin’ new — so new...
Dare to Disappoint
January 12, 2016 |
9780374316983 FSG (Raincoast) This week I’ve been enjoying Dare to Disappoint, a graphic memoir by Ozge Samanci about growing up in Turkey. Born in 1975 Samanci witnessed...
Criss-crossing the Country
January 11, 2016 |
If you aren’t in the book biz, you may not know that February is bookfair month. Yes, reps all over the country are meeting with booksellers, presenting...
Catalogue Mailing
January 8, 2016 |
I made my triumphant return to the Ampersand Inc. Vancouver offices on Monday to face a daunting task indeed… catalogue mailouts. For a whole week, Ali and...
Reading a Book From Every Country in the World
January 7, 2016 |
Hi guys, Happy New Year to everyone! I’m sure we are all feeling nice and refreshed from our time off. Lots of rest and food has probably...
The Trap
January 5, 2016 |
Happy New Year! While resting up between holiday festivities I read The Trap by young German author Melanie Raabe. Coming from Anansi in April this psychological thriller...
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2015 |
– Love The Ampersand Team
Merry Christmas Eve!
December 24, 2015 |
Hi guys! Merry Christmas Eve from the Ampersand team! Tamara
Let the Feasting Begin!
December 22, 2015 |
9781452128092 Chronicle Books Gjelina is a restaurant in Venice Beach, California which epitomizes fresh, inventive and globally inspired food. With 150 grain and vegetable – centric recipes...
Carry On Part 2
December 17, 2015 |
Hi guys! Well I’ve started Carry On by Rainbow Rowell and I am SUCH a fan so far! It’s not that I forgot how much I enjoy...
Ampersand Down Under
December 14, 2015 |
My good pal Kate – retired book rep and enthusiastic traveler currently visiting Australia, sent me this photo of Ampersand Books in Sydney, Australia. I think that...
Flannery
December 14, 2015 |
So this week I was sorting out all my samples (out with winter, in with spring!), and I found a small jar of glitter. You have to...
Carry On!
December 10, 2015 |
Hi guys! Who is reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell? This is the question I asked myself last night when I picked it up as my next...
Postcapitalism
December 1, 2015 |
Ok, time for a little gravitas after weeks of sales conference indulgence. While relaxing on my comfy couch last night – so nice to be home –...
Zzzzzz
November 26, 2015 |
Hi everyone, I know every post these past two weeks have been about sales conference, but we’re in the home stretch and soon we’ll step out of...
Home Alone
November 19, 2015 |
Hi guys! As you know, we are in the midst of sales conference and while the reps are doing their extreme conferencing sports I am back at...