But there's an incentive to get your behind out the door: Book Soup will be offering 30% off McGackin's book the day of the event.
According to the artist, genetically-modified square peas, reverse bungee jumping, and a door book are just a few inventions that may soon emerge from his studio.
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In the dorm, behind a heavy, code-locked door, books stretch out across the room, with cubbyholes between the shelves leading to single bunks.
On the only side street, I found a house that might have belonged to him — a stucco-covered house, with a dormer window above the front door, books stacked on the sill of that window.
On the only side street, I found a house that might have belonged to him a stucco-covered house, with a dormer window above the front door, books stacked on the sill of that window.
Andrews's round, full voice filled the area where P.L. Travers's "Mary Poppins in the Park" and "Mary Poppins Opens the Door" books are shelved, transforming it into an almost Shakespearean-sounding performance space: "Then, of course, I tried to save her!" Andrews read.
"As we try to get them excited about different ideas as they walk in the door, books can be a tremendous way to narrate those stories," said Aaron Hoey, head merchant for home and accessories at Anthropologie. "We do a very good job of selecting unique books, books you're not going to find in a typical bookstore, and certainly not in a mass-market bookstore like Borders or Barnes & Noble.
Here in Southern California most independent bookstores are participating: from the Book Frog in Rolling Hills Estates and Pages in Manhattan Beach, to Cellar Door Books in Riverside and Book 'Em Mysteries in South Pasadena.
Door-to-door book sales are growing in Brazil: can it happen in the U.S., too?
It has been a remarkable comedown for Avon, which traces its history to 1886, when David H. McConnell, a door-to-door book salesman, discovered that women were more interested in his fragrance samples than his books.
