The money going to Fireside is part of a campaign to give away $1 million in 2014 to independent bookstores. Patterson - with 300 million copies sold worldwide and more New York Times best-sellers than any other author - is a big supporter of small bookstores. Its motto - and URL - is "Good books, bad coffee." A bumper sticker for sale at the counter proclaims, "Everything I know was learned behind the barn in Palmer, Alaska."ĭespite such enticements, Patterson probably isn't planning a trip to Alaska anytime soon, a representative of his publisher said this week. The store is small and quirky but neat and well organized. The money will go to boost Alaska authors in this cozy store that helps anchor the main street of a town founded as a 1930s New Deal farm colony. PALMER - The Henry Ford of books just blessed a little Alaska bookstore.īest-selling author James Patterson gave Fireside Books in Palmer $7,500 this week - no strings attached. Updated: SeptemPublished: February 1, 2015
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