Thanks for Everything

If everything goes right, there will be a picture of our certificate from the Appalachian News-Express for winning the award for best place to buy books.  We would like to thank everyone who voted for us.  We would like to thank you in person, so please come in at your earliest convenience.  However, we do have a few problems.  After one last order, going out this Monday, June 24, if possible, we will b e making major changes.  After this time, we will have to ask for at least half down on all orders.  We may have to add shipping and handling fees as well.  Also, we don't know how much longer we will be able to place orders.  We should know more by the next post.  Check our Facebook page for any immediate news.  In any case, we will have one more post this month, next week.  And again, thanks for everything.  It took awhile, but we were finally able to add the picture.

A Video Is Worth at Least a Few Words

We are nearing the one year anniversary of our video series:  Making the Logo.  First, some history.  Within a year of our opening, we put an easel with the store's name on it, as well as other pertinent information that we deemed important to our customers.  Usually, this was when we would be opening/closing at an unscheduled time or when we would be closed for a day.  We would also place announcements for events we were having, mostly author signings or sales.  We would even place some major arrivals, such as new Harry Potter books, up there.  However, we would also start doing interesting things with the store's name.  Rather than just put "Booknotes" in whatever color that seemed appropriate for the time of year, we would jazz it up.  The earliest example, as we have mentioned numerous times, was by changing the first two O's into eyes and the straight line in the K into an exclamation point, forming "Boo!" for Halloween.  Since that early attempt, our logos have gotten more elaborate.  Remember, this was before we at the store knew about Google's similar explorations into graphic logos. We didn't know what we were doing.  Last year, after finally getting a computer, we decided to show our customer base the process of creating these logos.  Hence, the series was born.  At first, these were posted only on YouTube, as part of the writer's personal channel, as well as on the store's Google listing.  However, that part has mostly faded away.  It was just too difficult to place the web address in a post, especially since the link would never show up correctly.  Now, we cross post the vid to our Facebook page.  This allows more people to opportunity to catch it, as well.  Currently, we update the logo every two to three weeks.  The next time, the theme will probably tied to the fourth of July, but it is somewhat too early to be sure.  Anyway, be on the look out for this new logo, and vid, a week or so after this.  See you again in two weeks.