Snowpocalypse No(w): Post-Blizzard Update

Shelf Awareness

Depending upon where your bookshop is located in the Northeast, yesterday's Snowpocalypse was either a hit or a miss. Here's a sampling from some of the booksellers who checked in on social media before, during and after the "weather event":

RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, N.H.: "This. And snacks. Ready for the blizzard!! http://ift.tt/1tgKSQB"

Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, Mass.: "Yup. It's snowing."

Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Vineyard Haven, Mass., shared wintry visuals while announcing: "Due to the bans on travel and parking, Bunch of Grapes will be CLOSED tomorrow. Stay safe and warm!"

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, New York City: "Benefits of coming to HWBC today: get a free coffee/tea with purchase of a book, enjoy some great pop tunes, also it's not your apartment." 

Market Block Books, Troy, N.Y.: "Don't go downtown right now... it's 4 p.m. and we're not there. See you tomorrow. xox."

St. Mark's Bookshop, New York City: "The upside of the 'blizzard that wasn't' is we're open for business! Normal hours, open tonight to 11 p.m. Come find yourself a snow-day read."

The weather put some booksellers in a poetic mood:

Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, Vt.: "The Manchester store has closed for the day because of the weather. We leave you with a haiku from one of our ex-employees. Emilia Burditt":

A Haiku of Regret
We are closed today
The weather has made it so
Please come again, friend

Diane's Books of Greenwich, Conn., was closed yesterday, but shared Mary Oliver's poem "First Snow."

Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, Mass.: "Today we woke up to a revolution of snow, its white flag waving over everything... 'Snow Day' by Billy Collins: http://ow.ly/I2dfd

Even bookseller friends outside the region sent messages of support:

Tattered Cover, Denver, Colo.: "Stay safe, lovely readers of New England & New York! http://bit.ly/BookShelter."