market block books | Matthew Dicks

Redefining the Author Appearance: Four Proposed Categories

By Matthew Dicks | May 15, 2013 |

I took my friend to a local bookstore to listen to a well-known, New York Times bestselling author speak. He was excited. He had never listened to an author speak before (other than me), and my hope was that this would be one of many author events that we could attend together in the future.…

Bookseller love

By Matthew Dicks | August 23, 2012 |

I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Hadsell of Market Block Books in Troy, New York, but he is my hero. Actually, all booksellers are my heroes and heroines, but based upon sales data and anecdotal reports, Stanley hand sells more of my books than any other bookseller on the planet. By…