New England Mobile Book Fair

Yesterday I made an impromptu jaunt to this amazing retail/wholesale store/warehouse outside of Boston. Frank Kramer, owner of Harvard Bookstore, had recommended it as a stop for us on our visits to Boston. What a place -- certainly one of the largest bookstores in the country, with enormous depth of title-base on obscure non-fiction subjects. Much of the store is organized not by category, though, but by publisher! This makes browsing a very odd experience, but quite provocative. Half of the building is remainders and publishers overstock and hurt books -- a really astonishing selection at very low prices. For that matter, the half of building that's new books is all 20% off.

The itinerary I think -- given the previous post's info, which is that the Harvard Square literary programming begins at 5:30 -- would be:

Depart Food For Thought in Amherst at 9am
Arrive New England Mobile Book Fair at 11am
Depart NEMBF for Harvard Square at 1pm (arrive about half an hour later)

Since the Mayfair is in large part a "Taste" event, with lots of restaurants selling food to the party-goers, we'll split up on arrival and people will be on their own for late lunches/early dinners, and for finding their way to various bookstores over the next few hours.

Mayfair Readers Ramble starts at Harvard Bookstore at 5:30pm.
Ramble concludes at 8:30pm
Depart at 9pm, arrive back at Food For Thought in Amherst at 11pm.