PFB 3.0, 1830 Commercial Drive, beween 2nd and 3rd on the east side of the street, should be open today from noon-7pm, and every following day from 11am-7pm. Phone should be working as of this morning, too: 604.251.4311.
Lots of space yet to be filled; we will be happy to look at any quantity of books for potential purchase, any time up until 5pm, 7 days a week. No need to make an appointment; one of our buyers will be happy to take a look at whatever you've got.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Friday, December 30, 2011
Holiday Hours
PFB Main Street and PFB Kits will close on Saturday December 31st at 5pm.
PFB Main Street and PFB Kits will be closed on Sunday January 1st, 2012. Reason: packing for PFB Commercial Drive.
Regular hours resume Monday January 2nd 2012 at 10am (Main) and 11am (Kits).
God willing, PFB Commercial Drive (1830 Commercial, between 2nd and 3rd, on the east side of the street) will be up and running by the 20th of January. News here (and maybe a few photographs) as things develop.
PFB Main Street and PFB Kits will be closed on Sunday January 1st, 2012. Reason: packing for PFB Commercial Drive.
Regular hours resume Monday January 2nd 2012 at 10am (Main) and 11am (Kits).
God willing, PFB Commercial Drive (1830 Commercial, between 2nd and 3rd, on the east side of the street) will be up and running by the 20th of January. News here (and maybe a few photographs) as things develop.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
How Can We Help?
With Christmas fast approaching, an instant recap of what my microeconomics course calls "sustainable competitive advantage":
Q: How do you guys make any money at this?
A: By selling lots and lots of books, and by receiving an extra bit of margin from our favorite suppliers, based on the steadily increasing volume of our orders.
Q: Phone orders?
A: You bet. Visa, MC, AmEx. Or our wireless debit machine at your door, just like the pizza guy.
Most special orders from come as fast, or faster, than when ordered online.
Example: book ordered from Big Canadian Chain and shipped from Ontario to Vancouver: 5 to 7 working days. Book ordered from PFB and shipped from Vancouver-based or Western Canadian supplier: 2 or 3 days. Plus, when you order from us (or any other real bookstore, for that matter), you never pay shipping, handling, or border brokerage. Nor do you have to wait in a 55-person lineup at your local Canada Post outlet, listening to Phil Collins sing "The Little Drummer Boy."
We hope you'll keep us in mind this holiday season. If you have any questions about any book-related issue, please phone or email. We are always happy to hear from you.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Nomados Book Launch Tonight @ Main Street
Please join Nomados Literary Publishers as we launch four new books: Sonnets : Louise Labé by Edward Byrne; Lever by Stephen Collis; Twenty Objects for the New World by Alex Leslie; and that stays news by Nikki Reimer. Readings by the authors and a mystery guest.
Saturday November 19 at Pulpfiction Books 2422 Main, 7-9 pm. Light refreshments. FREE.
Associated with the Kootenay School of Writing, Edward Byrne is the author of Aporia and Beautiful Lies. He is also the co-editor of The Recovery of the Public World: Essays on Poetics in Honour of Robin Blaser.
Stephen Collis' most recent book of poetry, On the Material, won the 2011 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is currently writing a book about change.
Alex Leslie's collection of short stories People Who Disappear will be published by Freehand Books in April. Winner of a CBC Literary Award and a Gold National Magazine Award, she has published in literary journals throughout Canada.
Nikki Reimer's book [sic] was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert award. Her chapbooks include haute action material and fist things first, and her work has appeared in The Capilano Review, Dandelion, Poetry is Dead, West Coast Line, Matrix, PRISM, and other magazines. She is currently Managing Editor
of EVENT magazine.
Saturday November 19 at Pulpfiction Books 2422 Main, 7-9 pm. Light refreshments. FREE.
Associated with the Kootenay School of Writing, Edward Byrne is the author of Aporia and Beautiful Lies. He is also the co-editor of The Recovery of the Public World: Essays on Poetics in Honour of Robin Blaser.
Stephen Collis' most recent book of poetry, On the Material, won the 2011 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is currently writing a book about change.
Alex Leslie's collection of short stories People Who Disappear will be published by Freehand Books in April. Winner of a CBC Literary Award and a Gold National Magazine Award, she has published in literary journals throughout Canada.
Nikki Reimer's book [sic] was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert award. Her chapbooks include haute action material and fist things first, and her work has appeared in The Capilano Review, Dandelion, Poetry is Dead, West Coast Line, Matrix, PRISM, and other magazines. She is currently Managing Editor
of EVENT magazine.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
CJB's Top 10 Ever Fiction List
A client requests, and I warily supply, a list of my all-time top ten favorite novels. Your mileage may vary.
1. Paul Bowles, Let It Come Down (1952)
2. Don Carpenter, Hard Rain Falling (1966)
3. M. John Harrison, Light (2001)
4. Russell Hoban, Turtle Diary (1975)
5. Denis Johnson, Fiskadoro (1985)
6. Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, tr. Lydia Davis (1857 / 2011)
7. Cormac McCarthy, Suttree (1979)
8. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (1877 / 2000)
9. Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (1962) or A Scanner Darkly (1977)
10. Pete Dexter, God's Pocket (1983)
1. Paul Bowles, Let It Come Down (1952)
2. Don Carpenter, Hard Rain Falling (1966)
3. M. John Harrison, Light (2001)
4. Russell Hoban, Turtle Diary (1975)
5. Denis Johnson, Fiskadoro (1985)
6. Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, tr. Lydia Davis (1857 / 2011)
7. Cormac McCarthy, Suttree (1979)
8. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (1877 / 2000)
9. Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (1962) or A Scanner Darkly (1977)
10. Pete Dexter, God's Pocket (1983)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Breaking News: Free Delivery; Extra Savings
Most paid-in-advance special orders from us are now 30% off Canadian cover price. Ever feel like you had to buy something on-line, or from a corporate giant, because you suspected that buying local & independent was going to cost you more? That's a choice you no longer have to make.
What's more, if you order $100 or more of books from us at once, we'll deliver your books to your home or office, anywhere in the city of Vancouver, at no additional charge.
Q: How do you guys make any money at this?
A: By selling lots and lots of books, and by receiving an extra bit of margin from our favorite suppliers, based on the steadily increasing volume of our orders.
Q: Phone orders?
A: You bet. Visa, MC, AmEx. Or our wireless debit machine at your door, just like the pizza guy.
Q: Can my friend in Nigeria order 500 copies of the new Steve Jobs bio?
A: No.
What's more, if you order $100 or more of books from us at once, we'll deliver your books to your home or office, anywhere in the city of Vancouver, at no additional charge.
Q: How do you guys make any money at this?
A: By selling lots and lots of books, and by receiving an extra bit of margin from our favorite suppliers, based on the steadily increasing volume of our orders.
Q: Phone orders?
A: You bet. Visa, MC, AmEx. Or our wireless debit machine at your door, just like the pizza guy.
Q: Can my friend in Nigeria order 500 copies of the new Steve Jobs bio?
A: No.
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