Independent bookstore employees not only sell the best stories, they have them. For Alta Journal’s Issue 27, all about Los Angeles storytellers, we asked a group of indie booksellers about their weirdest and wildest tales from behind the counter. From unusual requests to celebrity regulars, our “Ask a Clerk!” series gives us the inside scoop on what it’s like to work at an independent bookstore. This special Alta Live invites some of our most-trusted sellers to sit down with us and answer our questions in real time. Unexpected pet encounters, author-signing greenroom stories, and the shopper questions that drive them nuts? Our live “Ask a Clerk!” is sure to be a fun episode.
About the guests:
Amanda Barillas is a book department supervisor at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena.
Karen Finlay owns Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo.
Jeff Resnik is the general manager of Pages: A Bookstore in Manhattan Beach.
Lillian Van Cleve is the operations and marketing manager of Bookshop West Portal in San Francisco.
