Brainwave

I think I just had a really good idea. Say you're a kid who browses an independent bookstore on a regular basis, covets several books but has little pocket money (like Charlie Bucket). And say you're a kid who so badly wants to have a cool job at an independent bookstore. And say you're a sympathetic bookstore owner who started this for the purpose of getting books into the hands of those that love them. What if you worked out a kind of a scholarship system, and came up with little tasks for these kids to do, to earn a book at a time? I mean, you can't hire everyone who wants to work there. But for certain people, maybe you could work out something? Melinda sort of does the same thing, gives out free drinks to people who do nice things for the shop. Our ad guy gets a pound of coffee for each design, Noah got THREE free drinks for prying a quarter off the floor that someone had glued down. The nice man who just came in to meet a friend and ended up helping us fix our melted pipes got two large big trains.

I think it's a nice idea.

In other bookstore news, the state department officially recognizes Ragmerchant Media LLC as a corporation.