Archive - Misshelved

Booksellers know the power of words.

A peek at how one bookselling board is discussing current world events.

Apr 9 •

Nicole Brinkley

January 2025

99 Things You Can Do On Inauguration Day

A self-care and advocacy list, now with a bookish flavor.

Jan 17 •

Nicole Brinkley

November 2024

A brief note about yarn, literacy, and the United States of America.

Here are literacy-focused and bookish advocacy action items you can do right now.

Nov 29, 2024 •

Nicole Brinkley

Why would writers use AI?

More like NaNoWriNO, am I right? … NaNOWriMo? Maybe a robot would make a better subtitle.

Nov 1, 2024 •

Nicole Brinkley

August 2024

Are bookstores just a waste of space?

Just a rando on the internet disagreeing with a man awarded the National Humanities Medal. What do I know?

Aug 26, 2024 •

Nicole Brinkley

February 2024

Let's talk about Goodreads.

Publishing obsesses over Goodreads, but does Goodreads actually sell books?

Feb 9, 2024 •

Nicole Brinkley

January 2024

I want to do the work of falling in love. (Misshelved #14)

Despite my best efforts, I am cursed by the book world’s algorithm. How do I break it?

Jan 26, 2024 •

Nicole Brinkley

October 2023

Here are 24 things publishing should change in 2024. (Misshelved #13)

It’s October, and in the retail world, this means it’s basically Christmas, which means it’s almost 2024—and 2023 was a weird year for publishing.

Oct 8, 2023 •

Nicole Brinkley

April 2023

BookTok is dead. Long live BookTok. (Misshelved #12)

Close your eyes and picture a forum.

Apr 10, 2023 •

Nicole Brinkley

January 2023

What if publishers, like, didn't use AI? (Misshelved #11)

We live in a world where people steal fan fiction written by other people, scrub the author’s name, and upload the stories to Amazon.

Jan 27, 2023 •

Nicole Brinkley

September 2022

We need to talk about representation. (Misshelved #10)

I am a bookseller, but I often joke that I do not know how to read—and in this era of burnout and pandemic and an overwhelming amount of media, I…

Sep 2, 2022 •

Nicole Brinkley

February 2022

It must be exhausting to be an author. (Misshelved #9)

So you’ve written a book.

Feb 7, 2022 •

Nicole Brinkley

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