Obscure bookstore enjoys prestige in literary circles

Here\’s A Neat Story from down in Arkansas, where \”That Bookstore\” has been in Blytheville for 26 years.

The owners abilities have endeared her to people beyond her hometown of 18,272 and made That Bookstore in Blytheville known to publishing houses in New York and to writers such as John Grisham, Pat Conroy and Fannie Flagg.

That Bookstore is one of only a few places where Grisham will do book signings, and it was a stop on Hillary Rodham Clinton\’s tour promoting It Takes a Village. Yes, they have A Web Site.

\”There are a couple dozen independent bookstores across the country that are really the crème de la crème of what a bookstore is, and That Bookstore in Blytheville would be one of them,\” says David Gernert, a former editor-in-chief at Doubleday