Tag: marketing fail

  • The Big Bookstore that Can’t

    The Big Bookstore that Can’t

    The little engine could, and did. This big bookstore seems to be running out of steam and sliding backwards down the slope and toward a crash. I spent several hours in the store I’ll call BN for brevity, yesterday. And the heck of it is, we hadn’t planned to go to the bookstore in the…

  • Hugohaha

    That’s what you get when you portmanteau Hugos and brouhaha. We could also go with tempest in a teacup, which might yield Hucup, or… But I’ll stop there. I think I have made my point. Here’s the thing. I’m willing to bet guess (I don’t gamble) that most of the readers of this blog know…