Brad Johnson
@ahablives.bsky.social
A part of the Twitter Diaspora.
Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
Was there discourse here while I was at work about … pie?
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Was there discourse here while I was at work about … pie?
This is pretty shitty. The indiest of the indies were the ones actively repping Mack for years, and A24 sells out like this.
deadline.com/2025/11/a24-...
deadline.com/2025/11/a24-...
A24, Barnes & Noble Partner On Branded In-Store Spaces For Indie Studio’s Books, Movies, Merch
Indie studio A24 and giant Barnes & Noble are launching the A24 Shop Experience, studio branded spaces inside some of the chain’s leading stores.
deadline.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is pretty shitty. The indiest of the indies were the ones actively repping Mack for years, and A24 sells out like this.
deadline.com/2025/11/a24-...
deadline.com/2025/11/a24-...
On the one hand I ordered so much cool stuff from one of my international art wholesalers that they've opted to rush the delivery for arrival to this Friday (it usually takes six weeks).
On the other hand, there's no room in the inn right now!!
On the other hand, there's no room in the inn right now!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On the one hand I ordered so much cool stuff from one of my international art wholesalers that they've opted to rush the delivery for arrival to this Friday (it usually takes six weeks).
On the other hand, there's no room in the inn right now!!
On the other hand, there's no room in the inn right now!!
Somebody didn’t realize the store was just trying to be polite, and tried to dance around saying, “we don’t want YOUR book.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Somebody didn’t realize the store was just trying to be polite, and tried to dance around saying, “we don’t want YOUR book.”
It’s the time of year I get to tell people who ask if we have a frequent buyer program, “Not if you have to ask.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s the time of year I get to tell people who ask if we have a frequent buyer program, “Not if you have to ask.”
What is going on with my Duolingo app icon?
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What is going on with my Duolingo app icon?
Of all the things EBB inherited from its former incarnation & kept, as a general rule not playing holiday music is possibly my favorite.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Of all the things EBB inherited from its former incarnation & kept, as a general rule not playing holiday music is possibly my favorite.
"It's okay, some people just have really basic tastes," is my favorite response to somebody who brings back a book I recommended asking for an exchange.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"It's okay, some people just have really basic tastes," is my favorite response to somebody who brings back a book I recommended asking for an exchange.
The international waiting lobby at SFO always strikes me as so anticlimactic.
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The international waiting lobby at SFO always strikes me as so anticlimactic.
Came upon this while walking the dog today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Came upon this while walking the dog today.
“Are you the store that …”
“Yes!! Yes!!”
“Yes!! Yes!!”
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
“Are you the store that …”
“Yes!! Yes!!”
“Yes!! Yes!!”
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As always, my favorite parts are the ones that fell to the cutting room floor.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As always, my favorite parts are the ones that fell to the cutting room floor.
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the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
It keeps coming to my attention today that it’s not Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It keeps coming to my attention today that it’s not Friday.
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Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for winning the 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction! ICYMI: Omar's appearance on the show was one of the great all-time conversations so far.
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House
In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...
tinhouse.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for winning the 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction! ICYMI: Omar's appearance on the show was one of the great all-time conversations so far.
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Alright ... reckon its time to write a newsletter, says he to an empty room.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Alright ... reckon its time to write a newsletter, says he to an empty room.
I sometimes think about the customer who got really exasperated with me when they kept asking if I’d read such and such bestseller novel, and each time I said No. “Well, what you read, then!” she cried.
“We’re not ready for the answers to a lot of our questions.”
“We’re not ready for the answers to a lot of our questions.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I sometimes think about the customer who got really exasperated with me when they kept asking if I’d read such and such bestseller novel, and each time I said No. “Well, what you read, then!” she cried.
“We’re not ready for the answers to a lot of our questions.”
“We’re not ready for the answers to a lot of our questions.”
I’m asked more often than I’d like if I feel threatened by the renewed highly capitalized growth of Barnes & Noble. So let me say again: no.
As similar as they might appear, B&N is not trying to do what I do, and I’m definitely not trying to do what they do.
As similar as they might appear, B&N is not trying to do what I do, and I’m definitely not trying to do what they do.
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’m asked more often than I’d like if I feel threatened by the renewed highly capitalized growth of Barnes & Noble. So let me say again: no.
As similar as they might appear, B&N is not trying to do what I do, and I’m definitely not trying to do what they do.
As similar as they might appear, B&N is not trying to do what I do, and I’m definitely not trying to do what they do.
The World Cup is going to be (& has been in recent memory) an unseemly mess, but goddamn I'm happy Scotland is going to be in it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The World Cup is going to be (& has been in recent memory) an unseemly mess, but goddamn I'm happy Scotland is going to be in it.
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After a year’s hiatus, I’m very excited to unveil this years winter holiday catalog. Chock-full of favorites & curiosities — an assemblage that we hope is representative of our small store. If you like, please share!
simplebooklet.com/holiday-cata...
simplebooklet.com/holiday-cata...
Holiday Catalog 2025
Holiday Catalog 2025
simplebooklet.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
After a year’s hiatus, I’m very excited to unveil this years winter holiday catalog. Chock-full of favorites & curiosities — an assemblage that we hope is representative of our small store. If you like, please share!
simplebooklet.com/holiday-cata...
simplebooklet.com/holiday-cata...
I still don't know what an Olivia Nuzzi is, and w/ luck I never will.
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I still don't know what an Olivia Nuzzi is, and w/ luck I never will.
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I need to know so much less about so many people.
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I need to know so much less about so many people.
This is not a terribly original observation, but the speed of e everyday life — from cars to computers — seems to make the most banal shit in the world, probably even your day, an emergency. Shit can’t be healthy.
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is not a terribly original observation, but the speed of e everyday life — from cars to computers — seems to make the most banal shit in the world, probably even your day, an emergency. Shit can’t be healthy.
Much ballyhooed (by me only) holiday catalog is basically finished! Is it a time efficient thing to present 300 some titles in 50 pages? No, I suppose not. But I’m neither subtle nor shy, & times a’ticking whether you pay it mind or not.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Much ballyhooed (by me only) holiday catalog is basically finished! Is it a time efficient thing to present 300 some titles in 50 pages? No, I suppose not. But I’m neither subtle nor shy, & times a’ticking whether you pay it mind or not.