Win a FREE copy of Gestalten’s ‘Do You Read Me? Bookstores Around the World’ featuring Detroit’s John K. King Used and Rare Books! ($60.00 value)

Win a FREE copy of Gestalten’s ‘Do You Read Me? Bookstores Around the World’ featuring Detroit’s John K. King Used and Rare Books! ($60.00 value)

Gestalten ‘Do You Read Me?’

 

*Special thanks to Gestalten & Marianne Julia Strauss for this*

We are raffling off one copy of ‘Do You Read Me? Bookstores Around the World‘, a beautiful 272-page book from Gestalten!

*One winner will be selected at random. Enter now for your chance to win!*

https://detroitbookfest.com/enter-to-win/

The raffle will run from Monday, June 22 to Sunday, June 28.

 

Gestalten ‘Do You Read Me?’ (photo courtesy of Gestalten)

 

Gestalten is an international publishing house founded in 1995 in Berlin, Germany.

Primarily specializing in high-quality visual books on design, travel, art, and lifestyle, Gestalten is well known around the world for publishing gorgeous coffee-table books.

Their newest offering is 272 pages long and was published on June 09, 2020.

 

Gestalten ‘Do You Read Me?’

 

Entitled ‘Do You Read Me? Bookstores Around the World‘ this is a beautiful sampling of 62 independent bookstores from all over the globe.

I was honored to be invited by Gestalten to be a contributor for this book, offering some of my photos and information on John K. King Used and Rare Books in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The book was compiled by author Marianne Julia Strauss and the introduction is by Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfort Book Fair.

 

John King Books Detroit featured in Gestalten ‘Do You Read Me?’

Exclusive Interview: JOHN KING, owner of John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit, internationally voted one of the World’s Best Bookstores!

 

 

*Special thanks to Gestalten & Marianne Julia Strauss for this*

We are raffling off one copy of ‘Do You Read Me? Bookstores Around the World‘, a beautiful 272-page book from Gestalten!

*One winner will be selected at random. Enter now for your chance to win!*

https://detroitbookfest.com/enter-to-win/

The raffle will run from Monday, June 22 to Sunday, June 28.

 

Boekhandel Dominicanen bookstore in Maastricht, Netherlands (photo courtesy of Gestalten)

 

 

Gestalten blog post on Do You Read Me?

https://us.gestalten.com/blogs/journal/bookstores-rewrite-communities

 

Buy book form Gestalten

https://us.gestalten.com/products/do-you-read-me

 

Gestalten’s best selling books

https://us.gestalten.com/collections/all/?sort_by=best-selling

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Some other top-sellers from Gestalten 

 

Two Wheels South (Gestalten)

Blue Blooded (Gestalten)

She Surf (Gestalten)

Highsnobiety Guide to Fashion and Culture (Gestalten)

Scandinavia Dreaming (Gestalten)

I Am Dandy (Gestalten)

4th Annual Detroit Festival of Books! (Sunday, July 18, 2021) Eastern Market, Shed 3

4th Annual Detroit Festival of Books! (Sunday, July 18, 2021) Eastern Market, Shed 3

Detroit Bookfest 2021

*Special Thank You to Lauren Rautiola, our Detroit Bookfest Project Manager, for designing our flyers!*

 

The 4th Annual Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) is a glorious day of BOOKS, vinyl records, comics, creative arts, food, beer, funk music and more!

Please join us at Eastern Market Shed 3 in Detroit on Sunday, July 18, 2021.

The event is FREE for attendees! There will be an estimated 10,000+ attendees.

Event hours are 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

All the event details are here:

https://detroitbookfest.com/event-details-facts/

 

Detroit Bookfest Facebook event page

https://www.facebook.com/events/363995340977221/

 

Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty @ Eastern Market Brewing Company

https://www.facebook.com/events/511032789841366/

 

Detroit Bookfest Bash @ Bea’s Detroit

https://www.facebook.com/events/2492508121065383/

 

 

What is Shed 3 @ Eastern Market? 

Detroit Bookfest will be located inside Shed 3. To get near there, use the address 2934 Russell Street, Detroit, MI.

Shed 3 is located on Russell Street, between Division St & Adelaide St.

Built in 1922, Shed 3 is 29,000-square feet. The layout features 4 wings in a cross-shape. It is the “main” and largest shed at Eastern Market.

Shed 3 features bathrooms, large garage door-walls and free wi-fi.

 

Click on this link for a 3-D tour of Shed 3 (courtesy of Eastern Market):

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=jiHWwWLKs4B

 

Shed 3

 

Exclusive Interview: JOHN KING, owner of John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit, internationally voted one of the World’s Best Bookstores!

 

If you are interested in applying to be a Vendor, read this: 

https://detroitbookfest.com/vendor-application/

Please fill out the Vendor Application form and you will be entered into the VNQ (Vendor Notification Queue).

The VNQ is a database of potential vendors. If you are selected to be a vendor, you will be notified via email.

Please note that we have received thousands of emails from people wanting to be vendors at Detroit Bookfest.

 

If you have any questions, please email:

[email protected]

Thank you, we love you all!

 

Detroit Bookfest (photo by Debbie Maciolek)

 

Detroit Bookfest!

200+ Photos from the 3rd Annual Detroit Festival of Books @ Eastern Market!

400+ Photos from the 2nd Annual Detroit Festival of Books @ Eastern Market!

150+ Photos from the 1st annual Detroit Festival of Books @ Eastern Market!