McNally Jackson
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Nov 5, 2026
Brendon HolderGUEST
And I think that variation allows you to play with who your audience is and what depth are they engaged at.
Brendon HolderGUEST
And so, for example, you talked about paywalling and that is a way of actually having a bit more of like an intimate read of like your day ones, right? mixtape is similar i'd say like the zine is very similar uh and so i want to create knowing that i want to come up with something that was a bit more established you know something that someone would buy at the most widest distribution you know i don't like a barnes and noble or mcnally jackson um i want to play with the serialized um format through for a novella um to have it be a bit like a mixtape.
Brendon HolderGUEST
And so I had a bunch of stories that I had written.
Brendon HolderGUEST
One that I was workshopping was this story called Come If You Want, which is about- Girl, this story is crazy.
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Tembe Denton-HurstGUEST
Cause the other places might steer you astray.
Tembe Denton-HurstGUEST
Stay there.
Tembe Denton-HurstGUEST
I like McNally Jackson is more of like a, you like, Lots of range, lots of taste.
Tembe Denton-HurstGUEST
It's also really well laid out.
Olivia PontonHOST
I want to talk to you about book talk because I was unaware of the book talking when I first started reading your books.
Olivia PontonHOST
Transparently, I was at McNally Jackson.
Olivia PontonHOST
Have you been? Yeah.
Olivia PontonHOST
And my friend Jane, shout out Jane Motion.
Mabel TaylorHOST
Or maybe like in the
Grace ByronGUEST
McNally Jackson in JFK.
Grace ByronGUEST
Yeah.
Grace ByronGUEST
Which is probably like the only place that also you could get 19th century literature in an airport.
Gabrielle ScoutHOST
And I went to New York with my mom.
Gabrielle ScoutHOST
We went to McNally Jackson, my favorite bookstore in Soho, and I bought Purple Fashion Magazine, which is one of my favorite indie fashion magazines.
Gabrielle ScoutHOST
I brought it home.
Gabrielle ScoutHOST
I was sitting at a coffee shop with my friend, and I was flipping through it, and I just looked at her, and I said...
Jackson HowardGUEST
And people are always asking always because people want to be reading.
Jackson HowardGUEST
You go to a McNally Jackson green light.
Jackson HowardGUEST
It is packed.
Jackson HowardGUEST
Every time I'm there, worked hours, weekend, that shit is packed.
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Ira Madison IIIHOST
And there's the short book, you know, like, is that what people should be doing now? Are people writing books that are too long or is the slim novel like a trend? Is it a boom? And then it's going to go away by the time you finish a book.
Jackson HowardGUEST
Right.
Jackson HowardGUEST
Is it just, you walk into McNally Jackson and you're looking just for a book.
Ira Madison IIIHOST
Right.
Marston QuinnGUEST
And then...
Marston QuinnGUEST
If I'm at the McNally Jackson in downtown Brooklyn, they have the best sale room I've ever found.
Marston QuinnGUEST
You just walk straight there and every inventory piece they're trying to get rid of is like five or ten bucks.
Marston QuinnGUEST
And it's really dangerous if you have a
Julie PiñeroHOST
You can find it wherever you get your books, and you won't be the only one who loves it.
Julie PiñeroHOST
It's a McNally Jackson Best Seller, featured in Vogue and the Today Show.
Julie PiñeroHOST
Follow Upasna on Instagram for updates on book number two, and we'll see you next week on Solita.
Julie PiñeroHOST
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YoheiHOST
I'll share with you some examples.
YoheiHOST
Like, like McNally Jackson is a big...
YoheiHOST
One of the, uh, most famous chains, independent chains in New York City, and they actually rent out their, um, store space to do weddings for people.
YoheiHOST
A wedding at a bookstore? But that's like bookstores lo- book- book lover's paradise, right?