Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:03:00 -0400
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
From: Kathi Overton <kathi at bungalow.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Changes at Burke Books
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I stopped by the Falls Church outlet of Burke Used Books today.  The
new owner sounds like he is really trying to attract science fiction
readers - he has already stocked a number of genre small press books.
I told the manager I would inform WSFA about the expanded SF
emphasis, and maybe something could be noted in the WSFA Journal.
Perhaps we should also try to get the stores to stock a few copies of
Future Washington?

Here's a copy of the new press release for the stores:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 20, 2005

Rik Corwin, the new owner of Burke Used Books of Falls Church and
Burke, Virginia, has announced the expansion of the store
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 20, 2005

Rik Corwin, the new owner of Burke Used Books of Falls Church and
Burke, Virginia, has announced the expansion of the store's offerings
to include new and backlist issues of current and classic science
fiction, mystery and horror titles from a variety of noted small
presses.  This enhances Burke's already-established reputation as a
venue for vintage science fiction and horror.

Burke becomes the only retail outlet for books of this kind in the
area. Publishers to be represented initially are Arkham House,
Fedogan and Bremer, Naked Snake Press and many others. Burke will
also handle many small press genre magazines, chapbooks, and featured
books from noted authors Tim Curran, Tom Piccirilli, Michael Arnzen,
H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei and many more.

Burke's Falls Church location (in the shopping center at 7395 Lee
Highway; 703-206-9230) has already been expanded; expansion at the
Burke location is expected by late December.

Note also that an in-store signing with noted authors Elizabeth Blue,
Barton Paul Levenson, Fredrick Louis Richardson, A. B. Wallace and
Jacob Haddon (President of The Mid-Atlantic Horror Professionals)
has been scheduled at the Falls Church store for the 30th of October,
2005, between 2 and 4 pm to benefit Reading is Fundamental.

For further information, please call Rik Corwin at 703-206-9230.

Kathi O.