A few local indie booksellers drive most of the author appearances Appen features monthly. And, when it comes to Roswell listings, one of the most active is Bookmiser.
Working alongside two Friends of the Roswell Library programs – Roswell Reads and Atlanta Authors – Bookmiser has helped facilitate some of the city’s most notable author celebrations since 2018. From blockbuster writers like Fredrik Backman, Delia Owens and Ann Patchett to regional authors like Karen White, Mary Kay Andrews and Rick Bragg, Bookmiser co-owner Annell Gerson has helped coordinate them all from a strip-mall storefront 10 minutes from Roswell’s historic downtown at 3822 Roswell Road in Marietta.
That brick-and-mortar location, however, suffered a major setback in September, when a fire at a nearby computer repair store triggered a five-month shutdown, gutting and total remodel…