My name is Murray Browne. Since my retirement six years ago, I have turned my attention to writing, bookselling, and publishing through Typepad –which went away September 30, 2025, I have migrated four websites —tthebookshopper.org (writing), downandoutbound.com (publishing), destinationbooks.net (bookselling via popups and online – no brick and mortar store for me) and murray-browne.com (a composite of my writings and books) — into new site on WordPress platform.
Both destinationbooks.net and thebookshopper.org had blogs which have been archived into this site but heed my warning: these are text and picture dumps.
After combining these four sites into one my next goal is reimagining my two former blogs into some kind of coherent hybrid. That is still to come. Until then it’s like Werner Herzog says in the title of his autobiography, “It’s every man for himself and God against us all.”
Events That May Interest
For the past 3 years, I have been there with my Destination: Books pop-up booth, but this year I am out of town. I will miss being at this fun event.
Freedom Farmers Mkt. Hiatus
Destination Books Pop-up will be taking a break from the Freedom Farmers Market at the Carter Center until at least mid-February 2026.
Friends of the Library Book Sale
The Decatur Public Library will be having their sale of used books Saturday, Feb. 7 from 9:30 to 3:00 with a members-only presale on Friday, Feb. 6 from 1:30 to 3:00. The sale will be held on the ground floor of the Library located at 215 Sycamore St.
Recent Postings
The Gravity’s Rainbow Support Group (GRSG) was founded during the 2020 pandemic by two college classmates who went to Indiana University during the 1970s. It began with reading the Pynchon classic and has continued since then. For a complete rundown of all the books we’ve read (and our notes) visit the Gravity’s Rainbow Reading Group Page.
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