Carl Weber

So I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting and talking with Carl Weber. Can I tell you how impressed I was? I mean he is really doing his thing: publishing company, chain of bookstores, and NYT bestselling author. I had no idea all the things he had going on. He is incredibly knowledgeable about what he does and very down to earth. He's on the pulse of the urban market from street fiction (yall know that ain't my cup of tea) to profitable commercial fiction. Translation: He understands his market. Publishers and booksellers can learn alot from what he is doing. Shoot, I know I did in the hour or so that we talked.

His company opened the first Urban Knowledge bookstore in Mondawmin Mall in my hometown, Baltimore. And there's another in Owings Mills Mall which if you know Baltimore, is a big deal. I'll be down there this weekend to eat turkey wings so I'm definitely going to stop in.