Destination: Books

Destination: Books Defined

   Destination: Books is a local pop-up booth and bookshop that reflects the interests of its proprietor-moderator, Murray Browne, who is the author of The Book Shopper: A Life in Review and Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire. Destination Books specializes in History, Art, Photography, Transportation, Travel Information Sciences (including data visualization), books about books,  books about distant lands, and book art.

Murray lives in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. He maintains blogs based on his two books  The Book Shopper blog and the Down & Outbound blog. Destination Books is dedicated the idea that books can take you to many places in many different ways.

To contact Destination: Books, send an email to murray.browne905 AT gmail.com. Our first pop-up is at the 2019 Decatur Book Festival, see details below.

To buy books online from Destination: Books visit our store on Alibris at destination.alibrisstore.com 

Destination Books Booth Debut

A very good looking and colorful booth with an eclectic blend of books and magazines made its debut at the 2019 Georgia Book and Paper Fair at the Labor Day Decatur Book Festival.  Thanks to the many who helped make it possible: Denise Casey, Bonnie Poore, Barb Shirkey, Mark Burrell, Paul Dry, Jim Adams and the Georgia Antiquarian Book Association.

Destination: Books at Decatur Book Festival on Labor Day Weekend

Destination: Books will have a booth at the Georgia Book and Paper Fair during the Decatur Book Festival on August 31st and September 1st. The Fair is located in the air-conditioned Ebster Recreation Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. You can walk to the Ebster Center from the main festival or drive as there is plenty of  parking. There are 20+ vendors, so it's like going to used and collectible books superstore.