Jun
15
since 1975
50 years, 50 stories.
Tom & Linda Leonard sold their house to open a bookstore. Everyone thought they were crazy. Half a century later, their sons Chad & Todd run a Vero institution.
“Bam!” until 4 AM
The night Emeril wouldn't stop signing
Cooking demo on bleachers in the parking lot, then autographs until 4 in the morning — before driving straight to a Palm Beach radio interview. He came back twice.
1,000 books
The Bobby Orr line that broke records
The line snaked through the store, up the stairs and out the door. The publisher sent 500 books. Vero needed 1,000 — Orr signed the rest in his garage.
2 Presidents
From Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush
Two U.S. Presidents, Julie Andrews over tea, a secret dinner with Salman Rushdie — and children's authors who sign our walls instead of books.
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You can't always measure the success of your actions monetarily. There is more to it than that. We are all brothers. None of us goes alone.Linda Leonard — accepting the Charles S. Haslam Award, the nation's top honor in bookselling, 1994