W / WITHOUT / JOPENING IN FIVE MINUTES. EVENTUALLY.
What Needs Gluing Press / A forthcoming literary institution

The Waiting Room
Bookshop.

Books for the time between now
and when Josh said he’d be here.

COMING
SOON

On the shelf.
Off the record.

Three titles. Several versions of events.

THE FEATURED TITLE

A Fall Before Forty

by Bobbert Roberts

As seen in Barnes & Noble*

A little perspective. A little gravity. A title that gets straight to the point.

$19.99 Forthcoming edition
Coming soon · Ordering not yet open
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / SELECTIVE RECALL

Don’t read too much into this

A life examined. Briefly. The definitive account of a man who would prefer you didn’t ask follow-up questions.

$24.99 Author subject to availability
Coming soon · Ordering not yet open
AUTOBIOGRAPHY / DOMESTIC DEFENSE

I was letting it soak and other lies

From the kitchen sink to the podcast studio: a compelling defense of things he was definitely just about to do.

$24.99 Includes unresolved dishes
Coming soon · Ordering not yet open
Staff pick / The empty chair
“Finally. Something to put on me.”

Our most consistent employee endorses the concept of a book. No particular book. Just something to do while waiting.

Publication dates
are a state of mind.

Want word when the shelf is ready? Send the studio a note.

Ask about the bookshop ↗
From the forthcoming shelf

Concept copy for the fictional bookstore. Ordering is not yet open.