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Book Justice for All

Colleen Jaurretche | Posted 12.20.2011

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Colleen Jaurretche

Lending and owning books is basic to culture and the building of community, and essential to democracy. It is a gesture of basic humanity that we cannot afford to lose.

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Technology and the Independent Bookstore

Christin Evans | Posted 08.15.2011

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Christin Evans

The American Booksellers Association has unfortunately failed to provide effective support and leadership in realizing a sustainable model for the future of independent bookselling.

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You Are the Future of Publishing

Richard Nash | Posted 07.18.2011

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Richard Nash

I wish to restore what I believe to be the natural balance of things, an ecosystem of writing and reading. Not out of nostalgia but fundamentally because every time culture becomes more democratic, it becomes better.

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Barnes And Noble:

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

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B&N was the bookseller whose massive expansion into superstores in the '80s and '90s was seen as the catalyst for the closure of numerous independent ...

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'True Grit' Book Sales Up, Thanks To Movie

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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For True Grit, Oscar buzz intersects with book buzz. And there's more buzz: Angelina Jolie pens a blurb for Gayle Lemmon's Dressmaker of Khair Khana, ...

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Used Booksellers Threatened By Utah Law

blogs.publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bookseller Ken Sanders, who owns Ken Sanders Rare Books, posted a call to action on his Web site earlier this week alerting customers to a Utah state...

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Weirdest Things Bought In Bookstores (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Borders Books in trouble but Barnes and Noble doing well, and with indie bookstores getting so much positive attention, it seems like so many wac...

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Oprah Book Club Of England Equivalent

Metro.co.uk | Posted 01.02.2012

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The selected titles were announced yesterday and include four debut novels. Among those on the list are Trespass by Rose Tremain, The Blasphemer by...

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Books Sold By Their Covers: New Market In Digital Age

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Book lovers, you can exhale. The printed, bound book has been given a stay of execution by an unlikely source: the design community. In this Kindle-an...

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Nook To Thank For Great End-Of-Year For Barnes And Noble

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the nine-week holiday period ending Jan. 1, comparable store sales for Barnes & Noble's brick-and-mortar business was up 9.7% compared to last yea...

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Publishers Said About Borders Proposal: 'Not Going To Fly'

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Publishers seemed unimpressed with Borders proposals that seek new financing and payment terms. According to sources familiar with negotiations, Borde...

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Making Books Do Things eBooks Can't, And Vice Versa

latimes.com | David L. Ulin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mainstream publishers say printed books are far from extinct. Nonetheless, their role in publishing is changing. Amazon.com now sells more e-books tha...

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Simon And Schuster Year End Results: Children's Division 'Strongest In Their History'

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a year-end letter to employees that dealt heavily with digital developments and its impact on the industry and Simon & Schuster, company CEO Caroly...

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Huffington Post Readers' Picks

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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After thinking about the too many bookstores that closed this decade, we wanted to celebrate the excellent bookstores that still remain. So, we asked ...

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UPDATED: Bookstore Obituaries

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the year comes to a close, we're all slammed with hoards of "best of" lists -- Best Books, Best Kids Books, Best Cook Books, etc. On top of that, ...

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Indie Bookseller Lauches Anti-Amazon Blog

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Waxman from Chicago's indie bookstore, 57th Street Books, has launched a Tumblr account called Against Amazon. MobyLives has more details: "[It ...

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Failing Bookstore Bought By Two Best Friends

Dispatch | Posted 05.25.2011

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After years of buying books at Narnia Children's Books in Richmond's Museum District, best friends Jill Stefanovich and Jenesse Evertson have bought t...

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Will New York Center For Independent Publishing Survive?

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Struggling to survive despite its parent organization's financial problems, the loss of its director and now its interim director, the New York Center...

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Bookstore Opening In Florida!

My Journal Courier | GREG OLSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Literati will soon have a reason to visit the Jacksonville square, thanks to a Jacksonville couple's plans to open a bookstore. Jim and Sally Nurss w...

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Best Bookstores Of The World

Lonely Planet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bookshops are a traveller's best friend: they provide convenient shelter and diversion in bad weather, they're a reliable source of maps, notebooks, a...

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Barnes & Noble Selling Toys

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to Reuters, five B&N store locations in the tri-state area now contain 3,000-square-foot play areas with educational toys and games. This si...

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Barnes And Noble Has Become Like Indie To Local Residents

csmonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, however, as e-books begin to capture their share of the bookselling market, the distinction between big-box booksellers and the smaller guys ma...

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Bookstore Bingo

Posted 05.25.2011

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With eBook sales up, you'd think we'd overhear fewer ridiculous things in bookstores. But it seems there's no end to the crazy scenarios booksellers e...

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Nook Kids From Barnes And Noble

Christian Science Moniter | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was only a matter of time. Modern parents, constantly pressed to limit their children's screen time and send them off instead with a good book, now...

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Indie Bookstores

Poets & Writers | Jeremiah Chamberlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's also clear that this store is an integral part of the fabric of this neighborhood. It's located in a vibrant area of lower Manhattan--though tech...

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