The Strand

The Amazon Conundrum

Howard Fishman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Amazon.com, The Strand, Online Retailers, Independent Bookstores, Economics, Business, Business Strategy, Record Stores, Video, Small Business News
Howard Fishman

And so ensued the ethical debate: support The Strand and pay a whopping $10 more for the book, or save the $10 and order the same book online, further hastening the imminent demise of great bookstores like the very one I was standing in?

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Saki Knafo

Workers And Managers Face Off At Iconic New York Bookstore

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Strand Book Workers, Uaw, Workers, United Auto Workers, Labor Negotiations, Strand Book Store, Labor Dispute, Strand, New York, Strand Books, Strand Ny, The Strand, Labor History, Strand Bookstore Workers, Strand Bookstore, Labor Struggle, Union, New York News

Visitors to the Strand Book Store, a quirky bastion of the New York intellectual tradition on Broadway and 12th Street, may have noticed that the plac...

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The Faithful Shopper: Uniquely New York

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Loree Rodkin, 34th Street, Canal Street, Balenciaga, Tea, Americana at Manhasset, Ninth Avenue, Cameras, World's Largest Department Store, China, Chanel, Vanderbilt, Pearl Paint, Pearl River Mart, Macy's Herald Square, Long Island, A La Vieille Russie, St. Laurent, Lafayette Street, Screaming Mimi's, Digital Cameras, Faith Hope Consolo, Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Brunello Cucinelli, Books, J. Mendel, Apple Store, Bergdorf's, Broadway, Bookstore, Jimmy Choo, Faberge, Bergdorf Goodman, Indie, Vintage, Macys, Apple, Fish's Eddy, The Strand, Cavalli, Versace, Hirshleifer's, B&H Photo, Sevan, Pringle, Pearl, New York News
Faith Hope Consolo

I've often said that New York is the retail capital of the world, and that no international shop or designer is truly global without a location here. But we also have a number of shops that are ONLY here.

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PHOTOS: This Month's Most Promising New Restaurant Openings

| Lien Ta | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Tsujita, Fat Spoon, LA Restaurants, The Strand, Los Angeles Restaurants, New LA Restaurants, ink.sack, Los Angeles News

August proved to be a big month to set up shop. To choose just five openings that bested the rest seemed almost unfair, so we set up two rules: No U.S...

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Janean Chun

Is New York Losing Its Small-Business Soul?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Chain Stores, Best New York Stores, H&H Bagels, The Strand, Walmart New York, New York Small Business, H&H Bagels Closing, Small Business News and Trends, The Strand Bookstore, New York Small Businesses, Small Business News

There are plenty of measures of what makes a New York institution, but a cameo on Seinfeld certainly helps solidify a business' Big Apple street cred....

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"Tear Us Apart" Exclusive: The Real Tuesday Weld Meets The Last Werewolf (audio)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Chevrolet, Books, Skylight Books, The Real Tuesday Weld, Electronica, Pinkie Maclure, Stephen Coates, l.A. Noire, Piney Gir, The Last Werewolf, Joe Coles, I Lucifer, The Strand, Glen Duncan, Pop, Marcella Puppini (Puppini Sisters), Greenlight Books, City Lights, Pumajaw, Books News
Mike Ragogna

On July 12th, author Glen Duncan's book The Last Werewolf will hit the shelves in a unique way. An identically titled album by the UK group The Real Tuesday Weld will serve as the book's counterpart.

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What Your Literary Tote Bag Says About You

Vol. 1 Brooklyn | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Literature, The Strand, Pen American Center Tote, George Orwell, Literary Tote Bag, Literary Tote Bags, New York Review of Books, Penguin Tote, Reading, The Paris Review, Books News

The Strand Bookstore tote: You probably don’t really live in New York. Either that or you’re a freshman at NYU....

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The Best New York Bookstores

This Recording | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Spoonbill & Sugartown, Adam's/ Unnameable Books, Bookstores, Book Court, New York, St. Marks Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, The Strand, Idlewild Books, New York Bookstores, McNally Jackson, Greenlight, Word Brooklyn, Housing Works, Book Culture, Kitchen Arts & Letters, Books News

All I ever really wanted was to read books and make more. So I came to New York in the fall of 2005, fresh out of college, to work in publishing. It t...

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Required Holiday Reading: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caitlin Colford, The Strand, David Levitham, Tiny Furniture, Rachel Cohn, Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, Christmas, Judd Apatow, Books, Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, New York, Lena Dunham, Books News
Caitlin Colford

Dash and Lily race around Manhattan during the busy Christmas week, solving clues given by one another while leaving behind their deepest secrets within the notebook's thinly spaced lines.

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Huffington Post Readers' Picks

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Bookstores, The Strand, Powell's, Books and Books, Book People, City Lights, Booksellers, Bookselling, Book Court, Childrens Book World, Quimby?S, Slidepollajax, Books News

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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To Read and Browse in LA

Hellin Kay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arcana Books on the Arts, Lee Kaplan, Rhino Records, The Strand, Bard College, The Apple Pan, Alias Books, Nuart Theatre, Arcana Books Santa Monica, Arcana, Used Books, Out of Print Books, Rare Books, Used Bookstores, Art Books, Photograph by Hellin Kay, Books News
Hellin Kay

Sadly the art of book selling is slowly on the decline.

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New York City's 'Small Army Of Neighborhood Bookshops'

New York Magazine | Joe Keohane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenlight Bookstore, New York Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, McNally Jackson, Bookstores, The Strand, Books, New York City, Books News

New York's independent bookshops were supposed to be long gone by now. After a decade of slow financial strangulation at the hands of the big-box stor...

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Most Amazing Bookstores In The World (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Strand, Selexyz Bookstore, Books, Beautiful Bookstores, Bookselling, Bookstores, Slidepollajax, Reading, Ebooks, El Ateneo, Books News

It's a difficult time for bookstores. Online booksellers offer seductively low prices and the convenience of ordering from home. eBooks are poised to ...

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My Metropolitan Diary

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diapers, Metropolitan Diary, The Strand, Chess, Ginkgo-Biloba, Summer, Soda, Playground, New York Times, Trash, Union Square, Buses, Cheeseburgers, People Who Are Stupid, Tea Party, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.

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