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Bulletin from the Rechargable Electronic Reading Council

Bruce McCall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Future of the Book, Publishing, Kindle, Paper, Rare Books, Bookstores, Humor, Books, Ebooks, Paper Books, Nook, Ereaders, Books News
Bruce McCall

With an e-book, you can deface the reading area to your heart's content and then simply wipe the viewing screen clean with a damp cloth.

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Brooklyn Bookstore Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

The New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Brooklyn Bookstore, Independent Bookstore, Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers, Independent Bookstores, Bookstores, Books, New York Bookstore, Booksellers, Books News

Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers observed its 10th anniversary Tuesday morning with a ceremony on the sidewalk in front of the shop, on Bedford Avenu...

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Brits Complain That Chains Stores Are Killing Books

The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Uk, England, Publishing, Independent Bookstores, British Bookstores, UK Bookstores, Bookstores, Bookselling, Future of Publishing, Books, Britain, Waterstone's, Books News

"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...

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Books That Can Help Our Children Find a Path Through a Scary World (And Maybe Make Things a Little Better)

John Mesjak | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Vegetarian, Book Publishing, Tim Flannery, Afghanistan, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Fast Food Nation, Omnivore's Dilemma, Climate Change, Weather Makers, Al Gore, Book, Bookstores, Global Warming, Eric Schlosser, Books News
John Mesjak

Wherever your children are first exposed to the messy facts of our world, there will inevitably be questions about it. Luckily, young adult versions of informative books are here to help.

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Evolve or Die: Why Reinvent Independent Bookstores?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Business, Book Industry, Reinvention, Independent Booksellers, Booksmith, Charles Darwin, Independent Bookstores, Walmart, Target, Bookstores, Bookselling, San Francisco, Books, Books News
Praveen Madan

We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.

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Not a Simple Price War -- It's a Fight Over What You Get to Read

William Petrocelli | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books

Read More: Predatory Pricing, Mass Merchandisers, Best-Sellers, Independent Bookstores, New Authors, Walmart, Price Wars, Wal-Mart, Book Publishing, Bookselling, Bestsellers, Target, Publishing, Bookstores, Books, Amazon, Books News
William Petrocelli

What looks like a simple price war between Amazon, Target, and Walmart over a handful of bestsellers is symptomatic of a much deeper problem in the book business.

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Indie Bookstores Reject Bestseller Price Wars

The Cleveland Plain Dealer | Janet Cho | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Target, Price Wars, Independent Bookstores, Wal-Mart, Bookstores, Bookselling, Indie Bookstores, Books, Book Wars, Amazon, Bestsellers, Booksellers, Sears, Books News

Independent booksellers say they have no intention of joining the fight among the bigger chain stores over the $9 prices of 10 highly anticipated best...

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What Will Your Book Be?

Eileen Gittins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Writers, Publishing, Book Printing, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Bookstores, Photography, Self Publishing, Books, Blurb, Books News
Eileen Gittins

Capturing one's best images, thinking, learning and experiences in a book need no longer be something most people aspire to but never accomplish.

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"I Didn't Like That Book": How Booksellers Earn Your Trust By Un-Selling Books

John Mesjak | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Sales Representatives, Publishing, Independent Bookstores, Book Lust, Independent Publishers, Book Publishing, Bookstores, Selling Books, The Rights of the Reader, Bookselling, Books, Sales Reps, Blogging, Books News
John Mesjak

A sales rep's credibility (whether they be independent or house) is boosted as much by a sense of when to "un-sell" as it is by the ability to make a strong recommendation for a beloved new book.

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Reading ... the Old Fashioned Way

Ivy Pochoda | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Novels, Novelists, Kindle, Bookstores, Reading, Books News
Ivy Pochoda

We have grown distant from our words. Our books are not physical objects, but rather bits and bytes on a screen. Reading aloud makes words tangible and gives them a presence.

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As Congress Prepares to Reauthorize the Patriot Act, Reader Privacy Must be Protected

Judy Platt | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Censorship, Libraries, Patriot Act, First Amendment, Bookstores, Government Censorship, Books, Ala, Fbi, Books News
Judy Platt

Readers need to make it clear to their members of Congress and Senators that the privacy of what they read is non-negotiable and that they're entitled to that privacy whether the books they read are borrowed or bought.

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Why I Bought a Bookstore

Jeff Mayersohn | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Espresso Book Machine, Bookstores, Books, Print-on-Demand, Harvard Bookstore, Booksellers, Books News
Jeff Mayersohn

In October of 2008, as the financial world was crumbling, my wife and I bought a bookstore. This might strike some as slightly crazier than buying up the world's supply of phone booths or carbon paper.

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Chicago Bookstore Doing Things Differently

Publishers Weekly | Claire Kirch | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Chicago, Bookstores, Books, Chicago Bookstores, Barbara's Bookstore, Booksellers, Books News

Considering that in 1967 Don Barliant bought a four-year-old Chicago bookstore largely to provide some "diversion" from his day job as a practicing at...

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10 Things Bookstores Need to Do to Help Themselves

Jason Pinter | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Book Publishing, Books, Authors, Future of Publishing, Bookstores, Reading, Books-News, Books News
Jason Pinter

I unabashedly love bookstores. But they need to evolve, to change some habits that have long since become obsolete.

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I Sell Books. More Specifically, I Sell Time.

Geoffrey Jennings | Posted 10.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Selling Books, Bookselling, Independent Bookstores, Books, Independent Booksellers, Booksellers, Bookstores, Books News
Geoffrey Jennings

The number of independent booksellers is growing, and the explanation is very simple. Independent booksellers sell books.

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Why Did We Quit Our Cushy Corporate Jobs to Reinvent Independent Bookselling?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Bookselling, Local Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, Entrepreneurship, Books, Bookstores, Booksmith, Books News
Praveen Madan

"You did what?" is the typical response when we tell our friends that we quit our cushy corporate jobs and bought an independent bookstore in the heart of San Francisco.

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Chicago's Women & Children Inspires Three Decades of Writers and Readers

Gina Frangello | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Women’s Voices Fund, Publishing Industry, Chicago Writers, Books, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Feminist Bookstores, Margaret Atwood, Women & Children First, Maya Angelou, Bookstores, Chicago Authors, Adrienne Rich, Women and Children First, Chicago News
Gina Frangello

By the early 1990s, there were more than 100 feminist bookstores in the U.S. Now, after the explosion of chain bookstores and a changing political climate, there are a mere seven remaining.

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Book Publishing: Death or Rebirth?

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Literary Agents, Book Publishing, Bookstores, Social Media, Don King, Publishing, Death of Publishing, Books, Barnes and Noble, Matt Weiner, Mad Men, The Good Men Project, Media News
Tom Matlack

Of all these industries facing revolution, the book folks are the most arrogant. They just don't get it. It's time for the old book food chain to develop a holistic approach to something new.

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The Shelf Talker: Naming, Discounting and Hot Chicking

Kevin Smokler | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Authors, Names, Paula Uruburu, Booktour, Books, Bookfestival, Meg White Clayton, Alain De Botton, American Eve, Michelle Richmond, Reading, Bookstores, Media News
Kevin Smokler

Just from asking around, missing the LA Times Book Festival this past weekend was the social equivalent of toilet paper on the shoe.

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Illuminating Thought

Carol Fitzgerald | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Business, Materialism, Bookstores, Shopping, Business News
Carol Fitzgerald

I want to take a serious look at the special places where I like the selection, personal service or the ambiance. And support them.

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In Defense of Equator Books

Max Wheeler | Posted 05.08.2009 | Home

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Max Wheeler

Equator Books, a bookstore and art gallery specializing in rare and out-of-print books in Venice, Ca, will be forced to close its doors very soon with...

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What About the Readers?

Hugh McGuire | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Publishing, Writers, Books, Digital, Media, O'Reilly, Readers, Reading, Bookstores, Media News
Hugh McGuire

The question every publisher should be asking themselves is: how can we provide more value to our readers? I suspect the ones that start each day with that question will find the right answers.

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Bridges and Books: Bring Back the Federal Writers Project

Buz Teacher | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Publishing, Business, Politics, Employment, Bookstores, Media News
Buz Teacher

The entire publishing industry is contracting very quickly and there is something we should consider doing about it: Bring back the Federal Writers Project.

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On Buying Books

Karen Dionne | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style

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Karen Dionne

If more book-lovers become book-buyers, perhaps the publishing industry's woes will ease, and the 14% who buy more than 20 books a year will explode next time Random House takes a survey.

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Fahrenheit L.A. Times

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

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Jon Robin Baitz

So I read yesterday that the L.A. Times has finally done in the book review section. Sad, short sighted, and just another bad omen for the print world.

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