Bulletin from the Rechargable Electronic Reading Council
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.
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.
The New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books
Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers observed its 10th anniversary Tuesday morning with a ceremony on the sidewalk in front of the shop, on Bedford Avenu...
The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books
"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...
John Mesjak | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books
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.
Praveen Madan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books
We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.
William Petrocelli | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books
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.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer | Janet Cho | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books
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...
Eileen Gittins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books
Capturing one's best images, thinking, learning and experiences in a book need no longer be something most people aspire to but never accomplish.
John Mesjak | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books
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.
Ivy Pochoda | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
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.
Judy Platt | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books
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.
Jeff Mayersohn | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books
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.
Publishers Weekly | Claire Kirch | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books
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...
Jason Pinter | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books
I unabashedly love bookstores. But they need to evolve, to change some habits that have long since become obsolete.
Geoffrey Jennings | Posted 10.09.2009 | Books
The number of independent booksellers is growing, and the explanation is very simple. Independent booksellers sell books.
Praveen Madan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books
"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.
Gina Frangello | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago
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.
Tom Matlack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media
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.
Kevin Smokler | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media
Just from asking around, missing the LA Times Book Festival this past weekend was the social equivalent of toilet paper on the shoe.
Carol Fitzgerald | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business
I want to take a serious look at the special places where I like the selection, personal service or the ambiance. And support them.
Max Wheeler | Posted 05.08.2009 | Home
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...
Hugh McGuire | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media
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.
Buz Teacher | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media
The entire publishing industry is contracting very quickly and there is something we should consider doing about it: Bring back the Federal Writers Project.
Karen Dionne | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style
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.
Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media
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.
Bruce McCall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books