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Original Technorati articles tagged “bookstores”

• in Technorati Women
  Readers Without Borders
  We're all accomplices in killing bookstores.
  by darrylep / on Jul 21, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  On the Border of All or Nothing
  A life without Borders would be stark indeed.
  by maryfranb / on Feb 17, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “bookstores”

 

• Amazon.com - The Predator

  
  A Writer's Desk — Authority: 123
  Publishers and booksellers discuss Amazon.coms foray into book publishing on NPR. From the piece ... Publishers have a problem when it comes to discussing Amazon: They may fear its power, but they are also dependent on it, because like it or not, Amazon sells a lot of books. But lately, the grumbling about Amazon ...
  4 days ago

• Viral Friday: Volkswagen Game – The Bark Side

  
  ViralBlog Viral ideas.Trends. Inspiration — Authority: 461
  Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials, games or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread. This week’s Viral Friday #1 position goes to Volkswagen Game: The Bark Side , doubting you ...
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• It’s all going horribly wrong SHOCK!

  
  POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG — Authority: 406
  I started this Blog in 2006. Since then, we have been saying the same things over and over again. 1. Prison works if the sentence served is long and austere. Everything else is seen as a sign of weakness. 2. There are not enough police on emergency response teams, and those teams are seen as the bottom of the ...
  1 week ago

• Bookstore death watch

  
  Alistr.org - By Alistair Murray — Authority: 116
  Bookstore sales drop yet again : Bookstore sales had their steepest decline in the year in November, falling 8.6%, to $941 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The November drop followed a 6.6% decline in October and reflects the absence of Borders. The defunct chain closed ...
  1 week ago

• Spotlight on Bookstores: *The Book Shop* in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts

  
  She Is Too Fond Of Books ... — Authority: 106
  Another week, another wonderful Spotlight on Bookstores guest post! Linda Teitel wrote this piece; she’s the author of the middle-grade novel  Angus MacMouse Brings Down the House (Bloomsbury 2010). Angus is a mouse who holds the key to a successful opera company – culture, humor, and a crowd-pleasing ...
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• Goodbye Metropolitan Police Authority.

  
  POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG — Authority: 406
  The Metropolitan Police Authority  was disbanded at midnight on 15th January and replaced by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC). Here is a summary of the positive contributions made by the MPA, according to Met police Gadget readers over the years: [nothing] Thank you. At least Met officers now ...
  1 week ago

• A bookstore says: Dont be an iPhone-y [video]

  
  Jacket Copy — Authority: 626
  Late in 2011, an online-only retailer launched a holiday promotion offering discounts to people who shopped in brick-and-mortar stores and used their smartphones to scan prices and instead buy online. This ruffled the feathers of some who found the practice predatory, particularly fans and supporters of independent ...
  1 week ago

• 10 Reasons to Read eBooks

  
  Yatscoff Books — Authority: 92
  1) You are not limited to specific eReader devices.  Smashwords and a few others can download your selection and match any format for any device, including laptops and PCs. 2) Price.  EBooks are cheaper than hard copies, even new releases. 3) EBook providers never run out of copies. 4) A virtual library at ...
  1 week ago

• 10 Reasons to Read eBooks.

  
  Book Reviews R'Us — Authority: 98
  1) You are not limited to specific eReader devices.  Smashwords and a few others can download your selection and match any format for any device, including laptops and PCs. 2) Price.  EBooks are cheaper than hard copies, even new releases. 3) EBook providers never run out of copies. 4) A virtual library at ...
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• Where to Find Quasis Books

  
  The World Is Your Litter Box — Authority: 85
  Well, it’s a new year and time for my first shameless book plug of 2012! From time to time, we get emails from cat lovers who have looked for my books in bookstores and been unable to find them. The sad fact is that most brick-and-mortar bookstores are gone, and many of those that are still with us tend to limit ...
  1 week ago

• Beloved Librarian Becomes Enemy to Indie Bookstores

  
  The Passive Voice — Authority: 550
  From the Seattle Times: She’s the country’s most-beloved librarian, whose book recommendations are avidly sought by her fans. Nancy Pearl is so famous that tens of thousands of her prim-looking action figures, wagging a shushing finger, have been sold by novelty-seller Archie McPhee. And overnight, this ...
  1 week ago

• Soft-Core Book Porn

  
  The Late Age of Print — Authority: 85
  Most of you reading this blog probably don’t know that I’m Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication and Culture here at Indiana University .  What that means is that I’m knee-deep in graduate admissions files right now; what that also means is that I don’t have quite as much time for ...
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• Rochester, NY writes the Book on Literary Tourism

  
  NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS — Authority: 107
  bRush Rhees Rare Books Library In 2007 Rochester was ranked the sixth ‘most livable city’ in the U.S. according to the 25th edition of the Places Rated Almanac. The same year it received top ranking for overall quality of life among U.S. metro areas with populations of more than one million and in 2010 Forbes [...]
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• ‘An Unusual Concentration of Great Books’

  
  NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS — Authority: 107
  Greenwood Books, Rochester NY On November 8, 1803, Col. Nathaniel Rochester (1752–1831), Maj. Charles Carroll, and Col. William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761–1839), all of Hagerstown, Maryland, purchased a 100-acres of land from the state in Western New York along the Genesee River. They chose the site because of the ...
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• The broad Dnieper roars and moans.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 645
  This should be simple enough: where can a US resident find a good selection of books in Ukrainian? Here are some sources Ive been able to find, with pros and cons. Can you think of others I havent listed that maximize the pros and minimize the cons? As a benchmark, lets take the ability to purchase a volume of ...
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• Larry McMurtry Challenges Amazon’s CEO

  
  Me and My Kindle — Authority: 452
  Image courtesy of The Dallas Observer Larry McMurtry has a question: “Will Amazon kill the book?” At least, that’s the headline for a new article that he’s written for this month’s issue of Harper’s magazine. The 75-year-old author provides a very thoughtful answer, looking for historical ...
  2 weeks ago

• Will Barnes & Noble Lose the Bookseller Wars?

  
  The Passive Voice — Authority: 550
  From Digital Book World: It was a busy fall for Barnes & Noble, the $7 billion bookseller. After Amazon grabbed headlines with its $199 Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble responded with the $249 Nook Color. Could Barnes & Noble possibly compete with a higher price? The doubters have been silenced now that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spotlight on Bookstores: The Village Bookstore in Littleton, New Hampshire

  
  She Is Too Fond Of Books ... — Authority: 106
  The Village Bookstore Rose MacDowell’s The Lost Book of Mala R. was published a few months ago by Random House / Bantam. The novel brings to light an intriguing period of American history with thorough research and rich detail.  In it, a teenage American gypsy in the 1940s predicts the future of three ...
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• Shouldnt Amazon WORK with Independent Booksellers?

  
  A Writer's Desk — Authority: 123
  Thats what the Harvard Business Review suggests. From the piece ... Why cant independent bookstores partner with Amazon to, essentially, serve as showrooms in exchange for a cut of the profits? This would let Amazon keep enjoying the benefits it reaps from the existence of physical bookstores, but it would also ...
  4 weeks ago

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