Archive for March, 2009
« Previous EntriesBook Review : Breach the Wall by Michael Tracey and Celestina Adams
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Michael Tracey and Celestina Adams’ latest book is a masterpiece of photography and prose, soulfully documenting the lives and stories of people who live in the shadows of famous walls throughout the world. Visiting such sites as The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and Hadrian’s Wall, they have captured the raw beauty and [...]
See you at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend!
Monday, March 30th, 2009We’ll be attending the New York Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend, and hope to see you there! This is a great opportunity for booksellers, avid collectors, or readers who just simply want to feast their eyes on some beautiful books. Here’s the official info, courtesy of Sarah Donnell from Sanford L. Smith & Associates” “The [...]
WSJ calls Google book scanning settlement a “rip-off for authors”
Monday, March 30th, 2009The Wall Street Journal is running a well-written and persuasive editorial strongly against the Google book scanning settlement, calling it a “rip-off” for authors. The author warns that we are all on track to become “Google’s data-entry slaves” and that it turns authors “into fully subordinated, last-in-line net residuaries.” Our editorial position is similarly very [...]
Booksellers continue to be weighed down by CPSIA and whether to test for lead
Monday, March 30th, 2009The debate regarding childrens’ books and CPSIA continues to be an albatross around the neck of booksellers everywhere. According to the Wichita Eagle, a Nebraska congressman has introduced a bill (last Monday) that would exempt books from the toxic law. He also has a position statement on books and CPSIA his official website. While he’s [...]
Asheville Go Bragh!
Friday, March 27th, 2009Forbes has named Asheville, NC the 6th best metro area for business and careers. Asheville has been the “world headquarters” of Biblio.com since the beginning (2000). In fact, long under-appreciated North Carolina garnered three of the top ten spots, with Raleigh and Durham included in the list. Definitely one of the most eccentric cities on [...]
The toilet paper analogy: how can local book stores compete?
Friday, March 27th, 2009Independent bookstores: get beyond emotional, altruistic reasons if you want your customers to continue to support and grow your local business.
Where The Wild Things Are–The Movie
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Yes, it’s true. Maurice Sendak‘s beloved children’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are, has been adapted for the silver screen and is directed by Spike Jonze. Jones and Dave Eggers of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius fame, wrote the screenplay together. The best thing about the film? The “wild things” appear to be live-action, [...]
Free rare book room listings for booksellers
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009The Rare Book Room on Biblio has always been one of my personal favorite features of the site. After years of being surfeited by the piles of “Acceptable” condition books on the internet these days, the Rare Book Room is a place of beauty and tranquility for me. Formerly, Biblio.com Booksellers were charged a one [...]
Scholarship for 2009 Antiquarian Book Seminar available!
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Biblio.com is offering a full-ride scholarship to one Lucky Bibliophile to the 2009 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar ($1195) and free listing fees for one year and a donation of $500 to the winner’s literacy charity of choice. As mentioned in a previous post, now is a great time to be a bookseller, so be sure [...]
Rare Book of the Day: The Hobbit (first American ed.)
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien While I’m waiting for The Hobbit movie adaptation (slated for release in 2012), I’ll save up my pennies for this gem. As described: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First American edition, third state, in a new, facsimile first edition dust jacket. Hardcover, size: octavo. Buff [...]
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