Archive for May, 2009
Biblio.com helps town devastated by tornado striving to be the “Greenest Town in America”
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Some of you may already be familiar with NativeEnergy through our partnership with them in our ecosend program. Now we’re going to help build the new Greensburg (Kansas) Wind Farm by offsetting a percent of the estimated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from our daily operations and order shipments.
On May 4, 2007 an EF-5 tornado leveled [...]
Protesting CPSIA - an activists’ guide for bookstores and libraries
Friday, May 15th, 2009As people are beginning to realize, the recent passage of CPSIA has deep ramifications for education and literacy, reducing access to books in stores, libraries and charities. Hardest hit are the economically disadvantaged children among us. Here are some ideas to help get started in protesting and raising support for the repeal of this disastrous [...]
Shop local used bookstores - online
Monday, May 11th, 2009Find an independent used bookstore near you!
(and shop their books online - or off)
Enter your 5-digit zip code:
We’ve long meant to provide a way that customers can search the combined inventory of their local independent used bookstores online. We’re pretty pleased to have that pet project off the ground over at [...]
The Big Kindle; a Bibliophile’s Prognosis
Thursday, May 7th, 2009The Buick got bigger. Amazon announced yesterday the release of the new, large format Kindle, specifically designed to appeal to students. Unfortunately, I think that its doomed to fail in the college market - at least on its own merits for three intertwined reasons.
As a reader, a book industry guy, and an at-least-one-course-a-year student for [...]
Introducing Biblio UK
Monday, May 4th, 2009We’re very pleased to announce that we have quietly snuck the new Biblio UK site out the back door of our skunkworks!
The new site is focused largely on serving European customers who are looking to source second hand and antiquarian books “locally” from the UK or other parts of Europe.
While a few other companies already [...]
Usedbookcentral announces it will close; citing PCI compliance
Monday, May 4th, 2009Longtime independent book marketplace Usedbookcentral released an announcement over the weekend that it would be closing its site after seven years, citing the pressures imposed by the credit card industry with regards to PCI compliance.
PCI compliance has become an enormous burden on businesses worldwide, but particularly on small businesses. I speak from experience when I [...]
Ebury seeking the next McMurtry or Dunning?
Monday, May 4th, 2009Ebury Publishing in the UK (Random House subsidiary) is kicking off a contest to uncover the talents of a bookseller/writer (open only to booksellers in the UK). They are asking for the first 5 pages of a draft.
Cool idea - most booksellers I know are/were/could be writers of some caliber and imagination, and they may [...]