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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008The last book I bought on Biblio.com was The Homebrewer’s Garden. This time of year I love nothing better than watching hops grow. I’m convinced that if I had the patience or the time I could actually see the vine moving during peak growth. A healthy plant can grow about a foot [...]
Where have all the salespeople gone? Gone for cicadas everyone?
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008So, about a month ago, Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide came out, with Biblio.com listed as the 361st largest e-commerce company in the U.S. Really not big news in and of itself, as we’ve been on the list for a few years now. The significant thing is that we barely noticed this year.
You see, [...]
Who writes this stuff?
Friday, June 6th, 2008Yesterday our e-mail queues were assaulted by several e-mails which we believe to be pranks. Please see a sampling below and let us know if you have any clues about the perpetrator…
“i think you guys should have a mascot or something: BiblioMan. and he could visit classrooms and stuff, always fighting ignorance with [...]
Make your own clamshell box for books
Thursday, June 5th, 2008In answering a question from a customer recently, I stumbled across this great blog post on making your own clamshell case from a librarian / bookbinder / book artist. And, in fact, in looking about the authors site, I found a tremendous wealth of great information on do-it-yourself preservation tips for “budgety” (my wife’s [...]
Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar scholarship available
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Just a reminder that Biblio.com is still accepting applications from booksellers to receive a scholarship to attend the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar this August. Complete details are available at the previous link, but in a nutshell, we’re looking for a bookseller whose work or business “creates a positive impact in their community or the [...]
Free inventory software for booksellers
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008We’ve long meant to get a blog up and running, and the latest announcement from Biblio.com and Bibliopolis gives us the perfect scoop to get moving….
And, that scoop is that Bibliopolis, builder of custom websites for booksellers, has partnered with us at Biblio.com to provide BookHound 7ce as a free download to booksellers. BookHound [...]
Becoming collectible…
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Our friends over at Downtown Books & News, a great local bookstore here in Asheville, have posted our 2007 Biblio.com holiday card for sale at Biblio.com. The asking price? $50 with free shipping. Its hard to believe its still available - at least as of the time of this writing.
From their description:
Signed [...]
Booksearch dashboard widget for OS X
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008For those of you who, like us, are consummate book geeks and love your Mac, Biblio.com has released a booksearch dashboard widget - available for free to Mac users.
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