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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 [...]
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 [...]
Used Books Recession Proof?
Monday, March 16th, 2009Chris Volk at Bookfever has put together an interesting, short survey of booksellers and how the recession is affecting them. To summarize: booksellers are reporting average sales 10.6% lower than the prior year. On Biblio, we’re definitely seeing used book sales weaker than we anticipated for booksellers, but the average bookseller’s sales on Biblio are [...]
Graphic Books Finally Join NY Times’ “Bestseller” Lists
Friday, March 13th, 2009As an avid comic fan, I was pleased to see the announcement of graphic novels to the New York Times Bestseller list this morning. They’ve compiled the lists into three categories: hardcover, softcover and Manga. Catch the lists and then check out available copies of Watchmen by Alan Moore–which stands at #3 in hardcover and [...]
What does Biblio.com do with all the money it makes?
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Couldn’t resist the eye-grabbing headline. At risk of disappointing the reader, I have to confess that we’re really not talking that much money. While we’re profitable (even despite the economy) I’m afraid our bottom line would look like a rounding error to many big companies. (At least its a black rounding error, though) Its surprising [...]
Statuettes in Sight for Movie Adaptations
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Several of the 2009 Academy Award nominations include books that were adapted for the silver screen. To catch up on your winter reading before the Awards, check out these titles: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman: Best Art Direction & Costume The Reader by Bernard Schlink: Best Picture, Actress, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography Revolutionary [...]
Michael Crichton, author, dies at 66
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Michael Crichton, author of bestselling books such as Jurassic Park, Sphere, and Andromeda Strain, died after a long battle with cancer. You can read his family’s recent memorial statement here. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ffor.theloveofbooks.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fmichael-crichton-author-dies-at-66%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Michael+Crichton%2C+author%2C+dies+at+66′; addthis_pub = ‘sherar’;
2008 Man Booker Prize Announced
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize on Tuesday night for his debut novel, “The White Tiger,” an exploration of India’s class struggle told through the story of a village boy’s journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. Adiga, who lives in Mumbai, was born in India. He studied at Columbia and [...]
ReCAPTCHA’s so cool…
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008My afternoon has been spent trying to stop spam in Biblio.com’s forums. Stopping spam is usually a thankless job. Today it was fun. ReCAPTCHA is an interesting take on proving you are human. It displays two words from pages that could not be OCR’d. One word is known and the other is not. Each user [...]
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