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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008The top 12 BiblioUnbound articles from the past year, covering book collecting, bookselling and more.
Written versus spoken books
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008I had a chat the other day with a colleague about audio books. It turns out we’re both longtime listeners to books on tape, and now books on CD. I got started years ago when my job required a longish commute, and I tired of listening to music. The selection of available [...]
How I Found Livingstone (and Stanley)
Monday, June 30th, 2008As a youth, I was a voracious carnivore for meaty travel and exploration books. I snatched up nearly any volume I could find on the subject and dragged it down to my parents’ den.
That was well past 5 days ago, so any recollection I might have once had of the actual titles is long [...]
New issue of BiblioUnbound is out!
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008The June issue of BiblioUnbound, our customer e-zine, was released today. This month, we focused on the paperback: why we love it, why we hate it, how to collect it and preserve it. It was a really fun issue to put together, and I hope you enjoy it!
Catherine
Editor, BiblioUnbound
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The Spies of Warsaw
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I just got my copy of Alan Furst’s new novel, The Spies of Warsaw. There are only a handful of authors whose next work I actively pine for, but Furst is definitely at the top of the list. He refers to his series of Night Soldiers novels as “historical espionage.” I can’t put my [...]
Declining economy = increasing readership?
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008According to a brief article in the Chicago Post-Tribune, libraries in Lake County and Porter County Illinois are seeing a surge in circulations and a rise in patronage, owing, in part to the current economy. Its terrific to hear news such as this, since libraries have been arguably one of the most underappreciated [...]
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