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 Biblio.com [...]
Indie bookstores have “one up” on commercial chains
Friday, March 13th, 2009In an article yesterday by AZ (Arizona) Night Buzz, independent bookstores in Arizona are continuing to fight the good fight against commercial chains such as Barnes and Noble and Borders by taking a new approach: specializing their stock. For instance, one of the surviving bookstores in Tuscon, Clues Unlimited, primarily offers new and used mystery [...]
Save Wordsmiths! And your other (local) bookstores…
Friday, August 15th, 2008I was driving home from the office the other day and heard a compelling story on NPR about Wordsmiths Books, an independent bookstore in Decatur, Georgia, that is currently asking for financial contributions to help offset their start-up debts. Start-up debts, you ask? What do you mean Catherine? Well, according to owner Zach (no last [...]