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# for.theloveofbooks.com

[noun] OE. an unabashedly bookish blog; see also: geek

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- [](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/71/) - When you spend a lot of time looking at books like commodities, as I do in our business, sometimes you sort of forget that the books have things in them. Things like information, sometimes true and sometimes false, heartrending, well-told stories and trite, really badly told stories. When I go home and pass my bookshelf
- [Top stories from BiblioUnbound's first year](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/top-ten-stories-from-bibliounbounds-first-year/) - The top 12 BiblioUnbound articles from the past year, covering book collecting, bookselling and more.
- [ReCAPTCHA's so cool...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/09/recaptchas-so-cool/) - My 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
- [Advice to a teenager... don't read these books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/advice-to-a-teenager-dont-read-these-books/) - As a teenager, I suffered from pretty severe iconoclasticitis. Most everyone else called it by its common name: rebelliousness. But, when I wasn't staging some inane sit-in or walk out over a meaningless point of bureaucratic trivia, or heckling my calculus teacher (who liked to ask the class a question, and then grab the tip
- [New Issue of BiblioUnbound, including an exclusive interview with Orson Scott Card](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/new-issue-of-bibliounbound-including-an-exclusive-interview-with-orson-scott-card/) - Greetings Bibliolings: The latest issue of BiblioUnbound is now available, including an exclusive interview with Orson Scott Card, an article on collecting science fiction pulps and digests, and, what you've all been dying to know, the proper use of bookmarks. Now, take us to your leader. Or, at least point the way to the nearest
- [More on trashing books...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/more-on-trashing-books/) - One of my first college writing teachers asked us to do the following exercise: choose a page in the grammar book assigned for the course and write in a page margin the worst thing you've ever done, then tear out the margin where you wrote it and throw it away (or eat it, if you
- [BookHound 7ce: Free Bookstore Software for Windows XP and Vista](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/bookhound-7ce-for-windows-released/) - Biblio.com has partnered with Bibliopolis to offer booksellers BookHound 7ce (Community Edition) for Windows XP and Vista operating systems. This release is available starting today, and will offer booksellers a new option for free inventory management software. To download the Windows version of BookHound 7ce, please visit the BookHound 7ce information page. BookHound 7ce features
- [New issue of <i>BiblioUnbound</i> is out!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/new-issue-of-bibliounbound-is-out/) - The 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
- [Newark needs a bookstore](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/newark-needs-a-bookstore/) - The New York Times reports that in 2007, Newark, NJ "ranked last among the nation’s 69 largest cities in the number of bookstores per capita, with 15 stores for 281,000 people, or 0.53 stores per 10,000 residents." That sounds like an irresistible call to action for an enterprising independent bookstore owner hopeful or indy looking
- [Books and Their Natural Enemies](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/books-and-their-natural-enemies/) - I recently realized I didn't know as much as I thought about caring for books. As someone with several rare books, it seemed a good idea to get better informed. While the worst enemy of books is probably humans (ahem, guilty), this discussion is about natural enemies: water, heat, light, gravity, and biology. Know about
- [Spam for breakfast](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/spam-for-breakfast/) - It's the beginning of the work day, and the first job for the day is going through the hundreds of new emails to get rid of spam. The volume of Spam email that manages to get through the spam filters is amazing. I've become a connoisseur of sales pitches in broken English, and a collector
- [Booksearch dashboard widget for OS X](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/booksearch-dashboard-widget-for-os-x/) - For 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.
- [Of Spam and the River](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/of-spam-and-the-river/) - Going through some emails today, it seems I came upon some vague traces of a lost Hemingway novel. The epistolary, straight from the gun style, humbly disguised under this heading: cause that would make me happy. me, 1982. I can't think of a character named after a year, although I know there are some names
- [Twitter-exclusive Book Hunt a Success](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/06/twitter-exclusive-book-hunt-a-success/) - After 13 days, 11 clues and a lot of re-Tweets, search-savvy Twitter user Michael found the correct book in our first great Biblio Book Hunt: a rare copy of W.H. Auden's About the House. The rules for the Twitter-exclusive Book Hunt were simple: we picked a rare book and posted a clue about it each
- [Join the Biblio Book Hunt](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/08/join-the-biblio-book-hunt/) - We like to play games. But only ones where our customers win something big--like a $200 BiblioBucks gift certificate. And what better game to play than a treasure hunt? So welcome to the Biblio Book Hunt, a treasure hunt exclusively for our Twitter fans! Here's how to play: Join Twitter if you haven't done so
- [Visit our Pinterest Boards!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2013/07/visit-our-pinterest-boards/) - Visit us on Pinterest! We pin beautiful books, odd books, and other interesting items found on Biblio.com!
- [Happy Holidays - Facebook Giveaway!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2013/12/happy-holidays-facebook-giveaway/) - Did you know we have a giveaway going on the Biblio.com Facebook Page? Our “12 Days of Christmas” Giveaway is easy to play! Go to our Facebook page to Like our page and play along. You could win free books from Biblio for a whole year! Each day for 12 days, we’ll post a question
- [Rare Book News of Note: April 2014](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2014/04/rare-book-notes-april-2014/) - Here's a few snippets from the world of book collecting: Nicholas Basbanes' Library of Inscribed First Editions are for sale. Three association copies and over six hundred other modern firsts, all inscribed to Basbanes, are being offered in a lot by Lux Mentis Booksellers. A first edition printing of the Torah is going on the
- [CodeIgniter sessions randomly timing out](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2014/08/codeigniter-sessions-randomly-timing-out/) - Disclaimer: This post is about cookies, not books. In fact, cookies and books do not go together - as anyone with children can attest, they tend to leave nasty little oil stains on the pages and crumbs in the gutter. (now it's at least vaguely book related - file under "Book Care") I'm departing from our
- [A new player in the online antiquarian book market...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2014/08/a-new-player-in-the-online-antiquarian-book-market/) - It's over. We'll be starting our firesale this afternoon. How can we possibly compete with this?
- [Antiquarian book marketplace seeks CNC work](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2014/07/antiquarian-book-marketplace-seeks-cnc-work/) - I'm consistently amazed at the amount of e-mail we receive from legitimate B2B vendors who have not even bothered to do the slightest modicum of research before sending their sales pitches. Sometimes, I can't help but hit back with a little acerbic humor. Today I received (with names removed to protect the innocent): Subject: Question
- [The First Major Novel of WWII: On Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/10/the-first-major-novel-of-wwii-on-hemingways-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-2/) - “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” * “All that need be said here about the new Hemingway novel can be said in relatively few words. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a tremendous piece of work. Source: The First Major Novel of WWII:
- [What books did Blackbeard read?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2018/01/what-books-did-blackbeard-read/) - A recent discovery of paper fragments on Blackbeard's ship have been identified. Learn what books pirates read and find copies of that book for sale.
- [Bob Dylan's Nobel acceptance speech available in rare book](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/11/bob-dylans-nobel-acceptance-speech-available-in-rare-book/) - Bob Dylan's winning and much-debated acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature is to be released as a book via Simon & Schuster. Dylan, who delivered his long-awaited speech on June 5th, was handed a six-month deadline to reveal his speech ... Read More of the article in Far Out Magazine Explore a gallery
- [The Shapes and Sizes of Books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/10/the-shapes-and-sizes-of-books/) - Jasna Zwimpfer writes about the cataloging of the books in a special collection at the University of Glasgow Library in their article "William Hunter’s Library: the Shapes of Books" "We consulted some of Hunter’s books in Special Collections to answer queries which emerged during our work. In the search room, we came into direct contact with
- [ABAA Announces Winners of the 2017 National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/09/abaa-announces-winners-of-the-2017-national-collegiate-book-collecting-competition/) - Congratulations to the winners! Visit the article to see the full list. The judges were very impressed with the submitted collections and wish to thank all who participated. The Awards Ceremony will take place at the Library of Congress, James Madison Building, Montpelier Room on Friday, October 20th at 5:30pm. Source: ABAA Announces Winners of
- [Watch: ‘Alias Grace’ Trailer from Margaret Atwood and Netflix](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/07/watch-alias-grace-trailer-from-margaret-atwood-and-netflix/) - Margaret Atwood is coming to Netflix with an adaptation of Alias Grace. We're pleased with the trailer so far...take a look and let us know what you think! Sarah Gadon in ‘Alias Grace’/Image © Netflix Hot on the heels of Hulu’s success with the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s seminal dystopia, The Handmaid’s Tale , Netflix
- ['Eloise At The Museum' Tells The Story Behind The Beloved Mischief-Maker](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/07/eloise-at-the-museum-tells-the-story-behind-the-beloved-mischief-maker/) - The 6-year-old children's book character struck a chord when she debuted in the 1950s. Now a new exhibition shines a light on how Eloise came to be. (Image credit: Collection of Hilary Knight/ Copyright Kay Thompston/ New York Historical Society) Source: 'Eloise At The Museum' Tells The Story Behind The Beloved Mischief-Maker Browse collectible copies
- [A New Look for the Independent Online Booksellers Association](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/10/ioba-site/) - The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), a trade association dedicated to maintaining high ethical and professional standards in order to foster greater trust between book buyers and sellers, has a new look on its e-commerce site: IOBAbooks.com. The site, powered by Biblio, features new, used, rare and out-of-print books from IOBA bookseller members. Save
- [Bookish News: BiblioWorks!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2017/04/bookish-news-biblioworks/) - BiblioWorks is raising money for their annual literacy festival, Sucre Reads! Every dollar helps to purchase books, to get transportation for students to visit the city in the festival, and to make sure that everyone learns more about the love of reading. Even if you can't donate, please share and help spread the word! You
- [Bookish News:  Farewell, 2016!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2016/12/bookish-news-farewell-2016/) - "My love affair with used bookstores" by Ron Grossman in the Chicago Tribune Remembering Vera Rubin - the pioneering astrophysicist who confirmed the existence of dark matter passed away on Christmas day. Her life and contributions to the future of women in science are featured by Brainpickings. English author Richard Adams, best known for his
- [Bookish News: December 2016- The Gift Guide Edition](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2016/12/bookish-news-december-2016-the-gift-guide-edition/) - Books Tell You Why offers some assistance with "Children's Books: A Gift-Giving Guide." This handy list includes suggestions for infants, children, teachers, and adults. If you know a bookish someone on your list, but you don't want to presume to know what book they might want, consider ephemera related to their favorite author! Ephemera is
- [Bookish News: November 16, 2016](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2016/11/bookish-news-november-16-2016/) - A rare book from Boston's Northeastern University archives has been selected for inclusion in an ‘illuminated manuscripts’ display. Northeastern’s con­tri­bu­tion is a Dominican Prayer Book. The palm-sized book has over 500 pages in handwritten Latin. It shall be included in the “Beyond Words: Illu­mi­nated Man­u­scripts in Boston Col­lec­tions.” BiblioBucks gift certificates are an easy and
- [Eaten any good books lately?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/eaten_any_books/) - Bern Marcowitz (co-author of Care and Feeding of Books) is fond of pointing out that the Torah & Bible both talk about eating books no less than five times. This got me thinking about the recent books I've read - how would they taste?
- [Google Suppresses Books Mentioning the Confederacy](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2015/07/google-suppresses-books-mentioning-the-confederacy/) - In response to the recent tragedy in Charleston and subsequent (and just) calls to remove the confederate flag from public buildings and monuments, Google last week announced it was jumping on the growing bandwagon of corporations that are pulling merchandise featuring the confederate flag from their shelves. For Google, this means automatically disapproving these “product
- [The Internet is Made of Cats!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2013/08/the-internet-is-made-of-cats/) - Books about cats, and joking about cat memes.
- [Introducing BookGilt - A New Metasearch for Antiquarian Books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2014/09/introducing-bookgilt-a-new-metasearch-for-antiquarian-books/) - As some of you may remember, Biblio cut its teeth as a metasearch named SearchBiblio in the early oughts. Unfortunately, when we launched Biblio.com in 2003, it demanded all of our attention and so the meta search was shuttered. Until now. We're pleased to [quietly] announce the launch of our new metasearch for rare and antiquarian books:
- [Bill McKibben: Prophet of Doom and Hope](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2013/07/bill-mckibben-prophet-of-doom-and-hope/) - Book review and editorial praise for author and environmental activist Bill McKibben by Biblio staff member Coyote.
- [Bolivia's Capital Hosts its first Literary Festival](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2012/05/sucre-hosts-its-first-literary-festival/) - The hard-working BiblioWorks team (Matt & Co!) working in Bolivia recently coordinated Sucre's first ever book fair with the help of a number of volunteers. You can also read more from the point of view of one of the volunteers who was instrumental to pulling the project together and making it such a resounding success.
- [Very rare and expensive books - eye-candy for Bibliophiles](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/very-rare-and-expensive-books-eye-candy-for-bibliophiles/) - Stumbling around this afternoon, I came up with an interesting search, revealing a pretty fascinating gallery of very rare and expensive books on Biblio.com. Shown to the left isn't actually a book, though it was found in the search above. Its a portrait of e e cummings mother - by e e cummings - which
- [2009 Award-winning children's books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/2009-award-winning-childrens-books/) - The ALA (American Library Association) announced the winners this morning for three prestigious awards to childrens' authors. John Newbery Medal The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - "Neil Gaiman’s eagerly awaited middle-grade take on Rudyard Kipling’s THE JUNGLE BOOK features Nobody, a boy raised by graveyard inhabitants instead of animals. Having escaped his family’s murderer
- [Google book scanning settlement slowly becoming recognized as monopolistic](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/google-book-settlement-monopolistic/) - It appears that people are slowly waking up to the realization that the Google book scanning settlement is a really, really bad thing. The head of Harvard's library system is quoted as saying: "Google will be a monopoly." We've blogged here a few times about the fundamental problems with allowing the Google scanning settlement to
- [BiblioWorks opens its 8th community library](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2011/02/biblioworks-opens-its-8th-community-library/) - BiblioWorks has opened its eighth community library in rural Bolivia. You can read more about it over at Biblio or read about the inauguration itself here. This is Biblioworks' first library in 2 years, so we're excited to see Tomina up and running and benefiting the community! Way to go Matt and Maritza and all
- [Bibliophile Roll Call - Sites To Enjoy](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/06/bibliophile-roll-call/) - A list of book-related blogs to enjoy, and coming events for bibliophiles everywhere!
- [Tour of library, rare books and special collection room at ASU offered June 20](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/06/tour-of-asu-rare-book-collection/) - Appalachian State University News reported today that the Rhinehart Rare Books and Special Collection Room at their Belk Library and Information Commons will be open to the general public Sunday, June 20 to celebrate it's fifth anniversary celebration. This special collection is not usually open to the public due to the delicate nature of rare
- [Auteurs](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/05/auteurs/) - Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer, two filmmakers from the French New Wave period, are of particular interest to the readers among us because they were both so literary in their concerns. Truffaut's most famous film, Jules et Jim, is based on the novel of the same name by Henri-Pierre Roche (a few copies available here).
- [Don't Miss the Philadelphia Book Fair!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/05/dont-miss-the-philadelphia-book-fair/) - For the first time in several years, book lovers have a big reason to flock back to Philly. The Philadelphia Book & Ephemera Fair will take place Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22, 2010. "This is the only major vintage Book & Ephemera event held in the greater Philadelphia region and offers an unparalleled
- [Get your Geek on...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/04/get-your-geek-on/) - Tomorrow, May 1st, 2010, is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Since 2002, the first Saturday in May has been celebrated as Free Comic Book Day in independent comic book stores internationally.
- [The Magic Lantern](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/04/the-magic-lantern/) - Did you know that Ingmar Bergman first thought to make films as a consolation for punishment?
- [Top Five Poems to Celebrate Spring](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/04/top-five-spring-poems/) - I am wrapped in thunder and delight, watching the flickering lightning, entranced at the window like a child on her birthday morning. Thunderstorms mean many things to me, but at this fine moment the rumble is repeating only one phrase: Wake up! Spring is coming! Spring is here! The springtime approaches, heralded by these buffeting
- [Film's Books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/04/films-books/) - As the saying goes, the book is better than the film. This is usually the case. There are times when both are good. There are times when the film is better. Sometimes, though, they are both great, and maintain their formal integrity as a book or a film while furthering the central story in some
- [Buffalo Small Press Book Fair](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/03/buffalo-small-press-book-fair/) - I've just returned to Asheville from Buffalo, NY where I attended this years Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. Organized by Buffalo artist/poet/printer Chris Fritton, "the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a regional one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together in a
- [Biblio Charitable Works' new site live!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/02/biblio-charitable-works-new-site-live/) - BiblioWorks has a new, updated website just launched today, featuring (finally!) a Spanish translation, not to mention a much more attractive layout and design. Shout out to the team over at Stout Monkey Networks who volunteered their time to assemble all this! For those who don't already know, Biblio Charitable Works is a 501c(3) non-profit
- [DOJ still not happy with Google's book scanning](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/02/doj-still-not-happy-with-googles-book-scanning/) - In an encouraging statement the Department of Justice indicates that Google's revised book scanning settlement still does not satisfy its concerns about creating a would-be monopoly by the internet goliath, stating "The amended settlement agreement still confers significant and possibly anti-competitive advantages on Google as a single entity." Its really fascinating to me that this
- [RIP e-readers: 2010 - 2010?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2010/01/rip-e-readers-2010-2010/) - Echoing a few of our earlier sentiments on why the Kindle would go the way of the dodo (which is, by the way, what the birds in the header of our blog are - because we're in the printed book industry ourselves), Kit Eaton at FastCompany is calling 2010 the one and only year of
- [My Top 10 Book Picks for 2009](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/12/my-top-10-book-picks-for-2009/) - Here are my top 10 picks for books released this past year.
- [Get Your Rare Book Fix in Boston](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/10/boston-book-fair/) - One of the oldest and largest book fairs in the country, the 2009 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Browsers and buyers will have the chance to see several incredibly rare books, such as a signed, first edition of Amelia Earhart’s 20 Hrs. 40 Min., the book that chronicled her
- [What I really think of the Kindle...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/10/kill-kindle/) - It's time to confess: I've been "playing nice" during the recent explosion in e-reader popularity. It stops now.
- [Song of the Open Rd.](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/10/song-of-the-open-rd/) - In my traveling days, I enjoyed most the visits to used bookstores in the towns I was in for a day, a week, or more. Going from my origin in Boston to the Northwest by bus or train, I would visit shops whenever I had a day to walk around. I'm not sure what I
- ["Green" corporate book stores/sites?  Think again.](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/07/green-corporate-book-storessites-think-again/) - This little video on YouTube highlights the wastefulness and environmental impact of chain and online megabookstores - and, the advantages of shopping from independent bookstores. I'd like add that used books are even more environmentally friendly, folks - so don't forget to save some green and carbon by swinging by your local used bookstore (find
- [New ABAA website goes live](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/07/new-abaa-website-goes-live/) - The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) has a new look online! Created in 1949, the ABAA has built a strong professional network of booksellers carrying high-quality books. They are the oldest antiquarian bookseller association in the United States, and continue to remain a cornerstone of the rare book market. Although the ABAA has maintained
- ["It was a dark and stormy night..."](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/07/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/) - The winners of the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest have been announced! "What the heck is that?" You may ask yourself. The contest is a fiction parody contest inspired by novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). Bulwer-Lytton was famous for The Last Days of Pompeii and the opening line of Paul Clifford: "It was a dark
- [Protesting CPSIA - an activists' guide for bookstores and libraries](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/05/protesting-cpsia-an-activists-guide-for-bookstores-and-libraries/) - As 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
- [CPSIA and childrens' books - the Winners and the Losers](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/cpsia-and-childrens-books-the-winners-and-the-losers/) - With the recent passage of CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Act), with its serious implications for the sale and distribution of childrens' books, we thought it might be appropriate to look at who "wins" and who "loses" in the book industry as a result of this bill. The Winners Publishers Because of the amendment which effectively
- [The Big Kindle; a Bibliophile's Prognosis](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/05/the-big-kindle-a-bibliophiles-prognosis/) - The 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
- [Usedbookcentral announces it will close; citing PCI compliance](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/05/usedbookcentral-announces-it-will-close/) - Longtime 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
- [Introducing Biblio UK](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/05/introducing-biblio-uk/) - We'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
- [Ebury seeking the next McMurtry or Dunning?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/05/ebury-seeking-the-next-mcmurtry-or-dunning/) - Ebury 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
- [The printed book survives to fight another day.](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/the-printed-book-survives-to-fight-another-day/) - Nearly buried under news about Google's rights to distribute ebooks was a quiet announcement of a long awaited change to the book industry. The Times was one of a fairly small number of media sources that covered the trial installation of the Espresso Book Machine, a print on demand book vending machine. Unveiled last week
- [New online course offering at McSweeney's - ENG 371WR: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/new-online-course-offering/) - For you fellow old fogies (in the internet age, that means anyone over 30) who lament the fall of the English language into some kind of weird pidgin language filled with "AFAIK" and "BOSMKL". Robert Lanham's got a fun piece on McSweeney's called Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview. It'll leave you, well, ROFL. Just
- [Department of Justice opens antitrust inquiry into Google - finally!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/department-of-justice/) - In perhaps one of the best bits of book-world news that we've seen in awhile, the New York Times is reporting today that the US DOJ has finally opened an antitrust inquiry into Google's book scanning project. For awhile, it was really looking as if Google was going to get away with breaking copyright law
- [Coming May 1st - International Buy Indie Day](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/coming-may-1st-international-buy-indie-day/) - Author Joseph Finder is trying to get a new "holiday" on the calendar: international buy indie day. This Friday, people everywhere are pledging to visit a local independent bookstore and make a purchase. Here's to hoping you'll be one of them! Why, you ask? Why, because small businesses are superior to chains in nearly every
- [Bildungsroman Smackdown: Dickens vs. Adiga](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/bidungsroman-smackdown-dickens-vs-adiga/) - I read two books simultaneously recently: Aravind Adiga's White Tiger, and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Talk about a really fascinating juxtaposition! Both are what you would call bildungsroman novels, meaning the plots center around the development of a central character. But talk about a brutal literary smackdown of Victorian vs. Postmodern. While others were staying
- [Why should I care about e-books?  Lessons learned the hard way from the newspaper biz](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/book_industry_newspaper_industr/) - I had the dubious privilege of working in the newspaper industry in the final heady years before its collapse. It has often worried me that the book industry carries a similar hubris about technology as newspapers did in, say, 2001. My job as director of online at the time was to usher in "new media"
- [Books as contraband?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/books-as-contraband/) - So, what really happens if CPSIA isn't overturned? Those books you read and loved as a kid? Gone. Osbolete. Illegal, in fact. Books as contraband? Yes.
- [Why do some people want to drag politics into Everything?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/why-do-some-people-want-to-drag-politics-into-everything/) - In our recent customer newsletter, we featured "green" books in celebration of Earth Day. And, of course, we got some feedback from customers. Without further ado, presenting evidence that People are Weird: Why are you sending out "green" books for Earth Day, but no Atlas Shrugged (by Ayn Rand) for tax day? If this reflects
- [Open Veins of South America - Hugo Chavez presents book pick to Obama](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/open-veins-of-south-america-hugo-chavez-presents-book-pick-to-obama/) - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez recently presented US President Barack Obama with a copy of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America, prompting an enormous surge in interest in the 1971 work. He even inscribed it: "To Obama, with affection." - now how's that for a very cool association copy? Reportedly the publisher is scrambling to
- [Nabokov's Last Novel to be Released in November](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/nabokov-novel/) - Penguin Classics has announced the release date for Vladimir Nabokov's last manuscript, "The Original of Laura." Nabokov, author of "Lolita" and "Pale Fire," is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
- [As deadline looms, opposition to Google's book scanning mounts](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/opposition_to_google/) - The Internet Archive has thrown in its opposition to the Google book scanning settlement, requesting they be allowed the "same limitation of potential copyright liability as Google." In fact, we think that if Google is given this broad indemnity against copyright infringement, every individual and institution in the US should be given the same. The
- [Amazon censoring gay-themed books?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/amazon-censoring-gay-themed-books/) - This story is still developing, but according to this PC World arcticle and other various news sources, Amazon dropped certain books from its sales rank lists over Easter weekend due to a "glitch." Most of these, as discovered by publisher Mark Probst, were gay-themed or LGBT-classified books, igniting a widespread uproar from Amazon customers, as
- [Some Good News for Independent Bookstores in the New Economy](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/some-good-news-for-independent-bookstores-in-the-new-economy/) - Indiebound.com mentioned a heartening story from the Boston Globe about an independent brick and mortar bookstore in Coolidge Corner, Massachusetts that is succeeding in the face of direct competition from a major national chain rival. Maybe this is an isolated case, but I tend to believe that the current economic environment is forcing people to
- [CPSIA, Schmipsia - Who cares?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/cpsia-schmipsia-who-cares/) - Childrens' book author Carol Baicker-McKee does. She is doing what many others should be doing - taking an activist approach to the unfortunate CPSIA bill and putting a little heart and soul (and sweat) behind it. She's devoted most of her blog recently to covering CPSIA as it related to childrens' books - well worth
- [Look Homeward, Bibliophile](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/look-homeward-bibliophile/) - Not so long ago, I wrote about Asheville's penchant for books. (For those who don't already know, Biblio.com is based in beautiful Asheville, NC - home of Thomas Wolfe). Over the past weekend, our local newspaper, the Asheville Citizen-Times, just happened to run a story on some of the local independent bookstores in Asheville. I
- [Marcel Proust - the Grandfather of Tweeting?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/marcel-proust-the-grandfather-of-tweeting/) - What would happen if Marcel Proust or Jimmy Joyce lived in the age of Web 2.0? Answer: the tweetbook. This tweeter (twitterer, twittee?) has published a book through Lulu comprising 270 pages of his 4100 tweets from the past two years. Best of all, its Volume I, so the voracious reader can look forward to
- [Notes from the NY ABAA fair and a preview of the new ABAA site](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/notes-from-the-ny-abaa-fair-and-a-preview-of-the-new-abaa-site/) - This past weekend, Stephen and I endured months of delays and canceled flights with the singlepurposed intent of attending the ABAA's New York Antiquarian Book Fair and unveiling a preview of the new upcoming ABAA listing site.
- [American Library Association urges citizens to take action on CPSIA bill](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/american-library-association-urges-citizens-to-take-action-on-cpsia-bill/) - The ALA (American Library Association) is urging citizens to take action on the CPSIA bill, and urge their representative to support the amendment recently put forward by Rep. Fortenberry of Nebraska that would exempt childrens' books from the burdensome legislation. The ALA has made it very easy - please take a moment now to use
- [Homeless bookseller in Boston closing "bookstore"](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/homeless-bookseller-in-boston-closing-bookstore/) - A very sad, but moving tale in yesterday's Boston Globe, about the trials and tribulations of Boston Square's "homeless bookseller". Fully appreciate the quote at the end of the article: I come by here every day, and it (the bookstall) redeems my visit to a part of Cambridge that is becoming increasingly colorless, faceless, and
- [Biblio.com to open second used book factory](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/04/bibliocom-to-open-secondf-used-book-factories/) - Despite recent economic pressures, leading used & rare book marketplace Biblio.com announced today that it would be opening a second used book factory in North America over the next 6 months. The company did not provide specifics on where the new factory might be built, but recent speculation on the internet seems to indicate Austin, Texas.
- [Book Review : Breach the Wall by Michael Tracey and Celestina Adams](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/book-review-breach-the-wall-by-michael-tracey-and-celestina-adams/) - Michael Tracey and Celestina Adams' latest book is a masterpiece of photography and prose, soulfully documenting the lives and stories of people who live in the shadows of famous walls throughout the world. Visiting such sites as The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and Hadrian's Wall, they have captured the raw beauty and
- [Booksellers continue to be weighed down by CPSIA and whether to test for lead](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/booksellers-cpsia/) - The debate regarding childrens' books and CPSIA continues to be an albatross around the neck of booksellers everywhere. According to the Wichita Eagle, a Nebraska congressman has introduced a bill (last Monday) that would exempt books from the toxic law. He also has a position statement on books and CPSIA his official website. While he's
- [See you at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/see-you-at-the-ny-antiquarian-book-fair-this-weekend/) - We'll be attending the New York Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend, and hope to see you there! This is a great opportunity for booksellers, avid collectors, or readers who just simply want to feast their eyes on some beautiful books. Here's the official info, courtesy of Sarah Donnell from Sanford L. Smith & Associates" “The
- [WSJ calls Google book scanning settlement a "rip-off for authors"](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/book-scanning-nonsens/) - The Wall Street Journal is running a well-written and persuasive editorial strongly against the Google book scanning settlement, calling it a "rip-off" for authors. The author warns that we are all on track to become "Google's data-entry slaves" and that it turns authors "into fully subordinated, last-in-line net residuaries." Our editorial position is similarly very
- [Asheville Go Bragh!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/asheville-business/) - Forbes 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
- [The toilet paper analogy: how can local book stores compete?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/how-can-local-bookstores-compete/) - Independent bookstores: get beyond emotional, altruistic reasons if you want your customers to continue to support and grow your local business.
- [Where The Wild Things Are--The Movie](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/where-the-wild-things-are-the-movie/) - Yes, 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,
- [Selling Used Childrens' Books Is Not a Crime!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/selling-used-childrens-books-is-not-a-crime/) - Many of us in the US book selling community have been concerned about recent legislation that was intended to offer new safety standards for children's products. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was created to address concerns about harmful substances, such as lead, found in children's toys being sold in the US. The wording
- [Free rare book room listings for booksellers](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/free-rare-book-room-listings/) - The 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
- [Summer Reading](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/summer-reading/) - Publishers are convinced that readers want unsubstantial books for summer reading, but I'm not sure where that comes from. Sure, winter's cloistered depths are a great time to read Kafka and Tolstoy, huddled under heavy blankets locked in cold rooms inside, but who says that warmer temperatures mean that we can't use our brains? Granted,
- [Turn books into a different kind of art?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/turn-books-into-a-different-kind-of-art/) - When my friend saw online instructions for a project turning an old book cover into a purse and asked for my help I thought it was a fairly clever idea. We found some pretty book covers on hardbacks that weren't worth much as books anymore, went to the craft store for glue, the fabric store
- [Scholarship for 2009 Antiquarian Book Seminar available!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/scholarship-for-2009-antiquarian-book-seminar-available/) - Biblio.com is offering a full-ride scholarship to one Lucky Bibliophile to the 2009 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar ($1195) and free listing fees for one year and a donation of $500 to the winner's literacy charity of choice. As mentioned in a previous post, now is a great time to be a bookseller, so be sure
- [Rare Book of the Day: The Hobbit (first American ed.)](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/rare-book-of-the-day/) - The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien While I'm waiting for The Hobbit movie adaptation (slated for release in 2012), I'll save up my pennies for this gem. As described: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First American edition, third state, in a new, facsimile first edition dust jacket. Hardcover, size: octavo. Buff
- [Graphic Books Finally Join NY Times' "Bestseller" Lists](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/graphic-books-finally-join-ny-times-bestseller-lists/) - As 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
- [Amazon sued over Kindle](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/amazon_sued_over_kindl/) - The Discovery Channel is suing Amazon over the Kindle for patent infringement, claiming they invented the concept of encrypting a book to be sold digitally over the internet. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I'm usually the dorky uncle wearing the "I (Heart) David" shirt in the classic David-vs-Goliath fight, but
- [Used Books Recession Proof?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/used-books-recession-proof/) - Chris 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
- [Kindle is Heir-Apparent to Betamax](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/kindle_and_betamax/) - They really just don't get it. In a move to prevent the possibility that someone could use the Kindle to buy e-books from (gasp!) a retailer other than Amazon, the same had its attorneys contact MobileRead and demand that they remove some user posted scripts that effectively "unlocked" the Kindle so that it could be
- [Web 2.0 may not be evil after all...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/web-20-may-not-be-evil-after-all/) - OK -- I have to admit that I've long been more than a bit sceptical about social networks and the whole web 2.0 fad. Mainly, I've long suspected that there is a direct and inverse relationship between how quick and easy it is to broadcast any old thought that pops into your head and the
- [The Scanning Age; or, a primer on the Corporate State](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/03/stop-the-book-scanning-settlement/) - A recent article in the New York Times talks about Google's so-called "pursuit" of copyholders on the books they are digitizing. This is part of the settlement announce last October that effectively legalizes Google's blatant trademark infringement. As part of the settlement, Google is given the green light to violate one's trademark as an author,
- [Rare Book of the Day - Yoshida Hiroshi](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/rare-book-of-the-day-yoshida-hiroshi/) - Yoshida Hiroshi: Print Maker by Ben Bruce Blakeney I have a thing for Japanese art, and especially print-making and wood-block prints, because of the precision and complexity involved. Hiroshi was a talented artist and this particular item won't burn a hole in my pocket if I want to add it to my collection (hint hint
- [Biblio.com gets a new skin for a new year](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/bibliocom-gets-a-new-skin-for-a-new-year/) - For those who haven't noticed yet, we've quietly rolled out a little 2009 polish on Biblio.com. That image on the side, by the way, is taken from a very cool WPA library poster. The main changes, of course, are cosmetic, but we've also made the following improvements: Better page load time - the new look
- [The Great Google Book Search Settlement](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/the-great-google-book-search-settlement/) - I found an interesting bit of news linking the book world to the geek work recently in Timothy Lee's report over at Ars Technica on remarks by Richard Sarnoff, the chairman of the Association of American Publishers, at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Mr. Sarnoff pointed out that the market for downloadable books is
- [Rest In Peace Mr. Farmer](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/rest-in-peace-mr-farmer/) - Philip Jose Farmer passed away in his sleep this morning at the age of 91. Farmer was one of the first authors I found when delving into science fiction for the first time. I remember reading Dayworld during summer break in middle school, leaning against a tree while my mind was filled with vivid images
- [Brief notes from the San Francisco book fair ](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/brief-notes-from-the-san-francisco-book-fair/) - This past weekend, Stephen and I had the good fortune to attend the ABAA international book fair in San Francisco. Although a dreary weekend in the bay area (fortunately there was an REI store across from the convention center where I could procure a new pair of SmartWool socks to replace those sacrificed to the
- [New Author Challenge 2009](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/new-author-challenge-2009/) - Ok, I'm getting a bit of a late start on this, but I just discovered a very popular online group called The New Author Challenge 2009. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2009, so I've got some reading to do! The premise is to pick a number of books by authors that
- [Book Zeitgeist](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/book-zeitgeis/) - Its always fun to speculate on how an alien culture would interpret our society, with our McDonald's arches and reality TV shows. So our search engine isn't quite alien technology, but we thought we'd ask it what it thinks of society in 2009, by looking at the most trafficked product pages so far this year
- [I Shall Buy Books on Ebay No More Forever](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/02/i-shall-buy-books-on-ebay-no-more-forever/) - I don't understand the bookseller who advertises a book club edition as the first edition, but I've fallen for it twice. Too much in a hurry for a deal, twice I've found Ebay auctions for one of my favorite modern firsts and believed the description "First Edition." First edition, for modern book collecting purposes, means
- [Award-Winning Author John Updike Dies at 76](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/award-winning-author-john-updike-dies-at-76/) - Pulitzer prize recipient and prolific author John Updike passed away today at the age of 76. Updike died from lung cancer. He is famous for the Rabbit series, a quartet of novels written over a 30-year period which centers around the title character Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. Other works include The Witches of Eastwick, Couples, and
- [Statuettes in Sight for Movie Adaptations](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/statuettes-in-sight-for-movie-adaptations/) - Several 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
- [Rare book of the day - Tender is the Night - First Edition](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/rare-book-of-the-day-tender-is-the-night-first-edition/) - Oddly, although its one of my favorite early twentieth century books and I've spent 12 years working in the book world, I don't remember ever having seen a first of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night in a dust jacket - until this morning. This beauty offered for sale by Joshua and Sunday over
- [Booksellers penalized by credit card industry](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/booksellers-pci/) - We've been receiving increasing reports from booksellers that they have been receiving somewhat menacing letters regarding PCI compliance from credit card processors, listing all the potential penalities for non-compliance, such as the following excerpt from one such letter: Not terribly startling, except this is the first many booksellers have really heard of PCI/DSS compliance. In
- [Blogging from beyond the grave](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/blogging-from-beyond-the-grave/) - The Orwell Prize has taken blogging to a new place and time. The British prize annual British prize for excellence in political writing takes its name from writer George Orwell. Beginning in August of 2008, the Orwell Prize has taken an innovative approach to presenting Orwell's diary in the form of daily blog posts. Published
- [Rare book of the day - Signed Albert Einstein](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/rare-book-of-the-day-signed-albert-einstein/) - A gorgeous, signed copy of Einstein's canonical book, Relativity! One of the more interesting books that passed through my wife and my hands when we owned a bookstore was a first edition of The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld, signed by both authors on the ffep. That was probably one of
- [Rare book pick of the day](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/rare-book-pick-of-the-day/) - Found in Rare Maps and Atlases on Biblio.com: The English Atlas by Pitt, Moses, published in 4 volumes in 1680 with colored plates (as you can see below). Make sure and check out the detailed zoom on this image:
- [BiblioWorks Documentary](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/biblioworks_documentary/) - Here's our first pass at creating a promotional documentary / video for BiblioWorks (the non-profit we founded and continue to support that builds libraries in rural South America and provides support to local literacy organizations here in WNC). Thanks to Paul Sherar for his volunteer work in filming and production on the piece! Biblioworks Video
- [Library usage up with a down economy](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2009/01/library-usage-up-with-a-down-economy/) - The Boston Globe is reporting increasing usage of public libraries, due to the down economy (yep, that's right, you folks heard it here first in June, when we predicted library usage would increase after looking at similar patterns during the Great Depression). Now, this, of course is great news for libraries. Well, mostly good news.
- [2008 Man Booker Prize Announced](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/10/2008-man-booker-prize-announced/) - Aravind 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
- [Michael Crichton, author, dies at 66](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/11/michael-crichton-author-dies-at-66/) - Michael 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.
- [Books from the President-Elect on Biblio.com](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/11/books-from-the-president-elect-on-bibliocom/) - Browse books by Barack Obama, our U.S. President-Elect, on Biblio.com here.
- [Vampires, Late Night Coffee and Poor Forks, Washington: A Lament](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/11/vampires/) - On my way in to the office this morning, NPR had a piece on the upcoming movie based on Stephenie Meyers' Twilight and its effects on an unfortunate small town in Washington. It seems Forks has been transformed from a bucolic near-paradise deep in the beauty of the northwest into a shrine for a swarm
- [Big Box Brick and Mortar Singin' the Blues](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/11/big-box-brick-and-mortar-singin-the-blues/) - Last week, Barnes & Noble CEO Leonard Riggio released sang a dire song for his employees, citing: Never in all of the years I've been in business have I seen a worse outlook for the economy. And never in all my years as a bookseller have I seen a retail climate as poor as the
- [Summer gardening](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/summer-gardening/) - I love helping things grow. I admit it, I'm a pretty superficial gardener. I like to grow things you can eat. If you can't eat it, but it grows large (sunflowers, gourds, and pumpkins and such - no one at my house eats pumpkins), that's OK too. Gardening is very much an avocation, and one
- [2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature Announced](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/10/2008-nobel-laureate-for-literature-announced/) - And the award goes to...Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose work defined him as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization." To read more about Le Clezio's life and writing, please visit the Nobel Foundation's site.
- [Don't Miss the Nobel Prize for Literature!](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/10/dont-miss-the-nobel-prize-for-literature/) - For me, this is so much more exciting than those silly Olympic Games--check out the announcement tomorrow for the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature. Watch the live webcast from the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, October 9, 1:00 p.m. CET, 11:00 a.m. GMT, at the earliest. Following the announcement, an interview
- [Fall Movie Line-up: A Literary Feast](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/09/fall-movie-line-up-a-literary-feast/) - I absolutely love the entire experience of going to movie theatres: the smell of fake butter on popcorn, the plush but squeaky seats, the adorable little lights to guide your way down the aisles, the previews, and even the ridiculously high ticket prices. Nothing can keep me away from the silver screen, especially with some
- [Have you ever been 'sheeped'?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/09/have-you-ever-been-sheeped/) - OK--advance discalimer--this is not a post about fraternity hazing. I read Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase a few months ago and the striking images and unsettling moods evoked by this novel have continued coming to mind ever since. Like one of the characters from the novel who develops a strange obsession with sheep, I
- [Open Source Textbooks:  Menace AND Blessing?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/09/open-source-textbooks-menace-or-blessing/) - I came across an interesting intersection of the worlds of Book and Geek yesterday. Previous rants in this space have discussed in detail the cost of textbooks, and how that impacts the poor and worthy demographic of students. On the other end of the spectrum, the state of Virginia has released a Request for Collaboration
- [What's in a book?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/whats_in_a_book/) - Anyone who's ever worked in a bookstore has stories to tell of the bizarre stuff they find in books. Sometimes you'll find funny pictures of people in outdated clothing (usually stuck inside of yesterday's bestseller thriller), receipts for the purchase of the book (boring), dollar bills (now we're talking), love notes, unsent postcards or bad
- [Laying siege to your local library](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/laying-siege-to-your-local-library/) - Make no mistake, in the world of books, there is no idyllic indian summer. No lazy dog days' afternoons. No sweet corn harvest. No last minute dash to the coast. For this is the beginning of the Library Sale Wars. This is the time that tries the souls of booklovers. The violent forge of destiny.
- [Books, Thieves, Churches and Stupidity](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/books-thieves-churches-and-stupidity/) - Yes, they're all connected in this breaking news story from the Asheville Citizen-Times. Haywood County Sheriff’s chief detectives continue investigating a series of burglaries Tuesday night (August 19) near the intersection of N.C. 209 and Old Clyde Road in Waynesville, NC. They believe the five break-ins are connected. Thieves targeted three churches and two businesses.
- [Seven words you can't upload](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/seven-words-you-cant-upload/) - Many of us older than compact discs (they turned 26 yesterday, hooray) remember George Carlin's classic comedy routine, Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV. The routine was controversial, memorable, and (at least to me) quite hilarious. Carlin's routine has recently come to mind here at Biblio World Headquarters, as we've realized that certain
- [Save Wordsmiths! And your other (local) bookstores...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/save-wordsmiths-and-your-other-local-bookstores/) - I 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
- [Digital Generation Gap for books?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/digital-generation-gap-for-books/) - I've collected books my entire life. I treasured my Hardy Boys collection above all things (yes, more than the dog), back when I was four feet tall (my treasured books today are considerably older, better written, and more significant, but I digress). And I'm also the parent of two teenagers. I strongly doubt there's such
- [Is Kindle the One?  being an account of 1983 Buicks and other heresies](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/08/is-kindle-the-one/) - I know I'm putting myself perilously close to being burned as a heretic, but I have to say that I think the Kindle is pretty good. There. I said it. But, before you cast me into the lake to see if I float, at least give me a chance to prepare my defense. We bought
- [The Spies of Warsaw](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/the-spies-of-warsaw/) - I 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 finger
- [Tips for Saving Money on Textbooks](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/tips-for-saving-money-on-textbooks/) - I was once a poor student like yourself. To save up enough cash for Ramen noodles, a Netflix subscription and tickets to my favorite music venues, I had to get pretty creative with my textbook expenses. What I learned is that there are plenty of resources beyond your campus bookstore to help you obtain the
- [Presidential campaigns go graphic](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/presidential-campaigns-go-graphic/) - OK, I got started on this thread by looking at an interesting post on Book Patrol about John McCain's reading habits. I did a bit of searching loosely centered around the topic of the presidential candidates and books, and before you know it I had found this on the LA Times blog: IDW Publishing,
- [Textbooks, or, the Battle of Students vs Publishers - Part II](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/textbooks-or-the-battle-of-students-vs-publishers-part-ii/) - Apologies in advance for belaboring the point in regards to my previous post on the broken textbook industry, but another interesting article on custom textbook publishing appeared this morning in the Wall Street Journal. The article is mostly self-explanatory, so I won't go into a lengthy discussion, but I would like to ask the reader
- [Written versus spoken books](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/07/written-versus-spoken-books/) - I 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 audio books was
- [Top three ways to get from Biblio.com to Nigeria](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/top-three-ways-to-get-from-bibliocom-to-nigeria/) - 1. I didn't realize it last week, but for me the next few days were going to revolve around Nigeria. Before last week, if someone mentioned Nigeria to me, sadly, the first thing that would pop to mind was usually credit card fraud. 2. With that unhappy association in mind, I was delighted when a
- [More Geek, please](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/more-geek-please/) - Something tragic happened today. Today, I took a test and failed. It was the Geek Test. Yes, that is what it's called. The Geek Test. No frills, just 17 mini-sections of questions designed to pick apart your brain. Okay, I didn't really fail, because, how the heck can you fail a test which asks you
- [Steal this e-book](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/burn-this-e-book/) - I've never liked the idea of electronic text as a replacement for the printed book. I borrowed a Kindle e-book reader from a friend recently, and whether of not it was my prejudice, I found it pretty much a neat toy, but not a viable way to read a book. This morning, driving into work,
- [Books on my nightstand...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/books-on-my-nightstandwhats-on-yours/) - The following books are on my nightstand, all currently being read. What can I say? I like to mix things up, depending on my mood: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Details of a Sunset and Other Stories by Vladimir Nabokov Strong Opinions by Vladimir Nabokov A+ Certification for
- [Of Books and Backaches](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/of-books-and-backaches/) - Pazzo Books (a longtime bookseller with Biblio.com) has a great tipsheet for moving a bookstore over at the Bookshop Blog. Probably many of us in the book trade can sympathize with Tom, having endured this pain at some point, or at least dreaded it. Usually, its accompanied by invectives and curses brought down upon publishers
- [Declining economy = increasing readership?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/declining-economy-increasing-readership/) - According 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 public resources
- [Confessions of a negligent hop farmer](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/confessions-of-a-negligent-hop-farmer/) - The 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 a day. Having
- [Where have all the salespeople gone?  Gone for cicadas everyone?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/where-have-all-the-salespeople-gone-gone-for-cicadas-everyone/) - So, 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?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/who-writes-this-stuff/) - Yesterday 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 books.
- [Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar scholarship available](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/colorado-antiquarian-book-seminar-scholarship-available/) - Just 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 world,"
- [Where has all the Sci-Fi gone?](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/where-has-all-the-sci-fi-gone/) - First off, a confession. I grew up reading science fiction, and have read lots of it. There are different types of reading. I've read a lot of non-fiction for strictly education purposes, because I had to, or because I was interested in the subject. I frequently read literature because I like the writing, or because
- [Adding photos to book listings](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/adding-photos-to-book-listings/) - Bruce Hollingdrake has a great tip sheet over at The Bookshop Blog that helps unravel some of the mystery around getting book inventory photos online. We know this can often be a stumbling point for booksellers as they grapple with the technology that surrounds the process, but also know the dramatic (positive) effect adding photos
- [Becoming collectible...](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/becoming-collectible/) - Our 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 by
- [Free inventory software for booksellers](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/free-inventory-software-for-booksellers/) - We'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
- [BiblioWorks hires new project coordinator](https://for.theloveofbooks.com/2008/06/biblioworks-hires-new-project-coordinator/) - We are delighted to announce that BiblioWorks has hired Matthew Lynn to lead our library projects in Bolivia. Matthew takes over this position from Megan Sherar who has worked for the past three years to build and develop seven community libraries in the impoverished rural region of Chuquisaca. Check out our latest news to get

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