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Category Archives: Bookstore Tourism
What Came First
As a bookseller, I am frequently asked to help folks determine if they have a first edition book or a less valuable reprint. In fact, I get more calls and emails about this question than any other requests for information. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged Books, Bookseller, Bookselling, London, Used and Rare
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Travel the Bookshop Trail
The new Bookshop Trail app was created to celebrate Edinburgh’s status as the very first UNESCO City of Literature and to provide booklovers with thorough information on fifty-three of the city’s bookstores. The helpful app covers it all from antiquarian … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Maps, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Bookshop Trail, City of Literature, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Portuguese Books Go Mobile
“Once upon a time there was a country born with the gift of writing, an author that wanted to tell a story, a book that wanted to be read, a tourist that did not speak Portuguese, and a book shop … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Portugal, Portuguese, Portuguese literature
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Strange Bedfellows
Steimatzky is Israel’s leading bookseller with at least 160 bookstores and outlets around the country. Founded in 1925, the chain is anything but stuffy. They’ve been known in recent years for a series of clever and entertaining advertising campaigns. Their … Continue reading
Amazon Can’t Replace This
In my ongoing obsession to visit or document every quirky secondhand bookshop, I offer you La Caverne aux Livres in the suburban Paris town of Auvers-sur-Oise. Located next to the town’s railway station, this terrific little bookstore occupies a repurposed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Auvers-sur-Oise, Cezanne, Paris, Trains and Railroads, Van Gogh
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Beach Reads
Enjoying a good beach read is one of the perks of summertime for booklovers the world over. The city of Tel Aviv has just made it even easier with the launch of their beach library on wheels. The colorfully painted … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, Middle East, Tourism
Tagged Israel, Library, Tel Aviv
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Operation Book Drop
Weller Book Works was founded over 80 years ago in Salt Lake City, Utah as Zion Bookstore. Over the decades the shop, which sells new and used titles, has remained in the Weller family, but has been known as Sam Weller’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged booksellers, Bookstores, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Bibliophile Diner
Book lovers traveling on US I-84 between NYC and Boston will want to take a brief detour just before the Connecticut-Massachusetts border. Leave the Interstate at exit 74 and make a beeline for the humble Traveler Food and Books Restaurant in … Continue reading
Do Not Miss the Bookcafe
Although the official name is Alexandra Kávézó, everyone just calls Budapest’s palatial Alexandra Bookstore “coffeeshop” the Bookcafe. Even though I have been hearing about the bookstore cafe for the last three years, I was not prepared for the gobsmacking grandeur … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe
Tagged Bookselling, Budapest, Hungary, Pest, Prague, Travel and Tourism
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Travel Between The Pages 