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Tag Archives: Bookselling
How Book Lovers Can Help
If you are anything like me, these days you are searching for positive things that can be done. One simple, concrete action is to support indie bookstores, and especially those stores owned by people of color. Most of these valuable … Continue reading
The Great American Book Giveaway
Gold Beach Books is the second largest bookstore in Oregon and like most folks in the bookselling biz these days they have been closed due to the pandemic. But the four sisters who own the store came up with a … Continue reading
Bookstock 2020
Bookstock 2020, is an online books and music festival spearheaded by Eddy Nix, musician and owner of Driftless Books and Music in Viroqua, Wis.. The special event will run this weekend, May 15-17, with the goal of celebrating musicians and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Music, USA
Tagged Bookshops, Bookselling, secondhand bookshops
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High on Books
Europe’s highest bookstore opened last summer on Mount Blanc at an altitude of 3,466 meters. The Feltrinelli bookshop is situated inside the Punta Helbronner station on the third floor of the Skyway Monte Biancodi Funivie Montebianco . The stunning shop … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Alps, Bookselling, France, Italy
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A winning combination
I don’t imagine that any of us will be traveling to China any time soon, however, wouldn’t the new Capsule Hotel & Bookstore in Qinglongwu, Zhejiang province, China, be the ideal getaway.
Posted in Architecture, Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Hotels, Tourism
Tagged China, Bookselling, literary hotels
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Bookmobile with an Italian accent
UNA NUOVA INIZIATIVA PER LA DIFFUSIONE DEL LIBRO proclaims the title at the top of the photo, or, in English, A New Initiative for Distributing Books. The early 1920s bookmobile was actually publisher’s method of selling books to the public, not … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Books, History
Tagged Bookmobiles, Bookselling, Firenze, Florence, Italy
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How to help indie bookshops survive
The new coronavirus presents a real challenge to bookstores. Here are some ways you can help keep your local bookstore open—during the pandemic and after—without leaving home. 1. Pre-Order Books Online It’s likely that you know a book you want is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks
Tagged Bookselling, indie bookstores, audiobooks
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Bookstore Tourism: Istanbul
The recently opened Kitap Koala bookstore in Istanbul’s Şişli district offers 30,000 books to its customers with the commitment to give all of its profits to animal shelters and cover the medical needs of stray animals all over Turkey. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Animal rights, animal welfare, Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey
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Coming to a bookstore near you
These days most of us are all to familiar with autonomous robots. Whether it’s the helpful little vacuum cleaner scurrying underfoot or the creepy robotic towers wandering and beeping around the supermarket doing what nobody seems to know, robots are … Continue reading
