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Tag Archives: Bookselling
Be More Pirate
First-time author San Conniff Allende’s new book Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win is all about audacity and risk taking. To prove that he walks the walk, Allende, disguised as a contractor, plastered an eight-meter-long … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, London, Penguin Books, Publishing
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Bookstore Tourism: Rome
I don’t remember if I found the Open Door Bookshop on my first or second visit to Rome, but I do recall meeting the store’s founder the writer and journalist Charles Nopar. Secluded on a lovely street in the picture-postcard … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Italy, Rome, Trastevere
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Bookstore Tourism: Dubai
In what seems to be a disturbing trend around the world, yet another staff-less bookstore has opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Book Hero, which is open 24 hours a day, has off-site management, but has zero booksellers on the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Middle East, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Bookselling, Dubai, UAE
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Bookstore Tourism Boulder
This week, Publishers Weekly named Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado as the 2018 Bookstore of the Year. Founded in 1973 by David Bolduc, the bookshop has been a pioneer in indie bookstore initiatives, as well as an anchor in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookselling, Boulder Colorado, indie bookstores
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Bookstore Tourism Beijing
Chinese bookstore chain Xinhua has opened the nation’s first employee-less, 24-hour bookstore, in Tongzhou, a district in southeast Beijing, and plans to open another 19 similar stores in the city before the end of the year. The bookshops, which are … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Beijing, Bookselling, China
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Un Bouquiniste et Notre Dame
The last few times that I’ve been in Paris I’ve been disappointed to find that the traditional bouquinistes or booksellers along the Seine have been slowly replaced by vendors of tourist tat. This photo from 1931 by Jean Pierre Yves Petit (aka … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Photography
Tagged booksellers, Bookselling, bouquiniste, France, Paris
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All That You Need To Know About Me
A longtime follower of Travel Between The Pages recently suggested that I should do a more personal post about me so that blog readers could get a better sense of who I am. When I thought about the prospect, I … Continue reading
Traveling Books
In recent months, I have posted stories on two traveling bookshops in France, now I have found one in Charleston, South Carolina. Itinerant Literate Books is the brainchild of partners Christen Thompson Lain and Julia Turner. The pair met while studying at … Continue reading
Itinerant Bookstore Tourism
Margaux Segré gave up a comfortable civil service career with the French Ministry of Culture to pursue her dream of being a full-time bookseller. After crowdfunding the renovation of a delivery truck, she now roams southwestern France visiting village markets, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe
Tagged Bookmobiles, Bookselling, Jean Giono
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