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Apr.10.2012
I was at an education fair for an elementary and middle school at a Barnes & Noble store last week. The atmosphere was galvanized with hunger for story and words. Parents, kids, and teachers didn’t stroll or loll to look at books. The children ran throughout the store and the parents were...
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Apr.02.2012
I thought I'd report on my first week's experiences with the Nook First program. Overall, I'm absolutely thrilled that I was able to participate.
A brief recap:
The Nook First program includes a variety of marketing promotions on the part of Barnes & Noble. (Note: this is the current...
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Feb.13.2012
I was ready to buy a Kindle almost two years ago. I liked the idea of such a light weight device to carry around my reading material. I travel quite a bit and read even more, so an e-reader seemed like the perfect solution.
Then Barnes & Noble announced the Nook. Wait and see, I thought....
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Feb.01.2012
I miss my Borders. The Borders bookstore on Hall Road in Utica, Mich. was my hangout. I'd drop in whenever I was in the mood to browse for books, and inevitably, I'd leave with great armfuls.
There's a Barnes & Noble a few miles away from my still-empty Borders. I've tried shopping there,...
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Jan.19.2012
After the discussion in the comments on Monday's post about reviews, I decided to carry it one step further. Since there does seem to be a lot of abuse of the review system, I went to both the Barnes & Noble and Amazon sites to see what they said about leaving reviews.
Barnes & Noble...
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Jan.04.2012
If the Internet seemed slow on Christmas Sunday, it might have been because around the world, literally millions of new e-reader owners spent a fair part of the day downloading e-books.
It's too early to know exactly how many e-readers were sold this year as holiday gifts. But on December 5, ...
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Dec.02.2011
The secret love child of Clark Gable and Loretta Young has died. Conceived out of wedlock, Judy Lewis was declared an adopted daughter when she was born. Brought up by Young, movie studios insisted the birth be kept from the public. The actress was well known for her...
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Sep.05.2011
Browsing in a West Los Angeles Barnes & Noble store I pondered another reason why eBooks are outselling (or in the process of outselling, depending which statistics you quote) physical books:
I had seen the full-page advertisement in The New Yorker for the paperback edition of Ken Follett’s...
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Apr.16.2011
Just received confirmation that I am scheduled to be one of 8 local authors at the Local Author's Day at the Ventura, CA Barnes & Noble store. It's on June 11th at 1pm and each author will present their book and then there will be a Q&A session followed by a book signing. This should be a...
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Mar.12.2011
A friend recently told me he was doing inventory because the powers that be wanted all the ducks in a row before they got there to count them. I told him it was easier to count the ducks when they were in a row instead of having to chase them down.
I've spent most of the past week chasing ducks....
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