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Jul.04.2012
Why - that must be why they do it.
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Sales higher in bookshops with cafés
by Lisa Campbell
As Independent Booksellers Week gets into full swing, the Booksellers Association has released figures to suggest...
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Mar.27.2012
I was having coffee with a friend a few days ago in a small local bookshop. We sipped our lattes surrounded by books stacked tightly on shelves six feet high. The fresh smell of newly bound books blended with the earthy scent of the wooden shelves; I breathed in deeply. Soon the...
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Feb.22.2012
He thinks he sees his father crossing Main, slouching along, snow in his beard, his gaze fixed on the State Offices Building, probably headed for the DMV. His father, though, has been dead for nearly a decade and is unlikely to be attempting to register a rig or renew his license. Still, the...
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Feb.19.2012
She tells him six times in twenty minutes that the Family Dollar doesn’t open until eight, and she’d been waiting on the sidewalk outside for almost two hours before he showed up and brought her into the bookstore’s café for coffee and a warm...
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Jan.09.2012
This happens close to home (well ... a comfortable hour's walk) in downtown Halifax. It is not a startling piece of news in today's economic climate. However, it is a bookstore which I use and where (indeed) I can find my own books. This is an interesting and informative article. The videos give an...
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Oct.24.2011
This morning I flew from Austin to Houston, where I had my first bookstore signing at Brazos Bookstore near Rice University. Actually, it was a joint signing with my fellow Texas Book Festival panelist and author of El Narco, Ioan Grillo. I had very low expectations for the event because we had a...
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May.04.2011
Benjamin D'Israeli said, “When I want to read a good book, I write one.” But even D'Israeli, I am sure, also read books written by others—and enjoyed them.
As an author, I am often asked for books I’ve read and enjoyed. I am also asked to read works-in-progress. Unfortunately, I do more of the...
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Apr.25.2011
It’s just so hard to get started, there’s always something else that manages to get in the way. Some time ago, a colleague from work who’d not long run her second marathon said the same was true of training, that’s the hardest part was putting on her trainers. I took this comment with a pinch of...
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Apr.19.2011
Let's see - an overall increase in book sales regardless of venue which means more authors sold more books which means - get writing!
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Book Sales Fell 6% at Books-A-Million By Jim Milliot
Sales of books and magazines fell 6.3% at Books-A-Million, to $385 million,...
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Mar.31.2011
Shakespeare and Sons has updated its website, making it easier to order books online. The new website also includes several interesting features like “This Month’s Literary Birthdays.” Visitors to the site can also see the latest books the store has received. According to a recent update, the late...
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