Josh on February 18th, 2011

On Wednesday, Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 40-year-old-company plans to close about 30% of their stores.
Understandably, the book world - booksellers, publishing industry folks, authors, bloggers, voracious readers - is buzzing with the news. Like Anna, Rebecca, and a ton of others, I’ll add my voice to the din. Hopefully, approaching [...]

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Josh on May 18th, 2010

In the face of overwhelming demand for shirts that show how bookish and clever you are, I’ve decided to go back to the well. Geeky shirts? Cool shirts? Nostalgia? Jerseys? This list has it all.

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Josh on March 11th, 2010

Make people passionate about your bookstore. Low cost, high reward, tons of fun and not too much work.

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Josh on February 6th, 2010

(alternate title; the books are weak?)
I know I’m about … oh, 9 months late posting this, but better late than never. Enjoy the awesome folks at Vroman’s acting out a bookselling-themed version of Baldwin’s epic speech from Glengarry Glenn Ross.
The scene starts at about the 1:55 mark, and I will be quoting it all day.

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