The Big Kindle; a Bibliophile’s Prognosis
The Buick got bigger. Amazon announced yesterday the release of the new, large format Kindle, specifically designed to appeal to students. Unfortunately, I think that its doomed to fail in the...
View Article“Green” corporate book stores/sites? Think again.
This little video on YouTube highlights the wastefulness and environmental impact of chain and online megabookstores – and, the advantages of shopping from independent bookstores. I’d like add that...
View ArticleWhat I really think of the Kindle…
It’s time to confess: I’ve been “playing nice” during the recent explosion in e-reader popularity. I smile politely when someone mentions how they were reading the latest release on their Kindle. I’ve...
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A New Look for the Independent Online Booksellers Association
IOBAbooks.com The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), a trade association dedicated to maintaining high ethical and professional standards in order to foster greater trust between book...
View ArticleGet Your Rare Book Fix in Boston
One of the oldest and largest book fairs in the country, the 2009 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Browsers and buyers will have the chance to see several...
View ArticleRIP e-readers: 2010 – 2010?
Echoing a few of our earlier sentiments on why the Kindle would go the way of the dodo (which is, by the way, what the birds in the header of our blog are – because we’re in the printed book industry...
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DOJ still not happy with Google’s book scanning
In an encouraging statement the Department of Justice indicates that Google’s revised book scanning settlement still does not satisfy its concerns about creating a would-be monopoly by the internet...
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Rare Book News of Note: April 2014
Here’s a few snippets from the world of book collecting: Nicholas Basbanes’ Library of Inscribed First Editions are for sale. Three association copies and over six hundred other modern firsts, all...
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A new player in the online antiquarian book market…
It’s over. We’ll be starting our firesale this afternoon. How can we possibly compete with this? They’ll be mopping up the world of rare books, I fear…
View ArticleUsedbookcentral announces it will close; citing PCI compliance
Longtime independent book marketplace Usedbookcentral released an announcement over the weekend that it would be closing its site after seven years, citing the pressures imposed by the credit card...
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