Bob Stein has written a very thoughtful and compelling post about the future of bookstores at if:book, the website for the Institute for the Future of the Book. It’s an excellent piece, so please click through to read it in its entirety, but I’ll try to summarize a bit of it here. His thesis is [...]
It’s Wednesday afternoon, which means there’s a lot out there to point out. Here’s what we’re excited about at the moment: Boing Boing has a post about this incredible bookstore now inhabiting an old church. It’s bookstore porn, though, as one of the commenters laments, no wifi. Darn. I’m mentioning it again: The Millions will [...]
Two exciting excerpts (you have admit, that’s an awesome alliteration — another one!) are happening on the internet this week. First, all this week, HTMLGIANT is excerpting Mark Bibbins’ new book of poetry The Dance of No Hard Feelings. Today’s entry features a poem written with one of my favorite poets (yes, I have favorite [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. We’re back with another in our wildly popular series Meet the Bookseller (for the previous installment, click here). This time, we’re talking with Customer Service Manager Alanna Kirby. There’s significantly less gum chewing in this video and significantly more giggling. Hope you enjoy it. Click here to buy [...]
Well, really it’s just the best of the decade, since, you know, the millennium is only one decade long so far. Anyway, Max has put together an impressive panel of about 60 experts to vote for the best. Each day, they’re posting five books, with the number one book coming on Friday, so stay tuned [...]
My favorite thing about the internet is that it isn’t the newspaper. Or actually, it’s that it isn’t TV. It isn’t either of those things because it is so much weirder than those things. Think about it, what’s the weirdest thing you’re likely to see in the newspaper? Some story about a guy who uses [...]
Looking back through the National Book Award’s excellent project chronicling its 60 year history in blog posts (go read a few of them, if you haven’t already), it occurred to me that we’re in the midst of a year every bit as historic as any of the previous 60 years. What am I talking about? [...]
Well, I’m having coffee. You’ll have to supply your own. Ander Monson, author of the excellent Other Electricities, has an interesting look at the “Essay as Hack:” I have lived the life of accessing networks, exploring PBX systems and phone lines, been publicly punished for it, for my audacity. Illegal access to credit cards, to [...]
In Brooklyn, people look for ATMs. They live in a constant state of paranoia. Does the restaurant take cards? Call ahead to make sure. What if I can’t find a Chase? You know I refuse to pay those ridiculous service fees at the bodega. The cashless economy hasn’t arrived in Brooklyn’s restaurants and bars; thankfully, [...]
Tomorrow will probably feature a write-up of my trip to New York, including a few bookstore visits I made, but as I get caught up on work today, please consider enjoying these fine websites: Jim Carroll, poet, musician and point guard, has passed away. I won’t go on and on about him, but his book [...]
