From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Local Love

by Ruby on August 30, 2011

Vroman’s has gone crazy for local these days (I hope that you appreciated that I avoided the obvious pun there). We just launched our new Local Authors page on our website, planned the first event in our Local Authors series, and started stocking even more local merchandise. Among our new merchandise is an expanded Local [...]

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Georgia (16pt)

by Ruby on August 26, 2011

I have a confession to make. I am a font nerd. Of course, it’s nothing compared to some of the real, hardcore font nerds out there, but I enjoy my typefaces perhaps a little more than the next person. I look forward to the monthly newsletter from MyFonts.com, and their What the Font tool has [...]

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Summer Books

by Ruby on August 17, 2011

This post was originally written for a KCET series on things to do over the summer in Southern California (reading included!) Southern California is an amazing place to live. We have beaches, mountains, deserts, lakes, rivers, food and people from everywhere in the world, fresh produce, and a reasonable excuse to have a story on [...]

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Bad Girls

by Ruby on August 16, 2011

Check out the book trailer for Katie Alender‘s new book, From Bad to Cursed: Super creepy, right? Also a really well-produced book trailer. From Bad to Cursed is the second book in the Bad Girl’s Club series, following Bad Girls Don’t Die. It’s a YA series that focuses on sisters Kasey and Alexis, who have [...]

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New York Stories

by Ruby on August 11, 2011

Karineh, one of our cashiers, traveled to New York for a week, and visited bookstores while she was there! This is her travel journal: The journey begins when a friend announces that her wedding will be in New Jersey. So, after I buy my dress and earrings, I convince my brother to purchase my ticket [...]

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New Display: Tattoos!

by Ruby on August 5, 2011

When I started at Vroman’s five years (or so) ago, visible tattoos were against dress code. Today, we take a much more liberal view of body art. To celebrate this, and help understand why we’ve changed our minds, Amber put together a display of awesome books related to tattoos. I’ll let her explain: “In the [...]

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20 more eBooks for 99 cents each!

by Ruby on August 3, 2011

This time it’s Harper Perennial that is offering a selection of 20 ebooks for 99 cents each! If you like your books electronic and have yet to purchase an ebook from Vroman’s, let me help you out. Sign in to our site with your Google account, search using this form, and add them to your [...]

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