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LA Times Festival of Books: Recap

by Ruby on April 28, 2010

Phew! I am  finally beginning to recover from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books – what an amazing and exhausting three days! Friday was set-up, which went really smoothly (once we figured out how to make all of our tables fit). Saturday and Sunday were solid signings for me, and super busy for everyone [...]

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This and That, Here and There

by Patrick on March 25, 2009

Today is a bastard of a day.  Wednesday’s nearly always are.  Thankfully, there are links to distract us: Am I the only one who doesn’t follow any famous people on Twitter?  Now, if Shaquile O’Neal talked about bookselling and book covers all day long, then maybe he’d be worth a follow.  Anwyay, here’s the LA [...]

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Lectures on Ancient Irish History – St. Patrick’s Day Links

by Patrick on March 17, 2009

There are a lot of interesting things happening in this world.  Thankfully, the internet knows about all of them.  Here are a selected few of the very best: Vroman’s Bookstore has international profile this week, as the manager of our Children’s Department, Kris Vreeland, is quoted in both the New York Times and the International [...]

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Thoughts on Bookselling, Self-Publishing and Charisma: The Curt Schilling Model

by Patrick on March 5, 2009

Last week, I wrote about my experience reading an ebook.  That book was Cory Doctorow’s Content:  Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future, and it was thought-provoking.  The essay I find myself thinking about at the moment is one called “Science Fiction is the Only Literature People Care Enough About [...]

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