Independent Bookstores
Support Independent Bookstores — Books, Bytes and Beyond in Glen Rock, New Jersey
ByBeth April 23, 2015 April 26, 2015
How can you not love a bookstore that has this as a tagline on their website: Fine Literature for Young People? I can tell just from those words that this is a store that cares about kids and cares about sharing the best in children's books with them. I haven't (yet) been to Books, Bytes…
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Support Independent Bookstores! — Micawber's Books in St. Paul, Minnesota
ByBeth February 26, 2015 February 27, 2015
When you walk into Micawber's Books, you feel as though you've stepped into another time and place. The wooden floors creak in a friendly manner as you wander among the shelves and tables of books. Unfamiliar titles catch your eye. You feel steeped in a special atmosphere — the atmosphere of the love of books….
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Support Independent Bookstores! — London Review Bookshop
ByBeth November 27, 2014 November 8, 2014
It seemed appropriate — after featuring The Once and Future King in my usual book recommendation slot a couple of weeks ago, dramatized by a man from London, Brian Sibley, and originally written by a man who is considered to be one of the great English authors, T.H. White — to feature a London bookshop…
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Support Independent Bookstores! — Canio's, BookHampton, and The Corner Bookstore
ByBeth October 30, 2014 October 29, 2014
In keeping with the review I did two weeks ago of James McMullan's Leaving China, and my interview with him last week, today we're calling in on three bookstores that I know Jim is familiar with. Although none of these bookstores offers the kind of online ordering one finds at the large online booksellers, each…
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Support Independent Bookstores! — The Red Balloon in Saint Paul, Minnesota
ByBeth September 25, 2014 September 26, 2014
Just before the summer break, a friend and I talked about what we could do to encourage people to support local (and not-so-local) independent bookstores. One thought we had was monthly blog posts that would highlight some of the fantastic indie bookstores there are. So the last Friday of every month, I'll be posting about…
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Access to Books is Crucial for Kids — Part 3, The Role of BOOKSTORES
ByBeth August 20, 2012 August 19, 2014
Have you seen the movie You've Got Mail? Have you yearned, as I have, to visit the children's bookstore, The Shop Around the Corner, that is a central character in the movie? Have you wished, as I have, that it were real? Have you bemoaned its fate, being forced out of business by the giant…
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