Bookselling / Collecting
A Tale of Two Cities: Amazon opens a bookstore while Indiebound adds a ‘Buy Now’ button
Photo: Sam Machkovech
Here comes the next tremor in the book universe.
Amazon.com, the world’s largest online bookseller, has opened it’s first physical bookshop!
Amazon Books has opened in Seattle’s University District just a few miles from Amazon headquarters.
It’s… Continue reading
A peak at some of the treasures of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Did you know that 82 of the 233 surviving First Folios of Shakespeare’s plays live at The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.?
To mark the quadricentennial of his death The Folger is sending a few copies on a tour… Continue reading
Billy Collins’ book stolen, shot up, then returned
Somebody in Asheville, North Carolina doesn’t think too kindly of two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
According to the proprietors of The Captain’s Bookshelf someone took a copy of Nine Horses by Collins from the shelf, brought it home, then… Continue reading
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