You've heard all the gibberish regarding the demise of the post office and the need to privatize the service but guess what? In some areas they are doing better than they ever have!Yes, of course, the advent of email and text messaging has decimated the need for a First-Class Mail service and changes will be surely needed to adjust to the changing landscape but check out what is going on with its shipping business:Total Shipping and Packages revenue in the second quarter increased $267 million, or 9.3 percent, compared to the same period last year. For the six months ended March...
On Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and Hemingway: A few minutes with Sylvia Beach
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDOUcvb2hWs[/youtube] Sylvia Beach, the founder of the seminal Shakespeare & Company Bookshop in Paris and the matriarch of the literary bookshop, was interviewed in the 1950's about the shop and her relationship with James Joyce and publishing 'Ulysses' and her friendship with Ernest Hemingway. Beautiful stuff.
The BookBar is open
Look what just opened in Denver. It's the BookBar! Owner Nicole Sullivan "dreamt of a gathering space for those who love reading and she wanted to create an atmosphere where they would feel at home." The books are new and the food is hors d'oeuvres and desserts. The place is kid friendly and the ingredients are sourced locally. Menu close-up of book counter BookBar website It's a Bar, It's a Bookstore: BookBar Opened - Eater Denver Previously on Book Patrol: A Book Wall in a Food Place
Why Buy Used Books?
“All in all, it looks like the used book market creates a lot more value than it destroys” - Professor Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley “Reading Between the Lines in Used Books Sales.” New York Times, 2005
Where in the World is Roberto Murillo Martin Gomez?
He's at the beach,around the military, in the classroom,hey and there he is with former President Bill Clinton,he's at the hotel,and the bus stop,and there he is on the bridge....Roberto Murillo Martin Gomez seems to be everywhere in his hometown of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia."Libri, libri freschi, libri belli!" (Books! Fresh books! Beautiful books!) is his call and as you can see he pushes his Literary Cart with purpose.La Carreta Literaria ¡Leamos! (The Literary Cart! Read!) is first ballot bookmobile hall of fame.Two-minute video profile of Gomez (in Spanish)Roberto Murillo Martin Gomez on Google+: h/tPreviously on Book Patrol:Have you hugged your bookmobile...