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A selected list of independent presses in Britain

Submitted by Blake on February 24, 2006 - 5:18pm

Tara Mulholland reporter at The International Herald Tribune, has written A Nice List that might be of interest. She writes: "There are many independent presses currently trying to establish themselves in Britain. Here is a brief selection of some who have managed to make a mark."

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'Honest' book store sells nothing but Lincoln

Submitted by Blake on February 22, 2006 - 8:55pm

Here's A Report on The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. It is basically Abe Lincoln from his youth in Springfield on up through his presidency. Almost everything that has been written about him is in stock and so are some of the things he wrote himself.

"It's an archeological dig through the strata of American history. You'll see things on the Civil War and Lincoln and other presidents. Books and autographs, original oil paintings. Original material from the times," said Dan Weinberg, owner of Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

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What's Happening to Independent Bookstores?

Submitted by birdie on February 7, 2006 - 3:18pm

An analysis from the American Booksellers Assn. about the state of independent bookstores these days, via The Times Tribune .

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Columbia's Morningside Books v. The Big Guys

Submitted by birdie on January 30, 2006 - 10:40pm

From the Columbia Spectator (Columbia University in NYC), another story about the struggle for independent bookstores to survive in the age of chains {A Noble Battle?
In a World Dominated by Chains, Customers Decide Whether to Pay the Price for Their Local Stores}.

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Tattered Cover Bookstore to Relocate

Submitted by birdie on January 27, 2006 - 1:54pm

If you're a booklover who's been to Denver, you probably have visited the wonderful Tattered Cover Bookstore. But not even the most popular independent bookstore is exempt from the trend towards megastores and online buying. The Tattered Cover Book Store is moving its flagship store in the Cherry Creek section of Denver to space in the Lowenstein Theater, an old stage theater on East Colfax that has been unused for many years and is being renovated.

In a statement, owner Joyce Meskis said, "The Tattered Cover will be creating a unique store in this wonderful project. While the Tattered Cover has cherished our remarkable 34 years in the Cherry Creek area, recent years have seen a significant decline in business accompanied by increased costs, necessitating our difficult decision to move the store when the lease expires."

Meskis told the Rocky Mountain News that she would like to keep a satellite store in the Cherry Creek section.

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Whither Book Passage?

Submitted by birdie on January 25, 2006 - 2:53pm

Long-standing and fiercely independent bookstore Book Passage, in Corte Madera, CA, is facing the ultimate enemy...the potential opening of a huge Barnes & Noble only a block from where they are located.

Bill Petrocelli, co-owner of Book Passage, said he doesn't know whether the Barnes & Noble move is actually happening. But if true, he said, "It's distressing because Barnes & Noble has a history nationwide of targeting independent stores and putting them out of business. I have no illusions about what they are trying to do here."

News story here, and an 'emergency website', created by concerned locals here .

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Charges upheld in comic book case

Submitted by Blake on December 30, 2005 - 5:58pm

News Out Of Georgia where A Floyd County judge has upheld charges pending against Gordon Lee, the owner of a Broad Street comic book shop who is accused of giving a sexually explicit comic to a minor in October 2004.

Defense attorneys for Lee — who were successful earlier this month in having four of the seven charges against him dropped — had asked Superior Court Judge Larry Salmon to consider dismissing the remaining charges, which they argued are based on an unconstitutional statute and represented "needlessly duplicative" prosecution of their client.

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Book publisher, Hershey settle

Submitted by Blake on December 30, 2005 - 2:58pm

From Associated Press The Hershey Co. has settled a trademark-violation lawsuit against Simon & Schuster Inc. over a new book with a dust jacket that includes the familiar image of a Hershey chocolate bar.

Under the settlement, the New York-based publisher agreed to add an image in the upper left corner of the dust jacket's front cover stating that the book — "Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire and Utopian Dreams" — is "neither authorized nor sponsored by The Hershey Company."

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Feminist bookstore's future in peril

Submitted by Blake on December 25, 2005 - 10:25am

It seems Charis Books & More has fallen on hard times, after three decades as a beacon for lesbians across the region, the South’s oldest feminist bookstore needs a significant increase in sales if it is to survive to reach its 32nd birthday next November, according to Bryant and Charis co-owner Sara Look. In a widely disseminated Dec. 11 email, the bookstore’s staff asked the “Charis Community†if they still “want and need Charis to be here.â€

“We hear shoppers and volunteers and community members say yes, Charis is needed and wanted, but the numbers are singing a different song,†the email said. “If business doesn’t pick up rapidly, we will be forced to close.â€

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Embracing New Technologies Have An Implied Warning Label

Submitted by pv_sapl on December 23, 2005 - 4:25am

Embracing new technologies have a implied warning label, especially when dealing with specialty software markets, like library software. Take as in my case, a Dynix library catalogue on Microsoft SQL 2000, Windows XP Professional x64, Then add to that one fat windows based library software client, SirsiDynix's Horizon client version 7. Will they work together?

Short answer: No, not "Out of the Box".

Long answer: Yes, but only if you know about the "workaround". And it comes with cavaents.

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