Barnes & Noble.com Launches Bookstore iPhone App By Lynn Andriani - 06/29/2009
Users can purchase items, view B&N Recommends lists, watch video interviews with authors and access other features of BN.com.
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Carl Weber Expands Urban Books Company by Judith Rosen - 06/29/2009
At a time when the number of bookstores is shrinking and regional chains have all but disappeared, Carl Weber is opening more African-American bookstores as part of his four-year-old Urban Knowledge brand. And in May he launched Beach Reads, the first of what he plans to turn into a chain of general bookstores with strong African-American sections, with a second store set to open in August.
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Alexander Street and Arcadia Publishing Launch Online Local History Collection By Lynn Andriani - 06/25/2009
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press and local history book publisher Arcadia Publishing are collaborating on a research website that will collect images and text from every region and state in the U.S. and many areas of Canada. The site will eventually contain more than one million searchable images, including photos, postcards and maps.
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Blue Marble Celebrates 30 Years By Claire Kirch - 06/25/2009
The Blue Marble, a children’s bookstore located in Ft. Thomas, Ky., celebrated its 30th anniversary with an in-store celebration Saturday, June 20. Seventeen local authors and illustrators spent the day mingling with customers. The daylong celebration culminated in a dinner that included the day’s featured authors, past and present store employees, a few sales reps, and friends of the store from the community.
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Cooking the Books with Diane Abrams By Lynn Andriani - 06/22/2009
About a year ago, Gourmet launched a cookbook club, selecting a cookbook every month, reviewing it in the print magazine and offering related multimedia content on its web site. Diane Abrams, dirctor of Gourmet Books, spoke with Cooking the Books about what books she's loved, what she’s been disappointed by, and a couple of unforeseen quirks in the way cookbooks are published that the experts at Gourmet didn’t anticipate.
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