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  • Soapbox: Time to Change
    by Jesse Kornbluth - 11/23/2009
    Book publishing has been trying to commit suicide for all the decades I've been writing, and now it's finally getting some traction on that project. Its latest folly is ironic: one of our most antitechnology businesses now places unrealistic hopes on technology as a savior, a textbook case of an American industry's unwillingness to make significant changes until one minute before doomsday. More
  • Soapbox: Blame It on The Rep
    by Michael P. Spradlin - 11/16/2009
    Being the rep for your own book inspires many feelings. Most of them induce nausea. More
  • Soapbox: Let Loose
    By Jeff VanderMeer - 11/09/2009
    How simply being myself on Facebook led to several career boosters. More
  • Soapbox: Now More Than Ever
    by Carl Lennertz - 11/02/2009
    There's been some talk recently about the future of the fall regional association trade shows: GLiBA, MBA, MPIBA, NAIBA, NEIBA, NCIBA, PNBA, SCIBA and SIBA. Every August and September, I curse these shows. More
  • Soapbox: Selling Green
    by Jennifer Kaplan - 10/26/2009
    Business owners are realizing that they have a responsibility to help protect the environment. But what about your bookstore? Where do you fit in, and can changes you enact really make a difference? More
  • Soapbox: The More Things Change...
    By Leslea Newman - 10/19/2009
    When I first conceived of Heather Has Two Mommies in 1988, I had no idea that it would be so loved - and so hated. I had no idea it would appear on “most challenged” book lists alongside Huckleberry Finn and The Catcher in the Rye. I had no idea it would become part of the congressional record and be debated on the Senate floor. More
  • Soapbox: Textbook Buying 101
    by Tom Simpson - 10/12/2009
    Two books, $325? If you haven't purchased a textbook recently, you're in for a surprise. More
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