On the difficulty of giving books as gifts
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Vanessa Lillie interviews Native American booksellers about their picks for Native American Heritage Month
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Independent bookstores are thriving in Texas, and not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community
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Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website – UK bookseller removes anti-Muslim document by Norwegian extremist
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Ann Patchett talks about her new book, running a bookshop, and resisting censorship
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Where do you acquire books?
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of...
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of NYC bookstores but I'm curious about online portals folks here use to buy books. I've switched to bookshop.org for new books but what's the go to for used books?
Thanks!
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The demise of the secondhand bookshop
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Like Christmas: New Zealand's post-Covid books boom
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Norway's hazmat booksellers – two Oslo bookshop owners deliver books wearing full hazmat suits and gas masks in order to raise local awareness
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Here’s a list of authors whose tours have been canceled due to coronavirus, if you’d like to support them by buying books
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As coronavirus spreads, some Beijing bookstores have partnered with a food delivery service to get books to readers
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Local bookstores have a new weapon in the fight with Amazon
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'We need to keep our language alive': Inside a Uyghur bookshop in Istanbul
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On the experience of entering a bookstore in your forties (vs. your twenties)
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Readers rejoice as shop finally sells book that sat on shelf for twenty-seven years
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Best job in the world? Luxury resort in Maldives seeks bookseller
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A critic sells books down by the seashore - A bookstore in the village of Wigtown, Scotland, allows people to run the shop while renting an apartment upstairs
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