This quick post has nothing to do with books, unless you count creating a blog (not unlike this one) to help promote your shop. I have a few different online projects going on and read a Lot of blogs in an attempt to get them off the ground. Many were useful, some written by guys [...]

Abe Books has just announced to book dealers that they will soon be taking an 8% commission on all shipping rates. Their reasoning is that it will help keep shipping charges down. This does not make sense to my 7 year old friend. He asks, “How can an increase lower the rate?” hmmmm…

As many of you know the world of literature (one of the many worlds he occupied) lost a legendary figure this month when Sir Arthur C. Clarke passed away. In January he gave an interview from his hospital room in Sri Lanka.
Clark smiled. “I’m often asked when I think the space [...]

This Saturday, here at Colette’s:
Good Food + Hungry Minds, we’re attempting to set
a Guinness World Record for ‘the most romances
sold in one business day by a brick and mortar
independent bookstore.’ And we don’t even sell
romances.

How would you like to take a magic carpet ride through our universe. Coming this spring…
Here’s a tantalizing preview.

Neil Gaiman and HarperCollins have decided to release Neil’s book, American Gods, for free across the Internet. Here is the link

Some interesting items I’ve come across this week.
This post was actually written back in January by Brian Cassidy. The 18 things he’s learned in 2007.
Here’s my favorite one:
6) Books ain’t money. Books don’t even make me money. I make me money. My overhead, time, and expertise create value. Please keep that in mind next [...]

Usually the videos we share with you and insightful and intelligent. This one is neither.
We have been using Facebook quite a bit as a Marketing Tool as discussed here. The downside is the stupefying amount of wastefulness that occurs. As our Friend list grows so does the list of useless invitations. Luckily I’ve come across [...]

One of my favorite type of books to read are memoirs of other dealers and books by folks that just love being surrounded by them (the books and the dealers). I’ve loved most of Basbane’s books as well as those by the Goldstones. I was happy to come across this review and recommendation of Seeing [...]

Here are some interesting tidbits found around the web. Hope you like..
Looks like Harlequin is getting into the eBook game with an new imprint called Nocturne Bites. Shorter, fast-paced vampire stuff. Should be a nice fit for that format. Check out Vanessa Giunta’s blog for more info…
Have you heard of BookWise yet? It’s a Network [...]