Archive for the ‘Bits & Pieces’ Category

The World Wide Telescope

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Mar 6th, 2008 • Category: Bits & Pieces, Videos

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



Book Mailers or B-Flute, How to Package Books for Shipping

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Feb 3rd, 2008 • Category: Bits & Pieces

What are your odds of being content with the packaging of a book that you’ve ordered online?
My odds of being pleased after opening a package seem to running around fifty percent. Can you imagine that? About half the books I order either show up with bumped corners or worse. Many of them are thrown in […]



Bookseller’s Gazette Issue #2

By William Smith • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: Bits & Pieces

Thanks for the tips I’ve received so far, but I still need more eyes.
Please send your tips/links here (change “(at)” to @). Match the format below if possible. I’ll give credit and/or a link for any tips I use (please include your desired credit info with the tip).
Radio: NPR - WNYC “Talk of the Nation” […]



Best Booksellers moves for 2007

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Jan 5th, 2008 • Category: Bits & Pieces

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As a new year begins people often daydream about some of the big moments of the past year; it’s no different in bookselling. For us it’s been a year of slow but steady growth. Our only big change came when we had an opportunity to increase the size of our shop. We’re in a commercial […]



Origami that could make your head explode.

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Dec 16th, 2007 • Category: Bits & Pieces

Every day I browse book related websites and blogs and like yesterday’s post I share what I think is worthwhile with you guys. I don’t normally do this night after night as our strength lies in great original content from our group of crack writers. That being said I just came across something really remarkable. […]



Why did I decide to become a bookseller?

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Aug 7th, 2007 • Category: Bits & Pieces, News & Opinions

I get asked this pretty regularly and I wish a had a good answer. Something like, “I was always surrounded by books in the house and my mother was a librarian…”, or maybe “I was sitting under a tree when a Gore Vidal book fell from a well perched reader, when I awoke - […]



Want to join a blog on the fine art of bookselling?

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Jul 17th, 2007 • Category: Bits & Pieces

Here’s what we want to offer.
A permanent spot on our front page under a list of a few ‘Contributing Writers’ with a link to your own blog or website. Also within each post another link back to your web presence. We will be aggressively marketing this blog and will strive to create substantial readership thus […]