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Summer Reading Lists 2009- It Could be Worse!
Friday, 3 Jul, 2009 – 21:32 | 6 Comments
Summer Reading Lists 2009- It Could be Worse!

Summer, time to kick back, relax, read some total junk while lying around the pool…  Or at least that’s what most adults get to enjoy.  For high school students it often means a summer slogging …

Why encouraging literacy should be part of your business plan
Saturday, 9 May, 2009 – 14:47 | 9 Comments

Focusing on increasing literacy should be part of every bookstore’s long term business plan. You may see no benefit this month or year, but if you plan to be in business ten years from now, this is one of the best investments you can make.

Have you read all these books?
Friday, 6 Feb, 2009 – 8:54 | 8 Comments

Have you read all these books?
I have several answers, including: – “I’m working on it.” or “Yup. Twice.”
Another one: “Do you read much?”
Me: “Four or five books a week.”
“I wish I had the time to …

Books for the Boy that Does Not Read
Saturday, 26 Jul, 2008 – 14:52 | 13 Comments

Every bookseller has probably heard some variation on “my teenage son/nephew/grandson doesn’t read. I want to get him a book. What should I get him?”

99% of the time, this is blatantly not true. He does read… otherwise why get him a book at all? The real question is actually one of these two, and its important to determine which: