Bruce K. Hollingdrake In the ‘I wish I had thought of this one department’ comes a great tip from our friends at The Bytown Bookshop Blog. While using online classified sites like Kijiji to get some free advertising why not search for some buyers. Most folk are just looking for schoolbooks or freebies, but lo and behold there … Read more
Tom from Pazzo Books always has some interesting things up on his blog. Todays post is about food – Blanc Manger to be more specific. I guess book sellers need to eat too. Slate brings us A Tough Choice. Here is your chance to weigh in on one of the most troubling dilemmas in contemporary … Read more
Every once and a while we come across art work that is just astounding. We had an incredible origami display a few weeks ago. Today’s link is all about what you can turn a book into using your imagination and a serious amount of artistic talent. Here they are, Some of the Most Unusual Books … Read more
In the ‘I don’t know why I didn’t think of this myself’ department comes a tip from the Bytown Bookshop Blog in Ottawa. Why not visit your local Thrift Shop the day after a 50% off sale. They tend to sell a pile of books during these sales, most likely some of them to you. … Read more
We are hoping to extend our family of writers here at the Bookshop Blog. If you are a bookseller and would like to share some observations with us we would love to publish your ideas. A quick perusal of the site should give you an idea of what we are looking for. Ideally we would … Read more
****** 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 … Read more
It’s been quite a year for my wife and me. By far the biggest day was March 17th when our first child was born. His name is Kasm and as any proud father would, I’m showing him off. He’s been a real joy. Our blog (this one) was born in mid July and thanks to … Read more
As new talents emerge and share their literary gifts with us, other magnificent, sometimes legendary writers are taken away. Every year is a balancing act. As Khaled Hosseini and Hisham Matar come to the forefront, Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut depart. The Bookchase Blog has compiled a tidy list of some notables that have penned … Read more
