We all प्यार books. That's a given. But what about bookstores? What are your thoughts on them?
I'm just going to presume that आप प्यार bookstores, and even more, independent bookstores. But in this दिन and age when it is too easy to खोजिए for and buy पुस्तकें online *cough* वीरांगना, अमेज़न *cough*, I want to remind all of the wonderfulness of independent bookstores. But I also want to remind आप that they are suffering. These historical and community treasures need your help!
And so I want to direct your attention to an upcoming PBS documentary called Paperback Dreams. Paperback Dreams is the story of two landmark independent bookstores and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of Cody’s Books, and Clark Kepler, owner of Kepler’s Books, over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business.
"In the last decade, competition from big chains and the internet has put booksellers in a vice. Half the independent bookstores in America closed in the 1990s. But in the 1960s, bookstores like Cody’s and Kepler’s redefined intellectual life, democratized literature, and helped launch a counterculture. Publishers were putting the classics into cheap paperback editions for the first time. Literature—once the purview of academics and elites—was suddenly affordable for the masses. Most established booksellers dismissed the new editions as drugstore pulp. Their indifference allowed a new kind of store to emerge, and it opened the door to a new breed of bookseller." -Paperback Dreams website
And so, please set your digital recorders and TiVos to record Paperback Dreams this autumn. You'll be reminded on how wonderful they are and hopefully you'll locate your nearest store and visit.
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I'm just going to presume that आप प्यार bookstores, and even more, independent bookstores. But in this दिन and age when it is too easy to खोजिए for and buy पुस्तकें online *cough* वीरांगना, अमेज़न *cough*, I want to remind all of the wonderfulness of independent bookstores. But I also want to remind आप that they are suffering. These historical and community treasures need your help!
And so I want to direct your attention to an upcoming PBS documentary called Paperback Dreams. Paperback Dreams is the story of two landmark independent bookstores and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of Cody’s Books, and Clark Kepler, owner of Kepler’s Books, over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business.
"In the last decade, competition from big chains and the internet has put booksellers in a vice. Half the independent bookstores in America closed in the 1990s. But in the 1960s, bookstores like Cody’s and Kepler’s redefined intellectual life, democratized literature, and helped launch a counterculture. Publishers were putting the classics into cheap paperback editions for the first time. Literature—once the purview of academics and elites—was suddenly affordable for the masses. Most established booksellers dismissed the new editions as drugstore pulp. Their indifference allowed a new kind of store to emerge, and it opened the door to a new breed of bookseller." -Paperback Dreams website
And so, please set your digital recorders and TiVos to record Paperback Dreams this autumn. You'll be reminded on how wonderful they are and hopefully you'll locate your nearest store and visit.
link
Tantalize (Cynthia Leitich Smith) was an awsome book. I really enjoyed it. It had me guessing what was going to happen until the very end!
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt और alone. Her hybrid werewolf first प्यार threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? या is there और to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly प्यार त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt और alone. Her hybrid werewolf first प्यार threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? या is there और to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly प्यार त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?