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How Being a Librarian Makes Me a Better Writer

How Being a Librarian Makes Me a Better Writer

Xhenet Aliu on the Fine Art of Controlled Vocabularies

By Xhenet Aliu | January 23, 2018

There's Got to Be a Better Way to Categorize the Books We Love

There's Got to Be a Better Way to Categorize the Books We Love

From Lists to Libraries, Literary Nonfiction Has a Classification Problem

By Maggie Anderson | January 9, 2018

40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers

40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers

A Year-End Reading List from America's Great Readers

By Literary Hub | December 30, 2017

On the Perilous Plight of the Part-Time Librarian

On the Perilous Plight of the Part-Time Librarian

Annie Spence on Making a Working Life Out of Evenings and Weekends

By Annie Spence | December 13, 2017

Against Amazon: Seven Arguments, One Manifesto

Against Amazon: Seven Arguments, One Manifesto

"Amazon appropriated our books. We will appropriate Amazon logic."

By Jorge Carrión | November 15, 2017

Bookselling After the Fires: Napa Needs You

Bookselling After the Fires: Napa Needs You

Elayna Trucker on the Aftermath of a Disaster

By Elayna Trucker | November 13, 2017

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Finding Solace in Bookstores, in the Face of Cancer

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How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

By Oset Babur | October 25, 2017

Los Angeles is Getting Its Very Own Bookmobile

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In a City Where Car is King, the Books Will Come To You

By Matt Grant | October 25, 2017

My Favorite Books to Sell Over 20 Years of Owning a Bookstore

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Jeanette Watson on Recommending Laurie Colwin to Tanizaki at Books & Co.

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On the Move With the Donkey-Powered Mobile Libraries of Zimbabwe

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A Look at the Country's Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme

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The World's Most Beautiful Bookstores, Gathered in One Place

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Katie Orphan Reports from a Conference of Booksellers in Portugal

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When a Bookseller Tries to Buy a Bookstore

When a Bookseller Tries to Buy a Bookstore

Five Questions for Brad Johnson, Who Might Just Live the Dream...

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The Rise of Women-Only Literary Spaces, UK Edition

The Rise of Women-Only Literary Spaces, UK Edition

The First in a Series on Safe Publishing Spaces for Women Around the World

By Thea Hawlin | June 26, 2017

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