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Bookselling in the 21st Century: On the Difficulty of Recommending Books

Bookselling in the 21st Century: On the Difficulty of Recommending Books

Vanessa Martini of City Lights Does Not Employ an Algorithm

By Vanessa Martini | October 12, 2016

The Man Who Invented Bookselling As We Know It

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By John Pipkin | October 11, 2016

My Favorite Bookstore: Watchung Booksellers

My Favorite Bookstore: Watchung Booksellers

Thomas Pluck on the Best Little Bookstore in Jersey

By Thomas Pluck | October 3, 2016

Bookselling in the 21st Century: When Your Bookstore Gets Robbed

Bookselling in the 21st Century: When Your Bookstore Gets Robbed

The True Tale of a Theft in Texas, a Community That Came Together

By Annalia Luna | September 29, 2016

How One Woman Photographed Every Library in New York

How One Woman Photographed Every Library in New York

Elizabeth Felicella's Reading Room Reminds Us How Great Libraries Really Are

By Lit Hub Photography | September 22, 2016

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

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