How strange is it that, even though it's 3 am and I've been awoken by my bad-dreaming toddler, I'm really looking forward to going to work today? The final days before Christmas are undoubtedly my favorite to work at the bookstore. The pace is hectic, the customers are in good moods, the day flies by. And it warms my heart when someone walks out ( Read more... )

A Sweet Death
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In the last couple of weeks the internet has been abuzz with the news of Amazon's recent release of an iPhone app that allows you go into a store, take a photograph of a product barcode, and then it will take you directly to Amazon.com where you can then buy it right then and there.

Let this sink in for just a moment.

At first blush it sounds ( Read more... )

I love books.  There's no question about that fact.  I've been working in the book industry for just about 14 years and i came to the conclusion about 6 years ago that it was here i wanted to stay.  Not necessarily on the retail-side of things but somewhere where i could be around the things i love, books.

In spite of my love of the written word ( Read more... )

Call me old fashioned, if you will.  Prehistoric.  Luddite.  Behind the times.  Maybe even just a little jealous.  But i sincerely dislike eReaders.  The make me shudder the same way that skinny jeans, dreadlocks on white people, and gull-wing cars do.

A woman just came in the store and bought a bargain greeting card.  I asked her if she wanted a ( Read more... )

I now present you with the worst sex scene ever written. The author shall remain nameless but know that each of this author's last 28 books have made it onto the New York Times Bestseller List. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what "literature" is in the 21st century. Pardon me while i go shoot myself in the head.

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Infinite Jest
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