I'm pleased to report that Worcester, Massachusetts still has a friendly neighborhood bookstore ( Read more... )

...that has good stuff to read in it.

My review copy of the current issue of Realms of Fantasy arrived today.

Keep your eyes peeled for my thoughts on and review of this re-inauguration.

This is cross-posted from my personal journal and from the mikescomics blog. Just a reminder that we DO sell books, despite what seems to be a proliferation of toy posts and audio adventures posts! See the sidebar at this blog for some of the kinds of books we carry. And, most importantly, WE TAKE SPECIAL ORDERS. We looooooooooooooove special orders. If ( Read more... )

I swear, I get more done, industry-reading-wise and scanning-the-networking-environment-wise, on "sick days", fevered brain and all ( Read more... )

BookStream to shut down on Friday, January 23rd

A letter from Jack Herr and Rich Stone.

Quote: A wholesaler, however committed to or respected by its customers, cannot be a wholesaler for very long without books. Over the course of the last year, we have not been able to raise the capital necessary to fund BookStream’s inventory in a way that ( Read more... )

Reprinted with permission from Bookselling This Week. This affects me directly as an online retailer and as an independent bookseller.

New York Court Dismisses Amazon Challenge of State's Internet Sales Tax Provision

In a significant victory for New York's independent retailers, a New York State judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Amazon.com ( Read more... )

I just got the news from Erzebet Yellowboy - erzebet.

http://lcrw.net/wordpress/?p=768

See link for details.

NOT the way I wanted to start the morning.

---pmc2

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