BookExpo America (BEA) and BookCon are folding.The shows' organizers are blaming the shutdown on SARS-CoV-2, but ( Read more... )

I first heard about the Espresso Book Machine in 2001, back when it was called PerfectBook 080. That machine is now old enough to vote, yet...where are they? I was talking about that question in the mid-oughts, and described what I called just-in-time bookstores (which were in fact gumball machines for printed books) in 2006. A recent piece in the ( Read more... )

Before I turn it over to Brian, a note or two on what this is about. First of all, if you haven't read what I wrote as intro to his first guest post, it's here and worth reading. Brian's making quite a stir in the ( Read more... )