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Bookish Intelligence Report
28 Jan
Our news feature, Bookish Intelligence Report has returned! Right now we’re going to be focusing on getting you a comprehensive round-up of news once a week. But that’s just to start.
And now, the news…
- Mural of books shore up a N.C. bookstore (via LA Times)
- San Antonio-area readers get a new library…devoid of a single print book (via HLN TV)
- Book swaps as cultural spur in Egypt (via Egyptian Independent)
- 10,000 book collection up for auction (via Pasadena Sun)
- Libraries are still valued, according to report (via Missoulian)
- YA keeps kids reading (via The Ledger)
- Stunning artwork carved from books (via MNN)
- Taking care of your books (via Journal Star)
- Harper Collins on the move (via MediaBistro)
- Downton Abbey fans may have a literary cousin to feast on (via Auburn Pub)
Let’s Hear It…Your Favorite Bookstore?
23 Jan
We’ve been fans of bookstores, large and small for most of our reading lives. Heck, we lamented the loss of Borders in Downtown Crossing here in Boston, just a stones throw from our cluster of Financial District offices. But while chain stores took a few of our dollars, it is the Indie bookseller that stole our hearts and scoured out more than a few greenbacks from out wallets.
Polling our team, friends and cohorts we came to the conclusion that hands down, king of indie booksellers in our lives is Harvard Book Store. Ensconced in Harvard Square this book selling joint is the epitome of bibliophilic heaven to us. From their Frequent Buyer program and well curated stacks; amazing Author Readings to outstanding used or discounted books, Harvard Book Store is our tops. A reading from Robert Pinsky on his book The Life of David rates as one of our all time favorite Harvard Book Store events.
That being said, we wanted to shower some loving on other dear booksellers here in Massachusetts like…Jabberywocky Bookshop in Newburyport and Cambridge’s Porter Square Books are just two more of our favs. And up in Portland, Maine we adore Longfellow Books, as well.
It matters not where you are from in this wide world, dear readers. We want to know, what is your favorite bookstore? Is there a special connection beyond being a regular customer? Meet a true love there? Hear a favorite author talk? Find a long lost book in the backlist stacks that reignited fond memories.
What is your favorite bookstore?
Spine Design
28 Dec- Care to guess the year’s best craft books (via Washington Post)
- A collection of coffee-table fashion books (via Chicago Tribune)
- Top photo books of 2011 (via New York Times)
- Connecticut College launches fashion print (via Conncoll)
- Furniture design consultant pens kids book (via Furniture Today)
- New anatomical look of the skyscraper in book (via The National)
- Dickens book cover redesigned (via Culture Map- Austin)
- The art of woodworking in new book (via News and Sentinel)
Bookish Intelligence Report
28 Dec
- Actor’s life-long devotion to Dickens (via Telegraph)
- The value difference between old books (via TheSpec)
- Beijing’s “human library” (via Hindustan Times)
- Textbooks are dead, according to one Scottish educator (via Scotsman)
- Utah bookseller reinvents itself to stay competitive (via KSL.com)
- Coffee table book commemorates Hudson Bay Company (via Toronto Star)
- A simple list, five good books (via New Yorker)
- Child of Ezra Pound battles Italian facists (via Guardian)
Grub Pages
23 Dec
- 2011 was year of more home style and narrative cookbooks (via Boston Globe)
- Drool worthy cookbooks (via Vancouver Sun)
- Some cookbook thoughts from Northern Ireland (via Belfast Telegraph)
- Why not dish out some cookbooks for gifts (via Inquirer)
- Books and more for the foodie in your life (via Montreal Gazette)
- Dickens wife published book on dinner menus (via Guardian)
- Some books about suds for the beer lover (via Chicago Tribune)
- Best booze books of the season (via Bloomberg)
Bookish Intelligence Report
23 Dec- 1o books for those who can or want to travel (via Vancouver Sun)
- Best books of 2011, another list (via Kansas City Star)
- Performing artists in books (via Kentucky.com)
- Golden Globes noms feature movies from books (via Hindustan Times)
- Rare books burned in Egypt (via Seattle PI)
- Best books from the South African perspective (via IOL)
- Secret history of 2nd hand books (via Guardian)
- Another library book Christmas tree (via Charleston Daily Mail)
- Looking back at the year in books (via Atlantic)
- In Canadian province of Alberta, book awards sure to stay local (via Edmonton Journal)
Spine Design
21 Dec- New book from Dutch architecture Rem Koolhaas (via Atlantic Cities)
- Critique of new book about Georgia O’Keeffe (via Wilamette Week)
- A series of beautiful art book recommended (via Business Week)
- Year of books about designers concludes with Diana Vreeland (via Elle UK)
- Art book ideas as gifts, it’s never too late (via Times Union)
- Review of book that chronicles art of Roman catacombs (via Blogcritics)
Bookish Intelligence Report
21 Dec- Library supporters vow to keep closed lending institution open (via Evening Standard)
- Do you agree, are these “brilliant” books of 2011 (via Telegraph)
- Overlooked sci-fi of 2011 (via Salon)
- The books of Australia (via ABC)
- Genre fiction’s little letter to its more respected cousin, literature (via Guardian)
- Xmas book choices for kids (via NJ.com)
- Text books filled with errors go to schools without check (via Washington Post)
- Will higher ebook prices drive readers back to paperbacks (via Christian Science Monitor)
- The last of the book sculptures (via Scotsman)
- Larsson partner unhappy with spin-off marketing of his books (via Hindustan Times)
Battle Rattle Books
19 Dec
- Retired postman turned military history author (via Gazette and Herald)
- Where are we with the Cold War thriller (via Salon)
- How the horrors of World War I inspired campaign to climb Mt. Everest (via LA Times)
- Creator of the iconic Captain America dies (via NY Times)
- Q&A with author of Black Hearts (via Foreign Policy)
- Review of new book, Hitler’s Ashes (via Seattle PI)
- Best movies based on John le Carre books (via Seattle Times)
- Iraq veteran picks favorite books on war and soldiering (via Huffington Post)
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