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Archive for September, 2011

Indie Bookstores: A Cool Slogan Here

By John Kremer on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 | Comments Off

“Find it here. Buy it here. Keep us here.” That’s the motto of independent bookseller Carole Horne of the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. And now it’s also the slogan of indie bookseller Bob Contant of St. Marks Bookshop in New York City. Carole coined the motto after she and Bob had a discussion [...]

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Top 700 Independent Bookstores Data Files — This list started out as 500, then 600, then 700, and now over 750 top general interest bookstores. It includes names of the book buyers and event coordinators, address, phone, fax, email, website, and other information about each bookstore.

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Bookstore Tours Are Still Valuable

By John Kremer on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 | Comments Off

Todd Ritter Goes on a Magical Mystery Tour The following story is excerpted from a press release that Todd Ritter send out during the launch of his Bad Moon novel. In a publishing climate without Borders, with Barnes and Noble frantically searching for a buyer, and with many independent bookstores closing their doors, most authors [...]

For Booksellers and Authors: 31 Ways to Promote Your Facebook Page

By John Kremer on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 | Comments Off

If you want to get more out of your Facebook pages, be sure to check out this great article on how to promote your Facebook page: http://askjohnkremer.com/31-ways-to-promote-your-facebook-page You can use many of these ways to promote your Twitter profiles, LinkedIn pages, blogs, websites, and other social network profiles. John Kremer is the author of 1001 [...]

Boswell Book Company

By John Kremer on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 | Comments Off

Books can be passed around. They can be shared. A lot of people like seeing them in their houses. They are memories. People who don’t understand books don’t understand this. They learn from TV shows about organizing that you should get rid of the books that you aren’t reading, but everyone who loves books believes [...]