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The Reader/Collector Syndrome

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This week the auction of the library of Frank Streeter at Christie’s reeled in over $16 million. [Read More]

Signs of Hope For the Book and the Trade

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Word comes via Scott Brown at Fine Books blog that the hole left in the antiquarian book world by the announced closure of Heritage Book Shop will be partially filled by “LA businessman, philanthropist, and bibliophile” Michael Sharpe. The new venture Michael Sharpe Rare and Antiquarian Books will employ former Heritage staffers (the story was leaked to Brown by one of the former Heritage employees who will be involved in this new entity) and carry a $10 million inventory. The shop will be open to the public and will reside in an historic Craftsman home. [Read More]

Bookstore Robbery Tomorrow at 9

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Luckily this takes place across the street from Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers at the Central Saloon where a new band from Seattle called Bookstore Robbery will play. We will have extra security on hand. [Read More]

“Digitize or Die? What is the Future of the Author”

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That’s the title of a seminar that took place yesterday at the London Book Fair. [Read More]

The Illustration Divide

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The study was called “Gender Stereotyping and Under-representation of Female Characters in 200 Popular Picture Books: A Twenty-first Century Update.” [Read More]
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