Quote of the Day – August 5, 2019
Tag: bookstores
Quote of the Day – July 19, 2018
Quote of the Day – June 11, 2018
Friday Debate: Barnes and Noble
Welcome to Friday Debate, a feature on cup of tea with that book, please, where every Friday a question will be posted that tantalize the brain and expands our horizons. For this week’s question: Continue reading “Friday Debate: Barnes and Noble”
Why I Don’t Shop at Barnes & Noble
A few days ago, an editorial was published in the New York Times depicting the deep trouble Barnes & Noble is truly in and why, more than ever, the retail book chain needs to be saved. Across the web and the blog-sphere, writers and book lovers a like are urging that we need all that we can do to save a company that is literally the last book chain in the United States. There is strong encouragement now, to shop at Barnes & Noble more and support their future.
I must be in the minority because that is not going to happen for me. Continue reading “Why I Don’t Shop at Barnes & Noble”
Amazon Introduces Prime Book Box, A Subscription Service for Kids
Amazon is returning back to their bookseller roots.
This past Tuesday, the online retailer introduced a new service, Prime Book Box, a subscription service that offers organized boxes of hardcover books for kids up to age 12. Customers can choose whether to receive the boxes either every one, two, or three months. The service cost $23 a box, which according to Amazon, customers will save 35% off the list price.
Continue reading “Amazon Introduces Prime Book Box, A Subscription Service for Kids”
One Book, One New York Winner Is…
New Yorkers came together to take part in the vote of the One Book, One New York campaign, an event where New Yorkers choose which book they want the entire city to read. The votes have been tallied and the results are in!
And the winner is… Continue reading “One Book, One New York Winner Is…”
Quote of the Day – April 28, 2018
Friday Debate: Indie Bookstores
Welcome to Friday Debate, a feature on cup of tea with that book, please, where every Friday a question will be posted that tantalize the brain and expands our horizons. For this week’s question: Continue reading “Friday Debate: Indie Bookstores”
A Book Festival Finally Coming to the Bronx
The Bronx may have lost its only bookstore, but that doesn’t mean the Bronx stopped reading.
A Bronx native has made it possible for the Bronx to have its first ever book festival. Sareciea Fennell started a Kickstarter campaign to bring a book festival to the area. This is a great thing since the Bronx became the only borough without a bookstore when the only bookstore in the Bronx, Barnes and Noble, closed its doors in 2016. Continue reading “A Book Festival Finally Coming to the Bronx”
