Posts tagged bookstores
Inspired by Worthington Libraries: Blind Date with a Book!
We started with ~40 books. Two hours later, all but four had found homes with library patrons (sorry, Flush, Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Persepolis, and The ThingsThey Carried, they don’t know what they’re missing).
Brooklyn’s BookCourt bookstore is seeking $300K in crowdfunding to purchase and renovate the Bibliobarn (seen here). We’ve been thinking: Why Should Readers Crowdfund a Bookstore?
Libreria Fahreneit 451Piazza Campo dei Fiori, Rome, Italy
(By: Paul Metcalfe)
Perfect Books by Literary Tourist on Flickr.
Walrus Books.
San telmo, Buenos Aires.
Close your eyes and dream of England on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/50392559/via/melkein
Our bookstores hold a place in our communities where people go to escape their lives, to talk to a real person and just sit in a comfy chair surrounded by personally curated literature.
Bath Old Books, Bath. A bookshop located at 9c Margarets Buildings in the Avon town of Bath that offers a good range of second-hand stock on two floors. Bath Old Books particularly caters for readers interested in art books, illustrated books, children’s books, literature, topography and travel. (Photo by Mcalister.C)
“Sections in the bookstore
- Books You Haven’t Read
- Books You Needn’t Read
- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
- Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
- Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
- Books Too Expensive Now and You’ll Wait ‘Til They’re Remaindered
- Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
- Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
- Books That Everybody’s Read So It’s As If You Had Read Them, Too
- Books You’ve Been Planning to Read for Ages
- Books You’ve Been Hunting for Years Without Success
- Books Dealing with Something You’re Working on at the Moment
- Books You Want to Own So They’ll Be Handy Just in Case
- Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
- Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
- Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
- Books Read Long Ago Which It’s Now Time to Re-read
- Books You’ve Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It’s Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The Last Bookshop is a lovely (and sad) short film that imagines a world where physical books have died off. The film was written by Richard Dadd and features Alfred Hoffman and Joe Holgate.
“We wanted to contribute to the cultural debate with our own celebration in support of these glorious independents and their shelves of treasures. So with the help of some remarkable independent bookshops, and a lot of talented friends, we have been able to make our idea for The Last Bookshop into a reality. We hope you enjoy this film and share it with your friends….”- The Filmmakers
Read more about the film here.
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