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June 2012

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Oh man, the book industry sure is changing...

Can your Nook handle animated Gifs? Huh? Can it?

BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE BOOK INDUSTRY IS HEADING!

Jun 30, 20121 note
#cats #books #reading #shelf awareness #animated gifs
Jun 30, 2012115 notes
Play
Jun 29, 20121 note
#bookshelves #lit #books #open books #furniture #design #reading #modular
Jun 28, 20128 notes
#tombstone #library paste #books #binding
Jun 28, 20121 note
#books #open books #donations #reading #chicago #bookstore #lit
Jun 28, 2012239 notes
Jun 28, 201216 notes
#sketchbooks #open books #chicago #books #art
Dustin Kurtz Joins Melville House

Congratuations to Dustin Kurtz, who is joining Melville House as their marketing manager. Dustin has kept me laughing and thinking for quite some time as the manager and social media guy at McNally Jackson Books in New York. ^KE

via Shelf Awareness

Jun 28, 20121 note
#mcnally jackson #dustin kurtz #melville house
Sherlock

soyeahbooks:

openbookstore:

soyeahbooks:

When someone tells me that they never heard of A. Conan Doyle: 

When  someone tells me that Sherlock reminds them of House M.D.:

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When someone tells me that the Robert Downey Jr. adaptation was closer to the books: 

Hm. Are you female, soyeahbooks? Kevin wants to marry you. ^Lizzy (If you’re male, you’re mine!)

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YESSS. ^Lizzy

Jun 27, 201215 notes
Jun 27, 2012353 notes
#stephen king #reading #books
Sherlock

soyeahbooks:

When someone tells me that they never heard of A. Conan Doyle: 

When  someone tells me that Sherlock reminds them of House M.D.:

image

When someone tells me that the Robert Downey Jr. adaptation was closer to the books: 

Hm. Are you female, soyeahbooks? Kevin wants to marry you. ^Lizzy (If you’re male, you’re mine!)

Jun 27, 201215 notes
A Hologram for the King

I kind of love that someone is doing this for books. I hope it keeps going!

soyeahbooks:

Everyone outside of the bookshop on the day it was released:

How everyone reading it thinks you view them:

How everyone on the library waiting list feels:

When the library finally calls you:

How Dave Eggers feels:

How everyone at McSweeney’s feels:

Jun 27, 20126 notes
#eggers #books #reading #lit #lol
The Library Of Congress' Books That Shaped America Exhibit Opened on Monday → loc.gov

I was really excited to see that William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All made the list! I would love to see this exhibit. Who’s up for a literary road trip? ^KE

Jun 27, 20123 notes
#library of congress #books #america #history #lit
Jun 26, 2012138 notes
#books #real books
Jun 25, 201211 notes
#open books #lit #books #chicago #bookstore #fiction #bookshelves
The McNally Jackson list of all the books you absolutely must read before you die.

mcnallyjackson:

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Yes! You don’t need lists to tell you what to read! Read what you want! ^KE

Jun 25, 2012127 notes
#booksnark #read what you want
Jun 25, 201217,007 notes
THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who made this Half-Off Sale extremely successful! You just purchased 4,442 books to support literacy!#obhalfoff

You all rock!

<3 KE & LB

Jun 24, 20127 notes
#open books #obhalfoff #books #lit #chicago #literacy
Jun 24, 20124 notes
Seth Fried's 3 Books You Should Read Before You Turn 3 → sethfried.com

1.) Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

As a baby, you have a lot of spankings ahead of you. This book could very well help you learn to enjoy them.

HA!

Jun 24, 20129 notes
#book lists #books #young readers #bookstore #seth fried
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