Archive for the ‘Cool ideas’ Category

Gary Vaynerchuk at BEA: Mandatory Viewing for Independent Booksellers

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 14:11 6 Comments

I’m still trying to condense my thoughts about BEA into a manageable post. However, I do want to highlight one of the best sessions at BEA. It was also the only BEA-organized (as opposed to ABA-organized) session that was targeted specifically to Independent Booksellers. In this video, Gary Vaynerchuk is talking to YOU. It is [...]

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How local newspapers can save themselves, local business, and benefit the community

Monday, March 30, 2009 4:31 No Comments

Julia Taylor at ThinkMKE wrote a blog post in February that somehow bubbled up on Twitter last week.  Titled “An Idea on how to Save your Hometown Paper,” the post outlines an intriguing way to meld the local newspaper and technology to support local businesses. The time is right, she says: Consumers today are starting [...]

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Bookseller Brilliance

Monday, March 23, 2009 6:00 2 Comments

From Nantucket Bookworks‘ latest email newsletter: Lastly, but maybe most importantly, we now have wireless access at Bookworks. Feel free to use our hotspot: the password is simply: “pleasebuyabook” (Heheh!) We’re not sure how we’re going to make money in the new economy, but then neither is anybody. : )

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