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10 Ways You Can Support Broadway Books, or any Independen...

Broadway Books recently posted about the state of their store, and if you care about...

By Gabe Barber
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How Price Scanning Apps Could Benefit Indie Bookstores an...

A customer walks into a local bookstore and begins to browse. He checks out a...

By Gabe Barber
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My Picks for the 2011 Oregon Book Award Winners

The 2011 Oregon Book Awards finalists and fellowships were announced at the Elizabeth Strout Portland...

By Gabe Barber
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My Three Favorite 2010 Releases From Portland Authors

I was contacted recently by Alison Hallett, the Portland Mercury Arts Editor, to see if...

By Gabe Barber
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Confessions of a Book Nerd: Reading Soundtracks

The words jump off the page even faster and my eyes struggle to keep up...

By spencer
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5 Reasons Why Portland Is the Best Place to Start a Small...

March is Small Press Month, which in my biased opinion should just be renamed “Portland...

By Gabe Barber
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Where Does Powell’s Books Go From Here?

I’ve held off on commenting about the recent layoffs at Powell’s Books because I wanted...

By Gabe Barber
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What I Would Do if I Had the Money to Buy Looking Glass B...

Read this sad news today in The Oregonian: Looking Glass Bookstore — one the metro...

By Gabe Barber
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Confessions of a Book Nerd: Down the Rabbit Hole

I'm talking about the kind of breathless that happens when someone is beating the shit...

By spencer
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Confessions of a Book Nerd: Savoring Each Sip

You are sitting on a sunny deck overlooking a beautiful hill filled with rows of...

By spencer