28th July 2010 by
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Bookstores,
Portland
In previous posts we have discussed how Portland authors and publishers will benefit from the new Reading Local: Portland, and in today’s post we’ll take a look at how Portland bookstores can utilize the new site. Specifically we will look at how bookstores can use the site to reach new customers, interact with loyal customers, [...]
7th July 2010 by
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But when I walk into a bookstore it’s like I’m a kid visiting Charlie’s factory until the oompa loompas haul me off for trying to wear the pages of a book for clothing.
29th March 2010 by
gabe under
Bookstores
I was just adding some links to books on IndieBound, and in doing so came across their bullet points of reasons to shop indie. I’m sure most of you have already seen these, and for those of you who read this blog on a regular basis I’m preaching to the choir, but from time to [...]
6th March 2010 by
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Every Saturday we will bring you links to articles from around the web featuring members of Portland’s lit community. Please feel free to pass along any you come across as well, by emailing us at portland@readinglocal.com, and we will include them in next week’s edition of Short Stories. Underland Press is profiled as part of [...]
22nd January 2010 by
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 23, 2010 through January 29, 2010 are: Saturday January 23- Voices In Verse (Cedar Mill Community Library, @10:00am-11:00am): Bring along a cup [...]
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Mountain Writers presents Jim Kopp (The Press Club, @7:30pm): Jim Kopp is Director of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from George Washington University and other graduate degrees in history and library science. His undergraduate degree in history [...]
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Today’s Featured Book Event: John Perkins (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In Hoodwinked (Broadway Books), former economic hitman John Perkins pulls back the curtains on the double-cross of the American people by the CEOs running the “corporatocracy” and the politicians they manipulate. Other Book Events Today: Cheeky Pages Romance Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar [...]
15th January 2010 by
gabe under Uncategorized
From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 16, 2010 through January 22, 2010 are: Saturday January 16- Mother Daughter Book Club (Hillsboro Main Library, @10:00am): A book discussion group [...]
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Elizabeth Eslami (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): Bone Worship (Pegasus) is Elizabeth Eslami’s rich and soul-searching debut novel about an Iranian-American girl whose enigmatic father has decided to arrange her marriage. “The novel is full of wonderfully drawn characters,” praises Library Journal. Other Book Events Today: 3rd Anniversary Open Mic Potluck [...]
Today’s Featured Book Event: Joe Sacco (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): From acclaimed cartoonist-reporter Joe Sacco comes a sweeping, original investigation of a forgotten crime in the most tormented of places. Spanning 50 years and moving fluidly between one war and the next, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books) captures the essence of a tragedy. Other [...]
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