Minneapolis' own Amazon Bookstore Coop is getting a new moniker. It will be known henceforth as True Colors Bookstore.The name change is the result of amazon.com's 1999 trademark infringement lawsuit against the store's previous owners. Although the bookstore kept its name then, the settlement stipulates that any subsequent owners may not use the old handle.Details … Continue reading And Cyndi Lauper Calls Her Lawyers
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Paper, Please
NPR's "The Sound of Young America" program recently broadcast Chip Kidd's appearance at Seattle's Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Kidd--as befits a man who's made his name designing book covers and more recently writing novels--has some interesting things to say about the future of e-books. Listen to the podcast of the interview below.--David E
I Once Was Blind…
We have some passes in the store for a preview screening of Blindness. The show will be Thursday, at 7:30pm, at the Lagoon Cinema.The movie is based on Jose Saramago's novel of the same title. In it, everyone in the world is struck by an inexplicable loss of sight.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 