Carol Erdahl, owner of St Paul's Red Balloon Bookshop, is the subject of an article in the Minnesota Women's Press today. It includes a nice anecdote on how Erdahl and founding partner Michele Cromer-Poiré decided that they could work together successfully. The best news, though, is that they're still there, bringing children's books to Grand … Continue reading News from Across the River
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The San Francisco Retail Diversity Study was just published and contains this astonishing fact: hometown bookstores in the City by the Bay returned $55 million dollars to the local economy. Chain stores contributed only $8 million. Granted, independent bookstores in San Francisco command 55% of the book market in the Bay Area, but even so, … Continue reading Shop Locally
Murakami Junkies Unite!
After Dark, the new novel from Haruki Murakami, comes out tomorrow. Read the first chapter. Then visit The Complete Review, and you'll find a long list of blurbs (positive and a few negative) from reviews of Murakami's entire body work plus an exhaustive list of links to other articles, reviews, and interviews with the author.I … Continue reading Murakami Junkies Unite!
Musings from Magers and Quinn 