The blog at ABEbooks.com recently featured an article about things found in used books. Among the discoveries were money, a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card, and a tooth.I can attest to the range of items folks leave behind when they sell old books. I once found about a dozen marijuana leaves pressed in the pages … Continue reading What’s Left Behind
real world
For Really, Really Short Attention Spans
Internet syndicator dailylit.com has been sending members short snippets of books via email and RSS for a while now. Every day, another bit of Iron John or Banker to the Poor shows up in your inbox or RSS aggregator. But if that much content is too, too overwhelming for you, fear not; you can now … Continue reading For Really, Really Short Attention Spans
Northland
Aaron Mitchell Molina has posted this sweet photo of the now-closed Carlson Book Store in Duluth, MN, on his photoblog moeview.com. Click the photo to see a larger version.The old bookstore seems to be quite the magnet for photographers, to judge by all the photos on flickr.com.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 