The Encyclopaedia Britannica blog has finished its list of haunted libraries. They actually posted the section covering Minnesota yesterday. And we got only one mention: "St. Cloud State University, James W. Miller Learning Resources Center. A 19th-century burial site was found in 1997 when the Miller Center’s foundation was dug. The figure of a soldier … Continue reading Its close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark…
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We’re Staying, Thanks
In the middle of last month, Entrepreneur magazine posted an article listing the ten businesses it expects will be extinct in ten years. Used bookstores were on that list, along with crop dusters and the manufacturers of film for cameras. They say the internet will kill used bookstores. We say, Who do you think is … Continue reading We’re Staying, Thanks
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Seattle bookseller Paul Constant has written an article in The Stranger about the social networking site Goodreads. "The website tore through the Seattle bookselling community like an STD. Soon, every bookseller under 40 was a member. "Will you be my Goodreads friend?" we'd whisper to each other among the stacks. It was like MySpace, only … Continue reading Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Musings from Magers and Quinn 