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  • Jay's Book Stall Closes Shop "There are a couple of reasons why independent bookstores are declining, but none applies to Jay's Book Stall in Oakland, closing Friday after 49 years." "'I'm going to be 80 in August and waiting for 'Dancing With the Stars' to... (More)

  • Captain Nemo at a Book Sale in Bethlehem, PA "Holzinger and the library volunteers who unearthed it don't even know who dropped off the 135-year-old book, a first American edition of Verne's novel about the mysterious Capt. Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus." "The book will go on sale... (More)

  • Rare Books at Calgary's Book Drive in Canada "Clark predicts a two-volume, first edition set of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun, dating from 1860, will be of keen interest to classical literature fans. Other rare books on offer will be an 1888 "first colonies edition," of Thomas Hardy's... (More)

  • High Tech Exhibits at the Library of Congress "Each document has a dedicated, interactive kiosk that allows students and researchers to closely examine the library's treasures and to trace the origins of the country's founding ideas. For example, they might learn that the Bill of Rights was initially... (More)

  • Rare Books at the Ringlng Museum "The room contains hundreds of art books collected by John Ringling. After his death in 1936, every item in his residence, Cà d'Zan, was inventoried and cataloged, "every room, every shelf, so you know what book was on which shelf... (More)

  • Vault Protects Rare Books in Pennsylvania "There are 423 of them, including the first seven law books purchased by Benjamin Franklin for the library -- a 1734 set of "Statutes-at-Large," a collection of the laws of England -- and a book by British philosopher John Locke... (More)

  • Humboldt Collection Goes to Yale Library "Photographer, collector, author, publisher, archivist, and researcher Peter Palmquist assembled an astonishing collection of a quarter-million photographs during his lifetime, many of them documenting the history of Humboldt County. He was killed by a hit and run driver in January... (More)

  • Microsoft Changes Mind About Scanning Books in Fort Wayne "Microsoft has backed out of its plan to digitize tens of thousands of volumes at the Allen County Public Library, but the library is still likely to benefit from its brief involvement in the project." Read this article.... (More)

  • Bookstore Opens in Hampton Union, New Hampshire "A self-described "bibliophile" or book lover, Lane displays at book fairs throughout New England and plans to continue doing so, as well as selling online, a practice he had to give up previously, "because I just had too many irons... (More)

  • Publish a Book at Borders? " Have an old manuscript collecting dust in a drawer? Borders is also betting, smartly, on the trend toward self-publishing, offering a station where customers can submit manuscripts to be turned into bound books. While this service is widely available... (More)

  • Restoring Books at the Library of Alexandria "Cairo – The restoration laboratory at the Library of Alexandria's Centre of Manuscripts and Rare Books, in Egypt, is now considered one of the most modern sites in the world for recovery and preservation of antique documents. The organisation has... (More)

  • Old Norse Bible Donated to Brigham Young University "A Bible written in Old Norse nearly 400 years ago has been donated to Brigham Young University's library by a Provo resident." "Thor Leifson, the honorary consul of Iceland emeritus, says the Bible was given to his family by a... (More)

  • Canada's Attic Owl Bookstore Closes Shop "The arrival of Chapters didn't hurt Ed Lemond, because his niche at Moncton's Attic Owl bookstore was selling used and rare books, but Lemond says he couldn't compete with the popularity of internet bookselling on massive sites like Amazon." Read... (More)

  • President of the Huntington Library Featured in L. A. Press "At the Huntington, Koblik's colleagues describe him as a people person with a big smile and an ear for ideas and contrary opinions. With a jampacked calendar and a residence on the grounds -- where he lives with his wife,... (More)

  • Borders Relaunches Online Bookstore "Bookstore retail chain Borders relaunched Tuesday its own online bookstore, after seven years of conducting its e-commerce through a partnership with Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN).com. Borders originally left the e-commerce industry." Read this article.... (More)