A cute #paperart shrine with a #FunkoPop thingy inside?

I have no idea what this is but I love it.

#bookstores #secondhandbooks

Happy 70th birthday to one of my top five favorite #bookstores on the planet, City Lights Books! The Poetry Room is sacred space, #Beat browser Heaven. https://www.7x7.com/city-lights-books-70th-anniversary-2664867179.html

12 CDs, 5 museum guides, 1 novel. If you travel to different places, you run into many different #museums, #recordstores and #bookstores 😊.
Nice #souvenirs of 2,5 weeks of #TrainTravel throughout #Europe.

#interrail #train #holiday #fun #travel #music #jazz #books #literature
#Bern #Brig #Trieste #Ljubljana #Bratislava #Poznan

From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs

Joshua C. Davis

#activism #wholefoods #headshops #bookstores

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Joshua_C_Davis_From_Head_Shops_to_Whole_Foods?id=UjEtDwAAQBAJ

Turns out it was 3 categories rather than 2. The “no loitering” sign was unambiguous, though

@bookstodon #books #bookstores #reading

Tell me an #SF or #fantasy book that was easy to get into and absorbed your brain completely before you spat it out.

I'm struggling to get into any books at the moment, even ones I eagerly anticipated, but even if I don't real your fave, I love to see people's passion for stories. #bookstores #books #ScienceFiction

DesignBoom : vibrant metal sheeting and patterned tapestries adorn store by migliore+servetto in rome https://www.designboom.com/architecture/vibrant-metal-sheeting-patterned-tapestries-electa-bookstore-miglioreservetto-rome-08-10-2023/ #migliore+servettoarchitects #architectureinitaly #retailinteriors #architecture #bookstores #readers

From 06 Aug: - Judge blocks Arkansas law criminalizing libraries and bookstores for providing ‘harmful’ books to minors https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/30/politics/arkansas-library-book-ban-judge-blocks/index.html #CNN #Arkansas #LibraryBan #Bookstores #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110843524489890993 #cnn #arkansas #libraryban #bookstores #censorship #firstamendment #politics #news

Buying books in a brick-and-mortar bookstore is superior to online shopping in every way. #bookstores

I’ve seen a few posts over the last couple of weeks about how to get away from the #Amazon environment. Many #mastodon users are likely already people who have fled from one evil empire or another. ;-)

I too have been trying to remove myself from Amazons ecosystem as much as possible over the last year, especially since a lot of my reading was done via #Audible and #Kindle and my reviews through #Goodreads

If anyone is interested these are my current alternatives to these services

My favourite Goodreads alternative:

#StoryGraph , A bit less cluncky than Goodreads and has an app that works, some insightful stats and graphs about your reading habits, and certainly better recommendations. And unlike Goodreads, this is being improved continuously

Website: https://app.thestorygraph.com/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thestorygraph.thestorygraph
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/storygraph-reading-tracker/id1570489264

My favourite Audible alternative: #LibroFM

Just opened in #Australia this WEEK, #DRMfree #audiobooks from all over the world, and you’re supporting your local Australian #bookstores (picked by the user themself!)
Website: https://libro.fm/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.libro.librofm
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/app/libro-fm/id1057776523

My favourite Kindle alternative: #KOBO

Almost all the books Amazon Kindle has as well, plus that one especially nice feature that Kobo devices have #OverDrive built right in — allowing you to check out free library #ebooks directly from your device.

https://www.kobo.com

And touching on that last Overdrive bit, check with your library where you have access to. Via my #Maribyrnong #Libraries I have access to #PressReader (Thousands of Newspapers and Magazines) #BorrowBox and #Libby (ebooks for e-readers) and even to the Library Edition of #TheAge

I am VERY keen to hear others recommendations on better alternatives!

#books #book #audiobook #ebook #nomoreamazon #bookstodon #reading #mastobooks

Browsing some #bookstores in town; ultimately came away with a used Tobias #Smollett.

Good to see the amount of independent bookshops in the UK is at its highest level for a decade. The number of these #bookstores has continued to rise for the seventh consecutive year, reaching a total of 1,072 shops. That's a significant increase from their lowest point of 867 shops back in 2016.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/london-book-fair/article/92066-london-book-fair-2023-u-k-bookstore-numbers-hit-ten-year-high.html

Also good that independent publishers are doing well:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/16/uk-indie-publishing-mavericks-shook-up-books-booker-nobel-fitzcarraldo-sort-of-books-daunt

So we can say there is something of a change in who is #publishing and disseminating #books. What we can’t say so much is that there is a change in how they are doing so.

#OAbooks #writing #openness #open

Just want to re-introduce myself since so many of you have responded to my posting an article about Texas going after #booksellers #bookstores in an effort to #ban #books. I’m here because I want to be on the record against #censorship, for #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech; for #academicfreedom and the rights of #adjuncts. So welcome and I hope you can put up w/occasional attempts at self-promotion. (I write and occasionally publish stuff.) Peace out.

First they came for the school #libraries and classrooms. Now they’re coming for the #bookstores #booksellers—in Texas. A new law requires booksellers to rate #books to be sold to schools, including books sold IN THE PAST. Booksellers are suing to stop what they say is an unconstitutional violation of #FirstAmendment. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/books/book-banning-texas-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

My mother’s fantasy life was to own a candy store and live above it. Here’s my fantasy life #bookstores #books https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/realestate/book-store-apartment-rent-brooklyn.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading
#Bookshops #Bookstores #Books #Bookstadon
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/1185136892/book-review-door-to-door-bookstore-henn-days-morisaki-bookshop-yagisawa

Went to Whitty Books in Tulsa for their 5 year birthday 🎂
Knew the owners for a bit, I was featured artist for July two years back (⁠｡⁠・⁠/⁠/⁠ε⁠/⁠/⁠・⁠｡⁠)
Very nice people!

They are also offering out free COVID testing kits!

#Bookstores #Tulsa #WomanOwned #QueerFriendly

- spent the morning reading a book in a cafe
- on my way home, passed a bookstore
- went in, carrying the book I was reading
- came out with 3 new books
- lugged all 4 books home

#reading #books #bookstores #bookproblems

This looks like the place to go in
If your plan is to never be seen again
#bookpocalypse
#BooksofMastodon
#bookstores
#kraków

Hey all! Instead of #PrimeDay why not help #independent #bookstores from all over the globe instead! I even have some #graphicNovels there if you're interested, and yes SHIPPING IS FREE

https://bookshop.org/lists/xii-of-magic-and-muses

#comics #indieArtists #indieComics #webcomics