Now a Bookstore Cafe is not such a new idea but when is the last time you have seen a Bookstore Cafe that featured ‘Job Training’? Here is one!
“Two weeks ago, More Than Words, the nonprofit bookstore in Waltham, Mass., opened a cafe that, like the bookstore, is staffed by troubled young adults aged […]

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Saw this on Shelf-Awareness.com and found it to be interesting…

“Cool Idea of the Day: Bookstore’s Gasoline Giveaway
Beginning in August, Merritt Bookstore, which has locations in Millbrook and Red Hook, N.Y., will hold monthly drawings to give away $50 gift certificates for gasoline at local gas stations, one certificate for each store. Customers will be entered […]

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BookFound: A bookselling Family’s Journal offered this commentary:
“I’ve written about this used bookstore before and was delighted to find this video:
‘Bill Geist visits a Bookstore made from a Manure Tank‘
The bookstore is literally in the middle of nowhere, among corn and soybeans, yet there are one million books.
They do everything wrong from a business perspective…
Read […]

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Football season is right around the corner! Here is an interesting college football book that you might enjoy. Do you have other suggestions?

“Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It’s Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story […]

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Randy Pausch, co-author of The Last Lecture, which became a bestseller after being published by Hyperion in April, died last Friday. He was 47 and had been battling pancreatic cancer.
A computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, Pausch gave a talk last September modeled on the kind where professors are asked to pretend they are dying […]

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There is quite a bit of online discussion about Microsoft and their new ‘BrowseRank’ concept. For example:
 
Microsoft’s Answer To Google’s PageRank Algorithm: Less Privacy?
“BrowseRank, Microsoft claims, can deliver better search results by measuring user behavior, including where users go and the amount of time they remain at those pages.”
By […]

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Here is an update from the Marans:
Great News!
We thought you might be interested to know we have recently updated our website to include over 200 of our electronic guides
in a new easy to use format. You can view our new e-guides by visiting our website:
http://www.maran.com/MI/maran_illustrated_kitchen_e.html
Enjoy!
The Marans

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Here are a couple of links that will introduce you to the latest Google offering:
 

7-23-08 - PC Magazine.com - Knol, Google’s Version of Wikipedia, Goes Public by Chloe Albanesius Google Knol emerged from its seven-month closed beta Wednesday, and is now open for people looking to share their expertise on …

Google Blog (Dec. 13 2007) Official […]

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I’ve written several times about Maran Illustrated and their online eBooks including the following posts. I started with…Maran Illustrated Yoga eBook available online for FREE!. I then added updates:

Maran Graphics Family Gives Away the Store (or at least the books)

Maran Illustrated Student Library is Now Online
More Maran eBooks available online for […]

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PC Mag.com presents some great tips for making good use of Google tools. The first 10 were related to ‘Google Maps and Earth’ and the second 10 were related to ‘Google Search’. Included were:
Google Maps and Earth:

Sky
Search Nearby
Use business name / category in directions search
Public transit directions
My maps (create your own […]

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