tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46273051490511983122024-02-18T19:45:32.165-08:00The Haunted Bookshop of Iowa CityA bookstore is an imperfect Borgesian paradise, a place where books and readers can be beloved and comfortable.Ghosts of the Haunted Bookshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13990726344448042009noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-61894121009457355292016-07-27T16:59:00.000-07:002016-07-27T17:14:19.376-07:00What we ask of everyone in 2016: #VoteDownticket<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We prefer to keep this about books, the book business, and local issues, but let's face it. This election season is toxic to business and localities everywhere, and it isn't doing much for books either.<br /><br />This is not an endorsement. This is not an opinion about particular politicians, any of them. It's a request. It's because we're frustrated too, and we don't like living in Frustrated!America any more than you do, and we want change, and we believe this is a way to get it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>#VoteDownticket.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Many of you don't like the presidential choices we have. Some of you are passionate about not voting for them. Some of you are passionate about not voting.<br /><br />Here's the thing though. If anything will be different one, or two, or four years from now, your fellow citizens need you to vote this November for local officials, Representatives, and Senators to enact better laws and to push for systemic change. <b>Your local vote matters.</b> Your neighbors are counting on you to help them replace cronyism and corruption throughout our government with vision and hard work. That is why we need you to vote anyway, even if you only vote "downticket" - for national congress members and for state and local leaders.<br /><br />Here in Iowa, we have one incumbent who has been criticized for slowing the confirmation process for a Supreme Court nominee. You should look for more information about this situation, and about <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some other judicial appointment delays under this committee chairship</span>. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look at the candidate's other stance<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s and values</span>.</span> Weigh them. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>ake a decision, and vote. It will affect the courts, and it will affect many, many other things in our nation and state. <b>A lot depends on your vote in this non-Presidential race.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">A Representative from this state has gained international notoriety for some comments on issues of race, women's health issues, funding measures, and more. Check his record on voting and <b>think about whether this person will make the changes you want to see.</b><br /><br />Citizens who want change, citizens who have insight and information about a variety of issues, and citizens who have strong leadership skills deserve a chance to run for office against our incumbents. Supporting their desire to represent you starts when you #VoteDownticket.<br /><br />It's at the state and local levels that decisions get made about adequate education funding to ensure, among many other things, that our youth to learn how to turn community concerns into a "platform" during a "caucus" or "convention" - terms that mean everything to the functionality of the system we have, tools that are our current best option to create the country we want. Choosing state and local officials means that you need to know who is running, what they believe and who backs them, and then go to the polls and #VoteDownticket.<br /><br />Do not discourage civic involvement by teaching all who want to participate in civic discourse that all politicians must be crooks. Instead, repeat the wise words of former leaders. Repeat your values. Repeat what you loved about a past candidate. Repeat the importance of responsibility. Don't repeat slander and slogans. Check your facts. Check your language. Don't advertise for any candidate you don't support. Don't adopt that candidate's strategies or terminology. <b>Don't name what is wrong for the sake of being right about it. Say what is right for the sake of making right possible.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />Repeat your hopes. Repeat your demands. Repeat your truth. Tell it until it seems possible, then do it until it is done. #VoteDownticket.<br /><br />It's the internet. You want clicks; you want presence. That's fine. Start necessary conversations. Skip the shock and cut straight to learning and sharing your beliefs.<br /><br />Why is this campaign so ugly? Some leaders made bad decisions, yes. But <b>we must change the tone</b>. Don't repeat the negatives. Don't use your voice, your audience to run a negative campaign. Don't let yourself be crowdsourced to speak for what you don't believe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Say what you do believe. Say what we can do<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span>. Research, then share, options, links, ideas, emails, petitions. Research what is right when others <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">share</span> options <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with</span> you. <b>If you're angry because you believe this is no longer <i>our</i> election for <i>our</i> president, meet your representatives and say <i>what we need to change</i>.</b><br /><br />Repeat ideas and solutions. Repeat ethics and demands. Repeat what you hope for America. Repeat who deserves your vote Nov. 8. #VoteDownticket.<br /><br />"We hold these truths...." "Shall not perish from this earth...." "We have nothing to fear...." "I have a dream...." "Ask not what your country can do...." You <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">know</span> every one of these <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">phrase</span>s. Each one means something to you. Maybe they mean different things to different people, but they are the words to which we turn when we think about our nation. What is America? Our words. We must choose them wisely. We must choose hope if we can find it, joy when we have it, truth when we need it, vision so that we can share it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Choose to speak the nation in which we deserve to live.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>#VoteDownticket.</b></span></span>Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-42896064868880532832016-07-11T12:42:00.000-07:002016-07-11T13:09:36.060-07:00An Interview About Entrepreneurship<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Iowa Secretary of State's office has been interviewing small
business owners to demonstrate the range, success, and experience of
Iowan entrepreneurs.</b> We were recently contacted by Erin Bunce, the
business services and social media intern with the office, who asked
some challenging and interesting questions about the store as a business. The owner,
Nialle Sylvan, responded, and since some the questions are ones that
business students and other young entrepreneurs have asked us as well, we
thought we'd share the full text of the interview.</span></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What does the word “entrepreneur” mean to you?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: I know that literally, it means "to
undertake a risk for a benefit", and I'm also acutely aware of the
necessity of continuing to take risks to improve benefit. This means making
investments - by taking out loans or spending what's in the operations account
- in capital that I think I can resell at a profit, but to me, it also means
thinking constantly about what value I add to the capital (books) and whether
my capital is good for my community. I'm not interested in selling products or
services that are used up and thrown away. I want people to feel that the value
they get from my products and services are not just worth the price in dollars,
but worth their time and effort and worth continuing to use or circulate. It
may not rocket me to the top of the Forbes 500, but it's - well - sustainable.
A mutual relationship of trust and value.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: Why did you buy this business?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: Some people know they want to be teachers. Some
people feel a calling to religious leadership. I saw a movie when I was a kid
in which there was a beautiful old used-book store, and though I was sure I'd
never have a chance to own one or even work in one, somehow everything I
learned during my haphazard education and work experience contributed to my
ability to buy and run a bookstore when I got the chance. Nobody who knew me
was surprised by my choice, but everybody was sure I would fail. Maybe I will.
Still doing pretty well after twelve years though.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What is the ultimate goal for your business?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: To have
my youngest customers bring their children and grandchildren back to my retail
bookstore because they still want my products - and because they want to share
the experience of being here with the next generation.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What is/was your greatest fear about getting into this
industry?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: At the beginning, my biggest fear was debt. Now, my biggest fear is
debt. That's why I restructured my company as an LLC rather than a sole
proprietorship and intend to find an "apprentice" or young partner
who can build up at least 50% ownership before I retire. I'll beat the debt,
and I won't pass it along.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What is the biggest obstacle you faced in the beginning?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: Nobody wanted to loan $45,000 to some 26-year-old office clerk to
buy a used bookstore in the days of newspapers reporting 10% or worse failure
rates per year for bookstores. I didn't blame them then and I don't now.
Fortunately my grandfather knew I was smart enough and stubborn enough to
succeed, so he loaned me the money. All I have today, I owe to his trust in me.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: How will your business support your community in five
years? In 20 years?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: My business' primary mission is to circulate books. That
will never change. How we do it, what the experience of shopping in this retail
bookstore is like, what other products and services we offer, to what degree we
partner with neighboring businesses to facilitate a walkable shopping district
and with local charities to decrease inequalities in our community - all these
will change. In five years, we will probably not change the layout of the
store, the types of books or sideline items, quality measures, or civic and
charitable activity very much, but we're at the beginning of a shift in how we
acquire inventory, and the challenge of the next five years will be to figure
out how to continue to source our inventory from the local community, so that
our acquisitions money continues to return directly to consumers in our area.
Twenty years from now? I'd like to see us working not just to mentor my
replacement as owner, but to help young people acquire the three things they
need most to build a lasting business: affordable premises and overhead,
mentorship and peer support networks, and investors like my grandfather.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What do you think will be the most challenging
obstacle you will have to overcome as The Haunted Bookshop continues to thrive?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: Same one booksellers have been facing since bookselling: convincing people that
they do have time to read, that it is valuable to do so, that they can afford
and make space for books, and that the community of book owners and readers is
one that would welcome them to their benefit. The special challenge of my
century (unlike those of previous times, when church or government censorship,
ethnic and religious conflict, poor public emergency services, etc. were big
threats) will be the declining production quality of print books, which are
seldom made to be reused now, and the declining variety of published work. My
business, by its very nature, keeps better quality books in circulation, but
we'll have to find charitable and possibly additional entrepreneurial methods
to improve the physical book and to get innovative and diverse writers into
print.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What words of encouragement would you give someone who
is on the fence about starting a business?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: Be precise and realistic as you
compute the cost of starting your enterprise, running it, and changing it, and
get a thorough knowledge of the clientele you want and how much they would
spend, how often, for products and services like yours. Then ask yourself how
much you believe that what you offer has value and how good you are at sharing
your belief. You're filling a niche and can explain the reason? Make sure your
cost and income projections show a strong profit within six months. You have a
passion, you have relevant experience, and you’ve already gotten other people
excited about what you love? Double the projected earnings and file your
business name, because the worst thing that can happen to you is that your
first run won't work out, but you'll have learned how to make the second time
better.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: If it is a family business, how is your family involved in the business now/in the future?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. My family are not allowed to work
within my business except in really peripheral ways, like mowing the grass
outside the building. I will "adopt" people to "inherit"
the business. That worked for Julius Caesar and the Five Good Emperors of Rome
as well as nearly every successful bookstore I've seen or learned about, and it
also keeps business out of my house, which makes my house more comfortable
and keeps my household income sources diverse.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q: What is the most rewarding part about owning your own
business?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: The look on people's faces when they smell the books, see the tidy
rows of well-made wooden cases, hear the cat's greeting meow, and notice the
comfortable chairs, lack of muzak, and occasional goofy touches like the little
Poe doll next to a book with an ominous title, a silly cartoon taped to the
shelves, an employee using a puppet to show children around the kids' room.
Outside my door, almost every person I see is worried or tired, but - even if
it's only for a moment when they first walk in - people show me their sense of
wonder. My entrepreneurship was to take a loan and make a return on it. My job
is to do the things that bring in the returns, from identifying the language
and printing place of old immigrants' books to prioritizing building
improvements. My life is helping people to feel that sense of wonder again, a
little more often, a little more strongly, in the most loving way I can.</span>Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-19535546551883461702015-09-07T13:02:00.002-07:002015-09-09T12:58:26.014-07:00The List of Never Giving Up, dedicated to Patrick Ness and his awesome friends and fans<a href="mailto:thehauntedbookshop@earthlink.net" target="_blank"></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">People who write, make, read, and love books have done something really amazing since Thursday morning: Raising a MILLION dollars to help Syrian refugee children!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well. Well, it's very nearly a million. See, we want to help raise the last $61,919.43. We're pledging $770 (because that's the same as <span class="st">£500), and we're trying to get 19 more bookshops to do the same, and then we'll match your $10,000, and then we'll be a third of the rest of the way so</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Join the <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=PatrickNess" target="_blank">donation campaign here</a>.</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meanwhile, let's celebrate the authors who have matched donations, raised money, and raised awareness! Here is a reading list of the authors who have made matching donations to help </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/Patrick_Ness"><s>@</s><b>Patrick_Ness</b></a> and </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/savechildrenuk"><s>@</s><b>savechildrenuk</b></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="http://thehauntedbookshopofiowacity.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-authors-and-publishers-changing.html" target="_blank">raise money for the Syrian refugees</a> so far:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://patrickness.com/" target="_blank">Patrick Ness</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rest of Us Just Live Here</i> – coming Oct. 6,
2015 – and the Chaos Walking series</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://johngreenbooks.com/" target="_blank">John Green</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Fault in Our Stars, An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Derek Landy – The
<a href="http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/" target="_blank">Skulduggery Pleasant</a> series </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.jojomoyes.com/" target="_blank">Jojo Moyes</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Plus One; </i><i>After You</i> (coming Sept. 29)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hank Green – (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers" target="_blank">VlogBrothers</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rainbowrowell.com/" target="_blank">Rainbow Rowell</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Attachments,
Eleanor </i></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">&</i></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Park </i></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/rainbowrowell"><s>@</s>rainbowrowell</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://brendanreichs.com/" target="_blank">Brendan Reichs</a> – The <a href="http://brendanreichs.com/the-books/" target="_blank">Virals</a> serie</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">s</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://allycarter.com/" target="_blank">Ally Carter</a> – The </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gallagher Girls</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> series, <i>All Fall Down</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Margaret Stohl – The <a href="http://theiconsseries.com/" target="_blank">Icons</a> series</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dearjennyhan.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Han</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">P.S. I Still Love You, Shug</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.squeetus.com/stage/main.html" target="_blank">Shannon Hale</a> – The Princess Academy series<b>;</b> the Books of Bayern series</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.siobhanvivian.com/" target="_blank">Siobhan Vivian</a> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The List, The Last Boy and Girl in </i></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the World</i></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /><b>So <a href="https://twitter.com/Patrick_Ness" target="_blank">Patrick Ness</a> decided to do something. He started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for <a href="http://www.savethechildren.org/" target="_blank">Save the Children</a>, a <a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4438" target="_blank">respected</a> charity, and promised to match whatever his fans and friends could raise, up to </b></span></span><b>£10,000. <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=PatrickNess" target="_blank">Click here to see what happened</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Syrian refugees and Patrick Ness had more friends than they
knew. Within hours, Ness had three more authors, then Hank Green of
Vlogbrothers, and then authors' organizations, publishers, bookshops,
and more contributing or offering to match contributions. We gave what
we could. We encouraged others. But most of all, we want you to know
what a staggering difference people who create and love books can make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>As I write this, over 5700 donors have raised over £500,000.00.</b>
UK donors can ask that their government add in Gift Aid, which is kind
of like a British national donation-matching program, and there are more
pledges from authors, publishers, bookshops, and others to contribute
matching gifts or to donate the proceeds of fundraisers they're hosting.
<b>The net in USA dollars? $954,217.</b> Ness started this
campaign Thursday, September 3. Readers like you, authors like you,
concerned world people like you raised a million dollars in five days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's more to do. Look at that camp above. Those people need
water, food, blankets, waste disposal, clothes, legal aid, jobs, new
homes. It may seem like you can't possibly do enough. But you can do
something. <b>You can click <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=PatrickNess" target="_blank">here</a> and contribute.</b> From the child who gave her £3 in pocket money to author <a href="http://www.philip-pullman.com/" target="_blank">Philip Pullman</a>
matching £10,000 and drawing £5,000 more from his Bellacqua Charitable
Trust, people are helping. Let's make it a movement. Let's show the
Syrians that readers and writers and publishers and illustrators and
bookshops and libraries are people and places of compassion, and that we
will do what we can to see them to safety and maybe, even, real hope.<br /><br /><b>Click and pass it on: <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=PatrickNess" target="_blank">This is the link to this charitable campaign.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meanwhile, you can do one more thing. If you're in the Iowa City area, you can call here or <a href="http://uptownbills.org/" target="_blank">Uptown Bill's</a> or <a href="http://www.prairielights.com/" target="_blank">Prairie Lights</a> or check at <a href="http://www.icpl.org/" target="_blank">Iowa City Public Library</a> - or if you're elsewhere, at your local library or on <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/" target="_blank">IndieBound.org</a> or <a href="http://www.biblio.com/" target="_blank">Biblio.com</a>
- great places to find books from independent bookshops - and look for
books by these authors, each of whom have joined this project, and each
of whom we admire and recommend....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://thehauntedbookshopofiowacity.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-list-of-never-giving-up-dedicated.html" target="_blank">The List of Authors Helping Patrick Ness Raise Money for Syrians - and Their Books!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(We're
sure there will be more, and we'll be happy to expand this list. If we
missed an author or publisher, or if you would like for us to add a
link to your author or publisher homepage or recommend a particular
title of yours, just drop us an email!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Read these books. Read because when we read, we discover we
are not alone. Read because when we read, we learn about other people,
and we learn how to imagine their lives and homes. Read because reading
teaches personal stories, useful information, important ideas, and
compassion. Read because we all need to look at the world from a
different angle - or another world from another angle - sometimes. Read
these authors because they are showing us how to be good people in a
hard time, and that makes them really special.</b><br /><br />With thanks, love, and our best wishes and efforts to the refugees,<br />The Haunted Bookshop</span></div>
Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-33307950730933207852015-07-01T08:00:00.000-07:002015-07-01T11:45:58.879-07:00Selling Tips for July<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">July has arrived, and with it the busiest season for the book buying team at the Haunted. <b>Here are a few reminders and tips about selling your books to save you time and maximize your return:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">1. <b>The buying team is available from 11am-4pm, Monday-Saturday.</b> (Shopping? Don't worry, the store is still open 10-8 Mon-Sat and 11-7 on Sunday.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">2. If you're on a tight schedule, please consider calling ahead (319-337-2996) to check wait times in case there is a line. <b>We do not allow you to leave your books here if you need to be elsewhere. We will look at your books and offer a price while you wait.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">3. When calling ahead or setting an appointment during buying hours, please be accurate about your number of boxes/bags. Be aware that we can't make a firm estimate for your books over the phone - we need to see the books to calculate our offer. <b>We can give you guidelines about what we are and are not accepting and whether they are the kind of thing for which we pay at a higher rate, but not dollar figures. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">4. To save yourself and other patrons time and effort, <b>please pre-sort your books</b>.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We never accept former library books, books with mold, mildew, water, or other liquid damage, highlighted books, or any general-market books with missing dustjackets or damaged binding. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We do buy some books that are used as textbooks, especially in the humanities (literature, philosophy, religion, history, cultural studies, languages, etc.), but we do not buy textbooks like "Chemistry 7th Edition" or "Archaeology Annual 2010."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We are not buying westerns, romance novels, or book club editions, and we are not buying very many bestsellers in hardcover at this time.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">We do not buy encyclopedias, magazines, journals, CDs, LPs, or DVDs (unless a CD or DVD is supposed to come with a book).</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">5. We can offer assistance carrying your books into the building if enough staff are available to do so. Just ask.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">6. Yes, we do sometimes visit collections offsite. At this time, most appointment slots for July have been filled, and we would like to save the remaining ones for those of our patrons who have mobility concerns and/or large collections (more than 700 books, which is between 20-30 shelves or paper-sized/cubic-foot boxes).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">7. <b>Rudeness to other patrons, blocking access at the back of the building, foul language, or inappropriate treatment of staff will not be tolerated.</b> We understand that pressure happens, but we expect you to offer your best to others while we are doing our best for you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Let's all be helpful to one another during this busy season so that you can get through as smoothly as possible and so that we can serve as many patrons as possible.</b> We sincerely appreciate your taking the time to read this, and double bonus hero points and thanks to those of you who are helping others sort, box, carry, drive, and keep cool this July.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>DON'T FORGET: WE'RE AT 219 N GILBERT STREET.</b></span> That's halfway between Market and Bloomington.</span></span>Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-26232314506095616762014-10-25T17:07:00.000-07:002014-10-25T17:07:16.603-07:00New Apartment: A Silly Allegory<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CAVEAT: As (we hope) most of you are aware, we carry physical books and not e-books, but this is neither because we're Luddites or because we're counterrevolutionaries. In fact, we don't feel the need to doomsay one medium or the other, because - they're different media. They're great for different things. We do have concerns about a certain monopsony involved in both physical and e-books, but that's different, and it's not something we're weepy and flaily about - it's something to reason out for policy purposes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Meanwhile, we have every reason to believe that our medium, the physical book, is wonderful and practical, and we're also not adverse to poking fun at the monopsony and its product, which as we all know has room for improvement. This is a joke one person here wrote for a friend. Laugh or don't, but let's not argue. Thanks.</span></span><br /> </span> <br />
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So glad I'm switching to Kindle Apartment - elevator is just $185 and rooms $9.95 each - as long as I don't enter them more than 10 times.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526129060280565760">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Elevator also has to be replaced every 18mos. because upgrades for my personal data safety. Conveniently for me as consumer, however,<br />
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Kindle tracks how much time I spend in elevator, how many trips to my apartment, time spent in each room, and can recommend new rooms for me.<br />
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Got rid of my big, clumsy house. Can replace all my rooms for a fraction of the price. What could possibly go wrong? Kindle Apartment!<br />
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Well, now I have to buy Elevator 4.3 if I want Enhanced Data Protection, $280, hope it doesn't rain or that I can get it insured cheaply.<br />
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I can buy an anti-subscription to Elevator Music, the company that supplies the ads I have to watch before I can leave the elevator. $5/mo.<br />
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We have to watch ads for room-themed products to get the doorknobs to turn now, and rooms sometimes go dark so walls can play ads randomly.<br />
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Laundry Room is no longer available because it wasn't popular with men aged 18-24, so ads show us where to buy cheap new clothes every week.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526131312126857216">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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We can get Kitchen 2.2 for better antibacterial function but the problem is that appliances are sold separately, same price as the room. WTF<br />
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We don't even want Kitchen 2.2 but Kitchen 2.1 will no longer be supported after Elevator 4.3. Then it rained on our Elevator. $280, and<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526132057395965952">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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because we got a new Elevator 4.4, we have to get Kitchen 2.2, $9.95, and anti-subscription to Elevator Music is nontransferrable, $5 more!<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526132340956082176">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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At least Coffee Table 3.6 (not sold with Living Room) doubles as a phone for just $60/mo and we can bundle it with cable/internet for $100<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526133039123152896">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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We can only buy food for Kitchen 2.2 from the company that makes Kindle Apartment. And they don't offer wheat bagels because they aren't<br />
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popular with women aged 24-45, but "print" wheat bagels can't be brought in through Elevator 4.3. We can only eat them outside. Except the<br />
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bakery is out of business. When did that happen? And leaving feedback about not being able to get competitors' e-bagels didn't do anything.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526134034158874624">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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It's like they're all, if you can't stand the bagels, get out of Kindle Kitchen. BUT I CAN'T. Because I can't afford to buy all new Nook<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526134361348112384">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Apartment and Nook Rooms and Nook Anti-Ads and Nook Personal Security and Nook Appliances. Anyway who has Nook Apartment? Or Kobo! Wevs!<br />
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I just did the math. Getting a whole new Kindle Apartment with the stuff that came with my original = $78,000. WHAT. I can't even<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526135197532946432">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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get $100 for my Kindle Elevator on eBay anymore now that Elevator 4.5 is out. And I don't even have the $71,000 for a Nook Apartment.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526135440328630272">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Because I lost my job as an independent interior decorator because everyone switched to Kindle. </allegory><br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526135697573691393">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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SPECIAL PREVIEW of sequel to "Kindle Apartment Allegory": "The Smartest Guys and My Rooms"....<br />
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"Why didn't anyone read the quarterly reports? Why didn't my stock broker tell me the company was undercapitalized? I have to liquidate<br />
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my portfolio so I can buy a new place to live, but nobody can get Kindle Anything now that the company is in Chapter 11, and anyone who<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526139850517651456">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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actually needs a place to live is driving up prices for Real Rent and Real Houses, which are all owned by the same company now...."<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526140184736575488">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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But seriously. "Kindle Odyssey" will really take the company out of its element; should've been "Kindle Inferno." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/epicjokes?src=hash">#epicjokes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sorrynotsorry?src=hash">#sorrynotsorry</a><br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/status/526143409397194752">October 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Afternoon movie: This <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bookshop?src=hash">#Bookshop</a>, starring The Cat as The Cat's Stunt Double. Some say nap ending is too artsy, but chase scene=worth ticket.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/499634355300757505">August 13, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-8928170055153232272014-06-07T17:18:00.000-07:002014-06-07T17:18:00.219-07:00What do you mean "Can libraries stay relevant"?!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
RT <a href="https://twitter.com/DMRegister">@DMRegister</a> "Can public libraries stay relevant in the digital age?" Devices, ebooks aren't free. Without libraries, we aren't either.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Libraries&src=hash">#Libraries</a> that provide access to books and other media are essential in times of underfunded schools, unverified 'facts.' <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23educationforall&src=hash">#educationforall</a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Libraries&src=hash">#Libraries</a> can serve as homes for books not lucrative at the moment, but needed for the future <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23books&src=hash">#books</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23education&src=hash">#education</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23curators&src=hash">#curators</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23stewardship&src=hash">#stewardship</a><br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/475417154909519872">June 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Librarians&src=hash">#Librarians</a> are cultural <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23historians&src=hash">#historians</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23educators&src=hash">#educators</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mentors&src=hash">#mentors</a>, curators, researchers, good <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23neighbors&src=hash">#neighbors</a>, fellow readers - people we need to know.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Libraries&src=hash">#Libraries</a> relevant? Do you want uninformed people <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23voting&src=hash">#voting</a> for the greater evil next <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23election&src=hash">#election</a>? No? Help your library serve your <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Community&src=hash">#Community</a><br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/475418304635338752">June 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Libraries&src=hash">#Libraries</a> relevant? Do you think everyone should have access to all the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23information&src=hash">#information</a>? Great. Keep libraries open. With <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23books&src=hash">#books</a> in them.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/475419146054672385">June 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Libraries&src=hash">#Libraries</a> relevant? Do you think your town's small-print-run 1860 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23history&src=hash">#history</a> is on Nook? You don't care? Somebody does. Keep it at a library.<br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/475420152620523520">June 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Only when all data are free, on free bandwidth, on free devices, for everyone, will physical <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23libraries&src=hash">#libraries</a> be less than vital to civilization.<br />
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PS, how about funding <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23libraries&src=hash">#libraries</a> based on population served, rather than circulation numbers. So they can afford to provide what's RELEVANT.<br />
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...Though live it may be
there is no fruit on it.
Therefore chop it down
and use the wood
against this biting cold.
-WilliamCarlosWilliams<br />
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Don't know why "The Bare Tree" by Williams is relevant to these tweets about <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23libraries&src=hash">#libraries</a>? Ask a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23poet&src=hash">#poet</a>, a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23teacher&src=hash">#teacher</a>, or try your local <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23library&src=hash">#library</a><br />
— The Haunted Bookshop (@BookshopGhost) <a href="https://twitter.com/BookshopGhost/statuses/475426035677155328">June 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-78774549088910953442014-06-05T15:15:00.000-07:002014-06-05T15:15:06.147-07:00Did You Know?<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">1. Our
inventory has doubled since the old days on Washington Street and now
contains 50,000 carefully selected, cleaned, and organized books. We
circulate at least half of those books every year.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">2. From a
staff of one, we've grown to offer three full-time and three part-time
positions, with more to come. We are always open during our posted
hours, and we offer online services beyond those hours.<br /> <br /> 3.
We've had the honor of working with Goodwill Industries and other groups
to offer employment experience to several young interns, every one a
winner just needing a chance.<br /> <br /> 4. We've come to be friends with
our Northside neighborhood and proud advocates of our fellow
independent, locally owned businesses (check out the page linked below).<br /> <br /> 5. We've raised over $18,000 for non-profit organizations like Local Foods Connection and for an academic endowment.<br /> <br />
6. We bought and now have the privilege of curating one of the most
striking historic homes in Iowa City, the 1847 Wentz House, which is on
the National Register of Historic Places.<br /> <br /> 7. Most importantly:
We've come to know many regulars, including young people just getting
started with reading, and we are privileged to remain a part of their
lives; we've also had the opportunity to circulate our community's used
books and to keep favorite authors' out-of-print titles available for
our City of Literature.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Thank you so much for making all of this possible!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Check out more info on our new location, including tours of the building and the neighborhood, below.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent">219 North Gilbert St showing off its summer
look. Notice the enticing flowerbed on the right (behind the tree) where
our friend Abey of Amazing Services has been at work planning new
greenery!<br /> <br /> In other look news, we'll soon be sporting a lovely
sign featuring the logo by Claudia McGehee. Tune in later this week for
more details.</span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-52040882286803857662014-06-01T15:07:00.000-07:002014-06-05T15:07:57.700-07:00Travel Section on the Move!<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Don't
panic! The travel-related sections - travel narratives, books about
ships/air travel/cars/trains, polar adventures - moved upstairs to the
Gold Room, and Law, Economics, and Business are now in the downstairs
hall. Just trying to find your favoritest spots for things you like.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-45773206248415205902014-05-31T18:04:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:05:38.374-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">CONFIRMED: Sighting of space enough for a reader and 20+ seats. Iowa Summer Writing Festival, we are ready to host your readings, and we are really excited!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-84336541797544204122014-05-30T18:03:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:03:52.387-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Along
with Moonlighter Karen, we are excited to introduce to you our new
Summer Ghost Michael! He'll be in during late afternoons, like the sun
finally is, for the next week or so, then on full time Tuesday through
Saturday.<br /> <br /> Wait'll you meet them both. We are so thrilled to have them!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-39025114798288368022014-05-26T18:02:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:02:14.561-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a beautiful day in Northside... drop in if you're out enjoying the
lovely afternoon. We've even got a special consultant working with our
window displays... (He said he's an expert but seems very distracted by
the birds.)</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-60455168336486109152014-05-23T18:01:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:01:23.182-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Today
marked the debut of our new Moonlighter, Karen. She will be helping
during the transition period here at the beginning of our busiest season
and on occasion, we hope, for a long time to come - meet her once and
you'll see why we are so delighted to have her with us!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-72325555044986002442014-05-21T18:00:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:00:39.719-07:00<span class="userContent">More new games in today! Be sure to check the
fiction section, too, since Ali has been doing truly herculean work in
there to try to add some 150 titles to our... 10,000 books in general
fiction!<br /> <br /> Colson Whitehead (who will be reading at Pr<span class="text_exposed_show">airie Lights Bookstore</span><span class="text_exposed_show">
tonight at 7), Munro, Ariyoshi, DeLillo, Celine, Kincaid, Lively,
Pynchon, Murakami, Coetzee, and - whoops, no, we don't have The
Goldfinch anymore. See why you should come early and often?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-72417530968118876312014-05-20T17:59:00.000-07:002014-06-04T18:00:07.405-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Space
for Readings Project Day 2: E and B moved two bookcases, opening up
space for at least five more seats. I'll have to figure out the next
step tonight, but meanwhile...<br /> <br /> TWO BOOKCASES FOR SALE. 7" deep;
32-36" wide; one 7' high, one 6'; shelves of a height appropriate for
smaller (mass market) paperbacks; pine; slightly worn but smooth, medium
brown stain, good for at least another 60 years of being home to books.
$150 each.<br /> <br /> (There will also be other bookcases coming up for sale as we rearrange.)<br /> <br /> Also, 1921 set of Rorschach cards. Yes, really.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-57799725822000455532014-05-19T17:58:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:58:51.385-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Today's
project: Make space for readings this summer. Moved a section, started
on another... oops, I bought some Eisner, Pekar, Sfar, Gaiman, Frank
Miller, Kubert, now where am I going to put these?<br /> <br /> AND HARDCOVER EDWARD GOREY. The sky may be holding back rain, but the awesome books are pouring in. Get dibs! Come now!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-75367622405806858052014-05-12T17:57:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:57:53.601-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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day. The store greeters take a break in the east window while a nearby
human worker sorts books on classical music and jazz.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-82824713443062126662014-04-29T17:54:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:55:06.749-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">So. Many. Art. Books.<br /> <br />
Before we start adding these two new collections, we already have: 75
books on technique; 90 on architecture; 198 history and criticism; 70
photography; 211 individual artists; 97 museum exhibit catalogues; 52
fashion and design.<br /> <br /> Who's in there? Everyone from Chagall to
Alvarez Munoz, Wyeth to Daumier, the Etruscans to Seymour Lipton, Sir
Kenneth Clark to Dave Hickey, Boern<span class="text_exposed_show">er
catalogues to University of Iowa Museum of Art collections, books on
photography lighting and on life drawing and on mosaic tiling and on
jewelry making, and stuff about 50's industrial motifs and art quilts
and the history of costume, and how about Japanese brush painting and
Celtic artifacts and street art and naive movements? Oh, and there's at
least one book on Marvin Cone and a big full-color Toulouse-Lautrec one
that just came in....</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-19111578855613412712014-04-28T17:32:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:54:31.761-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Native
American Studies: now eight shelves full of everything from "Book of
the Hopi" and Peter Matthiesen's "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" to
recent scholarly releases from University of Nebraska press (including a
grammar of Creek, which you should buy so that I can quit being
tempted, please).<br /> <br /> The section is in the Blue Room, upstairs.
For lack of space, we did move a lot of mythology titles out to the Myth
& Folklore section by the couch, and you might also want to check
U.S. History - West (Red Room) for new arrivals there....</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-43759830969772392472014-04-25T17:31:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:32:31.852-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">We're in for a rainy week, so find something adventurous, clever, or full of plot twists to take you away....</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-39636815491748205122014-04-23T17:26:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:30:53.655-07:00Come in, we're open! Really!<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">So a
lot of people apparently think the Haunted is closed. As in, for good.
It's true, we've not worked as fast as we could have to get signs for
our new location at 219 N Gilbert St (a block east and around the corner
from the old place if you haven't been in yet!), and maybe we haven't
advertised enough.<br /> <br /> The thing is, it's getting to be kind of an issue - we need people to find us and our bette<span class="text_exposed_show">r-than-ever selection if we're going to be able to afford the dangerously awesome books people are offering us.<br /> <br /> So we have three questions:<br /> <br /> 1. If you were going to advertise a new business location but had a fairly small budget, where would you advertise?<br /> <br /> 2. What can we do to make the new location a place you'd want to be - whether buying or writing or reading or relaxing?<br /> <br /> 3. If you hear someone saying we're closed, could you please correct them?<br /> <br /> Thanks!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627305149051198312.post-32694486562078062972014-04-21T17:23:00.000-07:002014-06-04T17:25:21.101-07:00Happy National Poetry Month!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">Celebrating National Poetry Month by adding
another hundred titles to our poetry section, bringing the total
selections to nearly 1100. Average price: $6.<br /> <br /> Not counting the
signed, limited, or otherwise rare editions, which are in the glass
cases around the corner. And we have some wild ones right now. You
should take a look.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Number of plays in the northwest room: 1059<br /> Average price: $2.95</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0