Displaying items 37-48 of 700
» View herald-mail.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-59
Next >
-
In the Kindle era, a bookstore hangs on
A long time ago, some poor writer took on the task of novelizing the screenplay of the Burt Reynolds-Dyan Cannon private eye movie "Shamus," filmed in a Hollywood age when leading men had chest hair and big mustaches instead of sallow vampire skin and...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Nazareth, Dyan Cannon, Small Businesses, Arts and Culture
-
A little Latino bookstore in Palm Springs says adios
The last little Latino bookstore in downtown Palm Springs is in its last days. Until recently things were going pretty well for the owners, Luciano Ramirez, a retired teacher and school administrator, and his wife, Tonia.When they opened Latino Books...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Nora Roberts, Books
-
Echoes From The Past
The first black-and-white Zenith television set arrived at our Berlin area farm home in 1952 during my preschool years. In the early 1950s we were fortunate if we had two or three stations to choose from and along with Leave it to Beaver, Howdy...
Tags: Roy Rogers, North Fork, Dale Evans, Entertainment, Services and Shopping
-
Booksellers' catch-22
If you've ever walked into a Barnes & Noble, you have no doubt noticed the new releases pyramid front and center. If a book is in the news or written by a celebrity author, you will find it in this display. I always give it a quick circle and often...Tags: Douglas Adams, Magnificent Mile, Joseph Heller, Services and Shopping, Book
-
Winter book preview
Looking ahead to books in 2013 is a little like predicting the Los Angeles weather: sunny, pleasant, better than average. The fiction fields are fertile, the nonfiction skies clear and the young adult books are fresh like spring rain. We'll see new...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Services and Shopping, Orson Scott Card, Lifestyle and Leisure, Thom Mayne
-
Has the e-book bubble burst?
I like Nicholas Carr. His 2008 Atlantic cover story “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (expanded two years later into “The Shallows,” a 2010 Pulitzer finalist) helped catalyze a key idea: the distracting nature of digital culture, which...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Book, Books, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
-
'Fifty Shades' dominates publishing in 2012
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The story of 2012 in publishing was the story of "Fifty Shades of Grey," in more ways than one. E L James' erotic trilogy was easily the year's biggest hit, selling more than 35 million copies in the U.S. alone and topping...Tags: Apple iPad, Services and Shopping, Michael Chabon, Book, E-Commerce Industry
-
How e-books have started to eliminate my 'TBR' pile
Change of SubjectOur "Biblioracle" John Warner writes: I own 78 books that I have yet to read. In a typical year, I read between 60 and 70 books, so we're looking at a good 13-month backlog if I were to not buy...... -
First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Joseph Heller, Services and Shopping, Ray Bradbury, Harry Potter (fictional character)
-
Giving the gift of literature
They're meaningful, beautiful, portable, and, by the standards of modern gift giving, appealingly inexpensive. They also ship and wrap easily, and allow me to put my money where my heart is: art, ideas and the written word. So why did I hesitate for so...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Life of Pi (movie), Services and Shopping, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie), Entertainment Events
-
Penguin settles in e-book price fixing case
Penguin has settled with the Department of Justice in the e-book price-fixing case brought against Apple and five publishers this year. Three of the other publishers involved &38212; Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins — have already agreed...Tags: Google+, Services and Shopping, Media Industry, Book, Prices
-
Great Gifts For Men And Women Hoping To Get Healthier
The holidays are synonymous with many things, including get-togethers with family and friends, shopping and, at the tail end of the season, resolutions. One of the more common New Year's resolutions is a commitment to getting healthier. This year, holiday...Tags: Gifts, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Services and Shopping, Family, Healthy Diet
Jan 22, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 13, 2013
|Column| Daily American
Jan 4, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 17, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Aug 20, 2012
| Chicago Tribune
Dec 1, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 1, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 18, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 26, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Original site for Books and Magazines topic gallery.