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[foreverlostinliterature]

[foreverlostinliterature]

[the-reading-nook]

[littlelibraryreviews]

some books I want to read over the next few months! 

[ronmiones]

lit section at the bookshop 😍

[itslatingirl]

[malglories]

i got this leatherbound anna karenina for twelve dollars (!!!) at a used bookshop full of dust and home to a sweet black cat

[riffleclassics]

That’s so beautiful!

[lifeofliterature]

(by Krystin Norman)

[delgrosso]

bookmark

[literatibookstore]

In honor of National Book Lovers Day, (every day, in our opinion), here’s an aerial picture of all those pretty books.

[bookriot]

A funny thing about working at a used bookstore is that there is only so much control you have over your stock. You can select from what people bring in, but you can’t make more people bring you the books you want the most. Book buyers have to mentally calculate how many copies of this title we already have, how many we expect to sell, and what space we have for it. Sometimes a book piles up for years only to sell out in a week when a popular radio show mentions it.

But there are some books that stay constant. Some books, despite being published decades (or centuries!) ago, still can’t seem to stay on the shelves. This is a mix of a) sheer popularity and b) the delicate ratio of how copies go out the door vs how many books come in. Some books we sell in huge amounts, but we also buy stacks of, so it creates a perfect balance. Usually, it just doesn’t add up that way, and we either end up with too many or not enough. Here are 17 books that are inexplicably difficult to keep on the shelf.

http://bookriot.com/2016/08/15/17-books-that-sell-way-too-fast-at-used-bookstores/

[ferretandscarehead]

Look I DON’T CARE if I won’t haVE TIme FoR reading I WILL BRING MY BOOK ANYWAY cause having a book with you when you go somewhere is such a good feeling, OKAY?

[readthebloodybook-deactivated20]

One from  My latest Book Haul!

[littledallilasbookshelf]

[modernmissbennet]

the best headline I’ve seen today

[amandalovelace2-deactivated2021]

@the-amazing-bookshelf

[bookriot]

Meet the oldest library in the world, Khizanat al Qarawiyyin in Fes, Morocco.

It was founded in the 9th century by a woman, Fatima al Fihria, and is being restored by another woman, Aziza Chaouni, a native of Fes, 12 centuries later. To step into it is to be in the presence of overwhelming history, the scent of old books permeating the air, the weight of so much ancient knowledge forcing you to stand in awe.

And it’s just plain gorgeous.

http://bookriot.com/2016/07/18/a-sneak-peek-into-the-gorgeous-oldest-library-in-the-world/

[neil-gaiman]

Title and Cover Design for Neil Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS

On February 3rd of this year I received an email from Tom Egner, the art director for Avon Books, a division of Harper Collins publishing. He wrote: “I’m interested in having you hand letter …

Todd Klein blogs on the process of taking the art and creating this cover design and lettering, and shows the steps and missteps on the way…