Ann Arbor’s LGBT bookstore Common Language has “made a life-or-death appeal to the community” for support. This weekend they are holding a Book-a-Palooza fundraising sale of 5,000 donated used books. The owners indicate to AnnArbor.com “they will stay alive at least through the winter semester textbook season, and access sales after that.”AA Meanwhile, an ABA initiative announced in August to make it possible for to independent booksellers to obtain Sony Readers to sell in their stores has come up empty as Sony has now spurned “direct orders for small quantities.” The association tells members in Bookselling this Week, “work is […]
