multiple sources claiming to be Barnes & Noble employees are reporting that kiosks and other retail goodies are showing up in bookstores ahead of a November 7th launch. That would put the Nook Color 2 on retail shelves a week before Kindle Fires begin shipping out from Amazon. An anonymous B&N employee tells The…
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October 2011 Bookstore Events
The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides It’s October and the holiday season has officially arrived. Check out this list of October 2011 literary, comedic and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble October 2011 Events (NYC) 10/03 Eric Carle: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse (USQ) 10/04…
September 2011 Bookstore Events
And we’re back! Check out this list of September 2011 literary, comedic and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble September 2011 Events (NYC) 09/06 Granta 116: Ten Years Later – Peter Carey, Phil Klay, Samantha Smith (86th & Lex) 09/06 Perez Hilton – The Boy with…
August 2011 Bookstore Events
“It’s August and the pickins are slim.” (Even slimmer now that Borders is gone.) Here’s a list of August 2011 literary, comedic and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble 08/08/11 Catching Heat – Jim Leyritz (Tri) 08/09/11 Composed – Rosanne Cash (USQ) 08/09/11 Live at B&N…
July 2011 Bookstore Events
Here’s a list of July 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes and Noble NYC 07/05 Sapphire: The Kid, Imani Uzuri and Dance Theater of Harlem (USQ) 07/06 Diane Farr: Kissing Outside the Lines (Tri) 07/07 Loudon Wainwright III: 40 Odd Years (Performance/Signing – USQ) 07/11…
June 2011 Bookstore Events
It’s summer and things have slowed down in terms of both quantity and quality at our local bookstores (though I’m only showing the pearls here of course). Here’s a list of June 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble Stores NYC 06/01 Barbara Sinatra:…