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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Baton Rouge Daily

Twitter just got a whole lot more interesting. Paper.li created a  wonderful way to read all of the articles that your list has submitted in a 24-hour period. I've created The Baton Rouge Daily. Click here to subscribe or create your very own newspaper.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Book Philosophy Catalog

I have to admit, I am a catalog junkie. I get so many different types of them in the mail that I could probably build a house out of them! I started Book Philosophy as an Amazon bookseller just 9 months ago while I was pregnant with my baby girl because I knew I'd want to stay home with her. I wanted something that I could do from home that I enjoyed doing. I've worked out a lot of kinks and have been learning a lot along the way. I had been checking out commercial real estate rentals scouting out possible locations to open my used bookstore. An opportunity came up to open one at a local women's spiritual center at a low cost that my intended customers frequent everyday already! It seemed like such a great idea, but then I realized I'd have to stay in that small little shop all day at least 6 days a week...time away from my two children. And what if enough customers did not come in and shop? Would I be losing money on the rent and inventory? I woke up this morning with the strong pull towards exploring the possibility of creating a print catalog. I am very excited to start exploring this possibility! If anyone has advice or suggestions I am open to hearing it all!
~Christine

Thursday, September 23, 2010

'A city with a great library is a great city.'


Bespectacled old librarians shushing patrons who dare to open their mouths? Gone. Electric typewriters as cutting-edge technology? Yeah, right. Overstuffed card catalog? It’s digital now. Books that are only available in paper form? So last decade. Last place you’d expect to see a rock band? Not anymore.
There are those people who will tell you that these stuffy, musty public institutions surely are in their final days. There are those who ask, “Why frivolously waste $19 million making the downtown Baton Rouge branch bigger?”
The same people are convinced that the Internet [led by Google] thrust a sword into the gut of libraries and that iPad and Kindle will strangle the last breath out of them. After all, e-books are predicted to constitute 40% of all book sales in as little as three to four years. Heck, even Barnes & Noble has put itself up for sale.
In reality, public library parking lots are packed. Patrons’ usage has accelerated for the better part of a decade and is setting new records—particularly during the recession, according to separate studies by the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Nationwide, visits to public libraries last year totaled 1.4 billion, or nearly five per capita. That’s up 17% from two years ago.
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