Tag Archives: Barnes & Noble

WhAmazon

Tuesday’s New York Times featured an op-ed piece by novelist/screenwriter Richard Russo about Amazon’s latest drive-by on traditional bookstores: I FIRST heard of Amazon’s new “promotion” from my bookseller daughter, Emily, in an e-mail with the subject line “Can You Hear … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Weekly Standard Sells Out

Not on newsstands. On its cover. That’s the front cover of the July 25, 2011 edition of the Weekly Standard. Except it’s not. It’s actually an ad for an outfit called Main Street Fairness, an Astroturf front group backed by Wal-Mart, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Barnes & (Not So) Noble

  As most of you (understandably) don’t know, the hardworking staff has been moonlighting for the past two months at another website, namely Sneak ADtack.com. We have two splendid collaborators in this enterprise: Liz White and Jess Kloss. And Jess has … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment