Nov 11, 2019 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
Read my books at Shakespeare & Co. Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS One year ago, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting perhaps the most famous independent bookstore in the world with my daughter. Shakespeare and Company is the marvelous English-language bookshop in...
May 22, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Next Chapter Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Next Chapter Booksellers is a wonderful little bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the mid-2000s, I was in Minnesota for graduate school and I worked on the Macalester College campus as a part-time job...
May 9, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Ada’s Technical Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS In the early 2000s, a blusterous tech guy I knew in Seattle went to work for Amazon. Shortly afterwards, I had coffee with my old friend, and he proceeded to tell me how the future of books...
Apr 30, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
If you are a connoisseur of bookstores, like I am, then you might find this to be an unusual post, because despite my previous posts praising the shining stars of the indie book world — mainstays like Kepler’s in Silicon Valley, Powell’s in Portland,...
Apr 15, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Eagle Harbor Book Company Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS I have a confession to make. Years ago, when I lived in Seattle, I’d take dates on the ferry out to Bainbridge Island, where there’s a lovely little walking district with shops and...
Apr 5, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Read my books at Kepler’s Kepler’s bookstore has been part of my life for many decades. The first place my family lived when we moved from Taiwan to the United States in the early 1980s was Sunnyvale California. I am sure...
