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Book of the Day: How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books
For 30 years, The Bookseller magazine has searched far and wide for its annual weirdest book title. In How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books, it has compiled some of the strangest ones to date. (The first pick set the bar for weird: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.
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Steal of the Day: JCPenney Wide Bookseller Table
JCPenney is driving a not-very-hard bargain with this Wide Bookseller Table ($99). Its middle shelf is perfect for displaying your home library or your DVD collection, and the lower and top shelves are landing spots for all those decorative accents you've acquired. It also comes ready-to-assemble in a small package with a few easy instructions, which will save you even more benjamins on shipping.
Do You Care Which Site You Buy Your Books From?
International bookseller Borders recently announced that it would be breaking free from Amazon after a seven-year partnership. It's already launched a revamped website that's intended to provide a more "real-world" visual online book-shopping experience — something that Amazon doesn't offer just yet. The new and improved site features a "Magic Shelf," an interactive browsing window that enables users to check out highlighted music, books, and movie titles.
This Just In: Merkx+Girod Architects Win 2007 Dutch Interior Design Prize
Unlike the converted cathedral that I mused over in September, Merkx+Girod Architects' redesign of the former Dominican Church in Maastricht, Holland, is for all eyes to see. Merkx+Girod were approached by the Dutch booksellers Selexyz (think Barnes & Noble), who asked them to convert the thirteenth-century church into a modern bookstore. Their redesign carried the year, making them the winner of the 2007 Dutch Interior Design Prize.
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