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Leonard Downie-Retires after forty-four years | The BIG Desk

By brvce 111 days ago from http://brvce.bloggerunleashed.com

After a forty for year career as a journalist and head of a major newspaper, The Washington Post, Leonard Downie decides to retire. Well know for sticking to his guns, even ignoring a request from President Bush, the Ohio native is calling it a day. He even went so far as to publish the F word in a Major daily. The job is vacan

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Tags: leonard downie washington post pulitzer prize ben bradlee cheney ohio


Juan Romero busboy was at Bobby Kennedy's side | The BIG Desk

By brvce 130 days ago from http://brvce.bloggerunleashed.com

It was forty years ago that a young Juan Romero busboy leaned over a dying Bobby Kennedy, handing him a rosary and telling him that he'll make it. The next day Bobby Kennedy died and a few days later Ted Kennedy was eulogizing his third dead brother. The United States then elected Richard Nixon when they could have had Bobby K

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Smuckers to add Folgers to its Already Impressive Lineup | The BIG Desk

By brvce 131 days ago from http://brvce.bloggerunleashed.com

The JM Smucker company will be adding Folgers to its already impressive list of number one brand names. Smuckers already owns Pillsbury, Crisco, Jif amongst others and now adds the 1 billion dollar brand name Folgers. This deal propels Smucker into the retail stratosphere with ten number one brands. But will Folgers try to stre

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California hit with another dry spring | The BIG Desk

By brvce 131 days ago from http://brvce.bloggerunleashed.com

Agriculture sector hardest hit but Mom and Pop will also have to start rationing water soon. California is now in its second year of a very serious drought. It may sound like something out of a science fiction film but they are considering towing icebergs from Alaska. Many farmers have already begun changing crops to something

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Abe Books Increases Rates, sellers are mad as hell but buyers are the ones that will be paying more. | Bookshop Blog

By brvce 192 days ago from http://bookshopblog.com

Abe books recently announced that they will be adding a commission on every shipping charge. They explained, though nobody understands this, that it was done in order to decrease shipping charges. Everyone is asking How increasing a rate to sellers will have it cause a reduction in the rate offered to buyers. Makes no sense and

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Pastafarians get their own section in Local Bookshop | Bookshop Blog

By brvce 200 days ago from http://bookshopblog.com

Most used bookshops have a decent religion section. They cover Islam, Christianity etc.. How many of them have a section on Pastafarianism. Pasta - what? There's a new Church in town. It started in 2005 and is called Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. This post is about a used bookshop creating a little display (with phot

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Tags: fsm flying spaghetti monster pastafarian book shop used bookstore religion section in bookstore


How-To on Google AdWords. | Bookshop Blog

By brvce 263 days ago from http://bookshopblog.com

Nora from Rainy Day Paperbacks gives us the second installment on how bookstore owners can use Google Adwords. Google is a powerful advertising vehicle that can bring you very targeted visitors. This series explains how to go about creating an Adwords campaign. Nora has written a few great articles for us and never disappoints.

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A review of investment and finance blog by Dax Desai | Zeeba Stars

By brvce 278 days ago from http://zeebastars.bookshopblog.com

Zeeba Stars is a new blog that does regular Free blog reviews. If you would like a review done just drop by and fill out the form. Here is our first review of nice Investment blog. Dax Desai is the creator of the site and he has done a nice job supplying consistent, interesting posts. Let us know what you think of the review and anything that

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What do I do with book that nobody wants? | Bookshop Blog

By brvce 289 days ago from http://bookshopblog.com

Ever wonder what to do with your old books? Here are some great ideas from building a bar to some weird looking art. This is part of a 3 part series on controlling inventory in your bookstore. This particular installment should be of interest to all book lovers. Part 1 and 2 are more specific to store owners. Book sellers will finds tons more

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