Here’s Cyber Monday at Better World Books in a nutshell…

Posted by Tommy on 11.27.2012 at 10:21 am

Cyber Monday is upon us, the internet version of Black Friday. (You’ve probably already seen the sale, where every used book that ships from us is on sale through this Friday. If not, check it out!)

There is no other video clip in all of recorded history that so masterfully melds reading and cyborg intelligence as this clip from 1986’s Short Circuit. Johnny 5 speaks for all book lovers when he says (wait for it)….

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And that’s why it’s called “Black Friday.” (5 origin stories that might not be true, at all.)

Posted by Tommy on 11.21.2012 at 10:35 am

Disclaimer: After writing this blog post about Black Friday, our pesky fact checkers insisted on adding some unnecessary commentary to the write-up. In this writer’s opinion, the piece was fine, but they were using very loud voices during the conversation. I suggest skipping their note at the end of the post altogether.

As this week winds to a close, a lot of people are going to be donning their cold weather gear and pressing their noses against the glass at their megastore of choice until the employees let them inside for discounts on TVs that are marginally bigger than last year’s model. In other words, it’s Black Friday time!

The origins of Black Friday are shrouded in mystery Read more…

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BWB goes to ACFB for some BC before TFDs

Posted by Better World Books on 11.16.2012 at 10:52 am

Contributed by Ryan Anderson (@gtryan), Marketing and Acquisitions Analyst at the Alpharetta office.

Or, in normal people terms, Better World Books goes to the Atlanta Community Food Bank for some barrel-cleaning before Thanksgiving food drives.

The Atlanta Community Food Bank is a huge, impressive organization that provides food to hundreds of food pantries in the metro-Atlanta area. In any given month, the ACFB can help put up to four million pounds of food into the hands of those who need it.

Recently, our campus team put together a food drive in our office complex benefitting the Atlanta Community Food Bank. But simply collecting food wasn’t enough to satisfy these go-getters, oh no. They actually called over to ACFB to ask about any other needs they may have. Read more…

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Post-election reading for political junkies, news nuts, and history buffs

Posted by Better World Books on 11.07.2012 at 1:58 pm

Are you the type of person that doesn’t so much watch up the news as hit refresh on it?  If so, you’ve probably been one busy bee recently.  While you probably have more than enough news sites, blogs, and other opinion pieces to keep up (or catch up) with, don’t forget that the turbulent world of politics and current events lives on in book form!

But where to start?  How about the top selling books from our Political and Current Events category on BetterWorldBooks.com?

1. America: A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheney
2. What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer
3. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Read more…

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