A few days ago, we asked you for some good Halloweenish book recommendations on Facebook. Here are a few of the recommendations. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Courtesy of Tatiana P.) The Little Stranger (Thanks to Maggle M.) The Graveyard Book (Hat tip to Sarah S.) Let the Right One In (“So much more disturbing [...]
Here are the top October sellers from BetterWorldBooks.com during the last couple of years. Wait, wait, first try to guess. Did you guess something spooky? The answer may terrify and/or not-at-all-terrify you. In October 2011: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson Boomerang: Travels in the [...]
Erin Horning joined us for six weeks as the Sigma Tau Delta intern in our book acquisitions department. She wrote this post for us to share her thoughts on her time spent with BWB. I can’t believe it’s over. It seems like yesterday I was soaking up the Georgia sun after my first day as [...]
The trip is over. As I sit down on the 14 hour flight back to Atlanta for seemingly the first time in weeks, I’m overcome with emotions. I feel fortunate, proud, a bit sad, and inspired. You see, I work at a desk; at any given point in the day, I am staring at a [...]
Tammie Nelson is our Controller and leads the Accounting team at Better World Books and is currently on our 2012 Literacy Trip. She sent in this update after a visit with our nonprofit literacy partner Room to Read. Over the next week or two we’ll be posting more updates from the trip. Working at BWB, [...]
Ryan Van Plew-Cid is a Senior Bibliographer in the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible Books section at Better World Books. A self-professed Man of Leisure/Gentleman of Good Fortune. Slavophile. Purveyor of artisanal cocktails; enthusiast of related cocktailiana, old and new. For the last seven years I have worked as a Rare Book Specialist in the ARC [...]
Melissa Baron is a writer living near Chicago who works in the world of publishing. She shares her observations, insights, and opinions about books at her blog: miskadoodlewrites.wordpress.com. Today she shares a short trip down memory lane with the tail-sporting heroes of classic children’s books. We’ve all, at one time or another, wondered what the [...]
By Emma McNeill, Organisational Support Manager and Environmental Champion at Better World Books. One of Better World Books Guiding Principles is ‘Invest Well. Waste Not – Choose wisely, consider the return on your efforts and the impact in your actions. Reuse, reuse, reuse…then reduce and recycle.’ It’s a great message and one that I believe [...]
The following story is from our partners at the National Center for Family Literacy. It is one of many examples that show how you help children and families around America and the world just by buying and donating your books with Better World Books. Crystal and Cindy are both fourth graders at Pleasant View Elementary, [...]
Tara Gilchrist manages the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible department, and shares this recent find. Old books don’t have to be rare, scarce, or pricey to be evocative and meaningful. They just need to connect you with an idea or a feeling that’s important to you. For example: the other day, while sorting through a box [...]
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