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Book Lust

Apr

11

2012

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Nancy Pearl on Amazon, Interdependence and Those ‘Wonderful Midlist Books’

Nancy Pearl is a librarian with an action figure modeled in her likeness; author of the Book Lust series; a regular commentator about books on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and a former bookseller. She recently joined forces with Amazon to create the Book Lust Rediscoveries series, which will bring out-of-print books back into circulation. The partnership …

Jan

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2012

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Let's Not Shush This: Further Thoughts on Nancy Pearl and Amazon by Jamie and Brian, PNBA Staff

It made for a good story last week when some independent booksellers became critical of Seattle’s most famous librarian after she formed a partnership with Amazon to publish a few out-of-print books. What kind of story, though? It all depends on how you frame it. There’s the story that The Seattle Times told last weekend …

Mar

3

2011

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Pearl is a Peach

“Lots of people, Sasquatchers, lots of Nancy, lots of wine . . . ” That’s the report we received Tuesday morning following Nancy Pearl’s acceptance of her Lifetime Achievement Award presented at Elliott Bay Book Company on behalf of its indie store fraternity, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and its 2011 Book Awards. The reporter was Cindy …

Feb

24

2011

Ceremonious Readings

When the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association named their annual Book Award winners for 2011, they asked each recipient to pick his or her favorite local indie bookstore at which to celebrate the honor. Here are some neighborhood parties with an open invitation for you. “Librarian of the Year,” and in these parts the decade, Nancy …

Jan

24

2011

Nancy Pearl T-Shirts as Ché

The creative geniuses at Unshelved, a daily comic about the library world, are marketing a t-shirt with Nancy Pearl on the front, in a pose reminiscent of Ché Guevara, titled Viva El Libro. Love it. Nancy won a Lifetime Achievement Award this year from the Northwest booksellers for her Book Lust series, and also won …

Jan

7

2011

Pacific Northwest Book Awards Announced

A committee of independent booksellers has announced the winners of the 2011 Pacific Northwest Book Awards. The committee chose four books from its Shortlist and are honoring a fifth author with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations to Brady Udall (The Lonely Polygamist), Karl Marlantes (Matterhorn: A Novel of Vietnam), Anthony Doerr (Memory Wall), Sarahlee Lawrence (River House: …

Jan

5

2011

Nancy Pearl Named Librarian of the Year

Library Journal has named Seattle-based author Nancy Pearl its Librarian of the Year for her amazing ability to convince “Americans that libraries, books, and reading are critical to our communities.” We couldn’t have said it better. Pearl, who has published multiple titles in her Book Lust series, all from Sasquatch Books in Seattle, was a …

Aug

2

2010

Nancy Pearl Talks Summer Reading

C-SPAN2’s BookTV interviewed Nancy Pearl at a recent American Library Association conference about her favorite reading for the summer. At the end of the short interview, Nancy mentions that she has another title coming out soon from Sasquatch Books called Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers. This woman reads more …

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