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Indie Bookstore Spotlight: Classic Bookshop of Palm Beach, FL

Pictured: Jeffrey Jacobus, associated with the bookstore for 44 years. Owner: Jeffrey Jacobus — once a truck driver, now oversees a beloved bookstore in one of the wealthiest towns in the country. WHERE THE ELITE MEET, GREET AND READ This south Florida bookshop, located in the resort island and town…

Sharon GeltnerDecember 30, 2021

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Man’s Eloquent Alter Ego Doesn’t Hold Back His Opinions of Today’s “Woke” Culture

Have you ever watched the wildly popular Outlander series and thought, does it have to be this graphic? Did you read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and question the merit of the construction of Gilead’s fascist regime? Are there any number of increasingly popular opinions in today’s “woke” culture that…

BookTribMay 25, 2022

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Update on Prince Harry’s Memoir, PEN America News and Booker Prize Shortlist

SEPTEMBER BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! We have a lot of news to share with you this week. We are covering everything from the much-anticipated memoir from Prince Harry (seriously, can we get that book now, please?) to Pen America’s book ban report, to the Booker Prize’s shortlist!…

BookTribSeptember 10, 2022

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Nora Roberts Saves Michigan Library, Angie Thomas New Trilogy and Book Industry Earnings in Decline?

SEPTEMBER BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! This week of The Pulse has good news, great news and some rather troubling news … If it helps, there’s more good than bad news, which helps. We’re covering everything from a generous donation that could possibly be seen as a subtle…

BookTribSeptember 3, 2022

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American Girl, Howard Zinn Centennial and an All-Star Audiobook Cast!

AUGUST BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! Readers will be happy to know that we have a full line-up of overwhelmingly good book news this week. We have some exciting news for non-fiction fans, a lot of book-to-screen news and even an upcoming accompanying book for the new American…

BookTribAugust 27, 2022

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PEN America Rallies for Salman Rushdie

In response to the recent attack against Salman Rushie at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, PEN America, The New York Public Library and Penguin Random House gathered today to read selected texts from Rushdie’s body of work. The readers included Paul Auster, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Tina Brown, Kiran…

BookTribAugust 19, 2022

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JK Rowling Row With Joanne Harris, Books-To-Screen News and Amerie’s Upcoming Picture Book!

AUGUST BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! It’s time for a brand-new installment of The Pulse, and we have so much book industry news to share with you. From developing Twitter drama to upcoming adaptations of some of our favorite reads and some can’t-wait-for books! Get ready for a…

BookTribAugust 20, 2022

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Karin Slaughter, Outlander Prequel and Angelina Boulley’s New Book!

AUGUST BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! This week saw some interesting developments in the book industry. We have more book ban news, some exciting book-to-screen news that will definitely make readers excited, some upcoming books that’s got everyone buzzing and even a trailer! So, get ready for another…

BookTribAugust 13, 2022

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#Bookban News, the Antitrust Trial and Celebrity Book Club Picks!

AUGUST BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! We have so much news to share with you this week, from book bans to the ongoing antitrust trial to Britney Spears’ memoir. There’s book-to-screen news, celebrity book club picks and more! So, sit back, get comfy and check out all the…

BookTribAugust 6, 2022

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Booker Prize Longlist, Vampires On-Screen and a Gone Girl Cruise!

JULY BOOK CLUB PICKS Happy weekend, Book Lovers! We have such delicious goodies to share with you this week. From politicians sharing book news to bloodsucking vampires gracing our screens! Not to mention, we have some fabulous book award updates. Gone Girl fans will be excited to learn what Gillian…

BookTribJuly 30, 2022

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A Special Queen Elizabeth II Edition of “The Pulse”

Happy weekend, book lovers! This week’s The Pulse inadvertently took a bit of a royal turn in light of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing last week, but it’s amazing to see how much of an impact she (as well as the royals) have on the world. What’s more, we have a…

BookTribSeptember 17, 2022

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Back From the Dead! Agatha Christie’s New Mystery “Dead Ringers”

Dame Agatha Christie sat in a lush, turquoise armchair, sipping a cup of tea with a mischievous glint in her eye. A helpful, local librarian at Cholsey Library — a soft spoken Ms. Gardner — helped arrange the Zoom call for the interview. “It was a bit of a startle…

Madison HillApril 1, 2022

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Winners of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced

For the 34th year in a row, Lambda Literary held its awards ceremony to celebrate LGBTQ literature. Lambda Literary is an organization that advocates for LGBTQ writers and uplifts the community by honoring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer literature of all genres. It works to ensure that LGBTQ stories…

BookTribJune 13, 2022

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Recipes for a Perfect Pride Month Pool Party

So, nobody loves a pool party more than this guy. Pitchers of a special cocktail, fun finger foods, games, music (I make annual pool party playlists on Spotify for friends to tap into every year)... To kick off the 2022 PRIDE Month, and pool party season, I had a few…

Tim MulliganJune 8, 2022

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Musings on Nature and Art, History and the Eternal, Home and the Cosmos from a “Gypsy Soul”

Like the patchwork quilt its cover connotes, Gypsy Soul: R.G.V. Texas Poetry (B&N Press) by I.A. Croesus combines poetry, photography and inspiring quotes to build a multifaceted picture of one poet’s mind and soul. Here we can find musings on nature, the cosmos, the divine, life, music, literature, and the…

BookTribApril 15, 2022

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Iconic Bookstore Owner’s Passing Conjures Up Memories of a Love Affair With Books

In my past life as a one-man consulting business, I always used to say that my sales department (me) would shut down when my manufacturing department (me) had to do the work that the sales department sold. Similarly, I always had trouble juggling my intense desire to seek out and…

Jim AlkonMay 16, 2022

Potpourri – Featured

Indie Bookstore Spotlight: Classic Bookshop of Palm Beach, FL

Man’s Eloquent Alter Ego Doesn’t Hold Back His Opinions of Today’s “Woke” Culture

Update on Prince Harry’s Memoir, PEN America News and Booker Prize Shortlist

Nora Roberts Saves Michigan Library, Angie Thomas New Trilogy and Book Industry Earnings in Decline?

American Girl, Howard Zinn Centennial and an All-Star Audiobook Cast!

PEN America Rallies for Salman Rushdie

JK Rowling Row With Joanne Harris, Books-To-Screen News and Amerie’s Upcoming Picture Book!

Karin Slaughter, Outlander Prequel and Angelina Boulley’s New Book!

#Bookban News, the Antitrust Trial and Celebrity Book Club Picks!

Booker Prize Longlist, Vampires On-Screen and a Gone Girl Cruise!

A Special Queen Elizabeth II Edition of “The Pulse”

Back From the Dead! Agatha Christie’s New Mystery “Dead Ringers”

Winners of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced

Recipes for a Perfect Pride Month Pool Party

Musings on Nature and Art, History and the Eternal, Home and the Cosmos from a “Gypsy Soul”

Iconic Bookstore Owner’s Passing Conjures Up Memories of a Love Affair With Books

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