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The Great Onlines: Three Ethical Online Retailers
It’s always a great idea to buy locally, but depending on where you are and what you’re looking for, your choices may be quite limited. But thankfully, there are online retailers out there that care about maintaining a minimal footprint … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Environment
Tagged american booksellers association, diesel bookstore, ethical business, ethics, gear shops, grassroots outdoor alliance, greenlight bookstore, independent bookstores, independent business, indiebound, northshire bookstore, one lucky duck, online retailers, Pure Food and Wine, vegan
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A Thank-You Letter to DIESEL, A Bookstore
By Geo Ong Alison Reid, co-owner of DIESEL, A Bookstore and my boss for the past two years, once told me a story that I thankfully will never forget. She was, as it were, lamenting the slow demise of another … Continue reading
High Noon Urchins
Today’s theme: Colours Beth Sarah Kindra Laura Margaret Geo Next week’s theme: May Flowers Join in on the fun and UMail us your picture!
From Urchin to See Star
By Geo Ong I’m going to be on television. I always knew it would happen – it was never a matter of ‘how?’ but rather a matter of ‘when?’ – and also of ‘how?’ First I thought I’d get on … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Geo
Tagged acting, chelsea handler, chelsea lately, diesel bookstore, fame, talk shows
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Urchin Approved Dates: L.A. Edition
By Sarah Jost You may have guessed it from our love poems and literary quotes, but the Urchins are romantics. Granted, romance means something different to every Urchin. Like winter camping, for example (Guess which Urchin that is. I’ll give … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Sarah, Urchin Eats
Tagged Abboy Kinney First Fridays, Brentwood Country Mart, Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld, D.I.Y. Date Night, diesel bookstore, Extraordinary Pigs by Stephen Green-Armytage, food trucks, los angeles, Main Street, organic beer, santa monica, Shima sushi, spicy burdock root roll, Sweet E's, Urban Craft Center, Urchin approved dates, Venice, Yummy Cupcakes
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Independent Bookstores Level the Playing Field
By Geo Ong I wish that, just once, an author promoting her book on a talk show would say right after the talk show host repeats the book title at the end of the interview, ‘And buy my book from … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature
Tagged amazon, books, bookstores, diesel bookstore, e-books, e-readers, google, google e-books, independent bookstores, indie bound, kindle, reading, shopping
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Banned Books Week, 25 September – 2 October 2010
To you zealots and bigots and false patriots who live in fear of discourse. You screamers and banners and burners who would force books off shelves in your brand name of greater good. You say you’re afraid for children, innocents … Continue reading
An Afternoon at the Northshire Bookstore
By Geo Ong While Sarah is busy raising money for the Urchin cause, i.e. going to work, Margaret and I drive from Bennington to Manchester Center, Vermont, to spend the day at the Northshire Bookstore. The Northshire Bookstore, established in … Continue reading
Adventures in Bookselling
By Geo Ong As a bookseller for an independent bookshoppe, I work a lot of book events: author signings, book release parties, things like that. Some of these are fun. I’ve meet a lot of authors, and most of them … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature
Tagged beverly hills, book events, book release party, books, bookstores, borders, chain bookstores, chris cleave, corporate bookstores, diesel bookstore, independent bookstores, libraries, money, richard matheson, samuel beckett, used books, william shakespeare
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