Amazon’s University Village bookstore in Seattle won’t be a one-off after all. After opening the location back in November of last year, Amazon now plans to open hundreds of additional bookstores across the United States. As reported by CNBC, the news comes from a mall CEO who revealed to Dow Jones that the stores will … Read more
In early 2011, 1.5 million American households, including 3 million children, were living on less than $2 in cash per person per day. Half of those households didn’t have access to in-kind benefits like food stamps, either. Worst of all, the numbers had increased dramatically since 1996. Those are the astonishing findings Johns Hopkins’ Kathryn … Read more
Fast becoming known for its publishing program, the Philadelphia comics retailer Locust Moon has inked an innovative deal with the Philadelphia Museum of Art to produce a comics anthology based on the museum’s upcoming exhibition, Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michaelangelo and Titian. The book, Prometheus Eternal, features stories based on Rubens’s 17th … Read more
The ability to travel the world shouldn’t just be reserved for millionaires, rock stars, and flu viruses… us regular shlubs to see what KFCs look like in Beijing too. In his new book, How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, travel guru Matt Kepnes shows you how to hop from country to country on … Read more
The 2004 book Devil in Design by Monte Beauchamp (previously) of BLAB! features a beautiful collection of creepy vintage Krampus Christmas postcards. The book, published by Fantagraphics Books, includes interesting snippets of the history of postcards and Krampus. While it’s currently out of print, used copies are available through Amazon or those interested can pick … Read more