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We've said many times before that we're not worried about the future of books. In the history of the bookstore, businesses have experienced many occasions of new products predicted to be the "death of bookstores". Some of our favorite examples include the Mass Market (pocketbook) edition, and the audio book.We've discussed before about where the book store has come from and where it's going. We concluded that even though the industry has seen upheaval and store closings, in general book store …

Customers are always surprised by some of the book titles that appear in our displays for Banned Books Week. One of the most common questions we get is, "Why would anyone try to ban Captain Underpants?" The Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey appears as the number one challenged book for 2012, according to the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. Captain Underpants is a very popular series with beginning readers, but it is often requested to be pulled fro …

There's been some recent news that has made some waves in the book world. Namely, the CEO of Barnes & Nobel suddenly resigning this past July. This of course has made the news sources explode with articles about the death of bookstores and the potential end for the last remaining national chain. So the news continues to look grim for book lovers right? One can throw an internet rock and hit dozens of articles obliquely or overtly predicting the death of all bookstores everyw …

Kutztown, PA 08/25/2012 - Firefly Bookstore announces their Grand Opening celebration for the opening of their new store on Main Street in downtown Kutztown. Beginning September 1st 2012, the events will begin with an open house featuring special discounts and raffles, along with refreshments and activities. They will be ending the week with a special event with local author Mara Rockliff and the launch of her new book "Me and Momma and Big John" on Saturday the 8th. Owners and partners Rebecca …