Time Out New York Kids included a nice write-up about our children’s section in their July issue. From the article:
The addition of carpeting, gentle light and a cozy children’s corner has softened the edge, but Book Culture remains committed to showcasing works that might receive less attention elsewhere. You’ll find Carle and Wise Brown on the kid-height displays, but you’ll also find titles like Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford and The Lonesome Puppy by Yoshitomo Nara.
Check out the full piece to see a photo of our owner Chris and his adorable twin daughters - frequent shoppers and readers in our kid’s nook!
This is a good time to mention that we have a summer kid’s event coming up on Wednesday, July 23 at 3 pm with Laura Vila, the author of Building Manhattan. Click here for all the details.
July 7, 2008
A perfect spring/summer canvas tote bag for the city or the beach — Now available in three colors, for only $5.95 each!
May 14, 2008
Shopping local at Book Culture saves you money and provides hometown advantages for the entire community! We hope to see you in the store this weekend!
May 13, 2008
Our events season slows down in the late spring and summer, but we do still have several on tap for May, June and possibly July. Our May events include tonight’s conversation with John T. Hamilton and Avital Ronell, who will be discussing Hamilton’s new book: Music, Madness and the Unworking of Language.
Also this week: on Thursday, Michael I. Meyerson will discuss his new release, Liberty’s Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution and Made Democracy Safe for the World. And on Sunday afternoon, something for the kids! Nina Jaffe returns with another storytelling session, this time highlighting The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico, which we have available for sale in both English and Spanish. Bring the whole family and celebrate Mother’s Day at this participatory cultural event.
Another event we are excited about hosting is Saree Makdisi at the end of the month, on May 29. He will be reading from and discussing his new book, Palestine Inside Out.
Please see our events page and children’s event page for more details. And mark your calenders for Book Culture’s biggest May Sale ever: May 16, 17 and 18th - almost everything in the store will be 20% off*!!
(*Excludes standard exceptions: periodicals, text editions, course adoptions.)
May 5, 2008
If you have not been in the store recently, or do not subscribe to our email newsletter, you might not know about these recent developments:
Remainders Are Now Online:
Our famous remainder tables and staircase offerings are now available worldwide through our website! Our in-stock remainders include over 1,000 academic and trade titles at heavily discounted prices!
New Discounted Titles:
We’ve introduced Book Culture Spotlight Titles — a group of selected bestsellers, staff recommendations and buyer’s picks available at 20% off.
French and German Books Online:
Bestsellers, new releases and children’s books in both French and German are now available online. Scroll down on our home page to links for books in all these foreign language categories.
Signed Copies:
We have a number of signed copies of select new releases in the store right now, including Tobias Wolff’s Our Story Begins, David Hajdu’s The Ten-Cent Plague, and Michael Paul Mason’s Head Cases.
April 14, 2008
Over 100 French-English dictionaries left our store yesterday, in a box bound for Africa!
A donation request from Orphans of Rwanda (a non-profit that finances university education for students in the country) sent us searching stock to see if we could help. Our Executive Manager, Annie, hunted down 85 copies of a mini French-English dictionary and 32 of a larger pocket size edition. (French, English and Kinyarwanda are all official languages of the country.)
The books will be hand-delivered by ORI’s Executive Director, Michael Brotchner, who will be visiting the organization’s program headquarters in Kigali next week. This video presents a good overview of the work that ORI is doing.
It’s nice to know that we were able to help in some small way.
January 11, 2008
The “Rush” coursebook selling season prevents us from holding events in the store at the beginning of each school semester. But Book Culture keeps busy with off-site events all year long.
We sell books at venues throughout the city, and at a variety of lectures, conferences and presentations on campus at Columbia, Barnard, CUNY and others. This month we will be selling books at two exciting literary events that are open to the public. Details to follow…very soon!
If you’d like to talk with us about selling books at your event, please send an email to events AT bookculture DOT com.
January 9, 2008
As we mentioned, the semester shopping rush at Book Culture is coming soon. To help students navigate the course book buying process, we’ve gathered some handy tips that should (hopefully!) help to ensure a successful shopping experience when you visit the store:
1). Know the Keyword: Professor’s Last Name!
Forget about course numbers! Don’t worry about authors! The absolutely number one most important piece of information you can walk in our door with is your professor’s last name. As long as your professor ordered from us, we’ll be able to tell you what books you need and where they are.
2.) Surf the Web: Visit Book Culture Online Before You Buy
Want to know what books your teacher has ordered, but have no desire to schlep over to our store in the snow? Just hop on the web and check out our course book section, where you can browse course listings to see whether the books you need have arrived. We update this information daily during rush, so it’s pretty accurate (but don’t bet your life on it). (more…)
January 9, 2008
We’re gearing up for what we refer to as “Rush” here at Book Culture.
Twice a year, our store transforms into course book central, as students from area colleges (mostly Columbia and Barnard) arrive in throngs to purchase their textbooks for the new semester. A substantial number of faculty support Book Culture by purchasing their course books through us each year. This results in a “rush period” of ordering, stocking and selling course books for a considerable number of classes. (As of today, we have over 600 courses registered with us.)
Behind the scenes, Rush has been underway since before the holidays. Our coursebook buyer has been placing faculty orders for several weeks, and the receiving crew has been processing and maneuvering our growing stock, as a constant flow of deliveries continues to arrive at the store.
Just about everyone on staff has participated in the preparation for Rush. Late last week, a team of folks began work on the physical transformation in the store. First, backstock and remainders were boxed up and transferred to a nearby temporary storage space:
Next, temporary shelving was installed on the second floor:
Additional changes, including more shelving and extra cash registers, will be added in coming days. Rush officially gets underway when Columbia Law School students start classes on January 14, a week ahead of most other graduate and undergraduate students.
Stay tuned for more photos of what unfolds at this busy time of year. We’ll also share some handy shopping tips to help students shop smart during rush!
January 8, 2008
Wishing you a new year filled with good reads!
This bookish gargoyle peers out from behind his pages, as people walk below him along the north side of 110th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam, just two blocks south of our shop. (Click on the photo to see him up close.)
Looking forward to seeing you at Book Culture in 2008!
January 1, 2008
