My Faves for Tuesday, December 04, 2007

The times, they are a changin’… For bibliophiles, this is an interesting piece on Powell’s book store in Portland, OR as it enters another period of change - the handing over of the business to a 29 year-old daughter.

I love Powell’s. In fact, I stop there when coming home from California at Christmas every year. I can’t wait to hit it after Christmas this year!

Quoted: The cash register at Powell’s City of Books, the nation’s preeminent independent bookstore, rings thousands of times a day as customers pick up new and used books, funky British editions, local literary journals and obscure zines.