By Johanna Smith November 17, 2009 To appeal to readers who might otherwise succumb to book bargains online, independent bookshops must cultivate that particular alchemy that stems from a well-curated selection, charming digs, and, most importantly, dedicated and informed booksellers.
To appeal to readers who might otherwise succumb to book bargains online, independent bookshops must cultivate that particular alchemy that stems from a well-curated selection, charming digs, and, most importantly, dedicated and informed booksellers.
DealBook spoke with Robert H. Mnookin of the Harvard Law School, where he is director of the Negotiation Research Project, chairman of the steering committee of Harvard's Program on Negotiation and the author of the recent book, "Bargaining With the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight".
Re "Book Bargains to Warm a Mommy's Heart" (Online Shopper, May 16), with its longing reference to "Mommy cocktails": The group of aging mamas who wait for the school bus on Friday afternoons call our beverage of choice "mommy juice" (usually merlot).
Children's books, bargain books, music and cafe sales were particularly strong, it said.
But my contradictory behavior -- simultaneously hunting for used-book bargains and spending top dollar for a new book -- probably would come as no surprise to the people who study the online buying habits of music lovers.
She's now the creator, executive producer and host of a new show, "Flea Market Flip," debuting Friday at 9 p.m. on HGTV, and her new book on bargain hunting is a New York Times best-seller.
You can find books at bargain prices at tag sales and library book sales.
Now Amazon offers her more flower-girl books (one is more than enough, Ms. Heilemann said), and assumes that she must also need a book about bargains on baby products.
Richard Sears called it the "Book of Bargains".
