Author Archives: dorian thornley

About dorian thornley

bookseller, dad, manhattan

Dissapearing NY (sic)

Posted on January 22, 2019 by dorian thornley

Great mini-doc from Wheelhouse Communications’ series on Disappearing New York, about the successful crowdfunding venture to rescue Westsider Books from closure. Check out the rest of these short Dissapearing New York docs. They are very well done, quite fascinating and of … Continue reading →

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Friends Who Checked Out Early. #1. Billy Nimble.

Posted on December 4, 2014 by dorian thornley

Billy Nimble was a fat contract cleaner. I don’t mean he’d show up at your crime scene with a vat of acid and a hacksaw no, he’d come to your place of business and get his bucket and little Hoover … Continue reading →

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The independent bookstore lives! Great Salon article on thriving Bookstores.

Posted on April 9, 2014 by dorian thornley

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Apple e-books Price-Fixing

Posted on July 15, 2013 by dorian thornley

NPR article. “Five major publishers were accused of colluding with one another and Apple.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/11/201042249/book-news-evidence-overwhelming-in-apple-price-fixing-case  

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In the run up to Christmas 2011, in a moment of weakness and against my better judgement, I opened my checkbook and actually Gave To Charity. I fell for it because it was a children’s charity. My thinking is that … Continue reading →

Posted on March 1, 2013 by dorian thornley | Leave a comment

Apple, publishers agree to settle EU e-book price-fixing inquiry

Posted on September 19, 2012 by dorian thornley

Apple, publishers agree to settle EU e-book price-fixing inquiry.

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The Amazon Effect | The Nation

Posted on June 13, 2012 by dorian thornley

Great article on Amazon & Publishing. Steve Wasserman May 29, 2012   |    This article appeared in the June 18, 2012 edition of The Nation. The Amazon Effect | The Nation.

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What could they be sinking?

Posted on June 9, 2012 by dorian thornley

We all have that one irrational thing that just scares the living crap out of us. Or that one irritant that gives us the keebles so bad, we’d do anything to get away from it. Winston Smith was petrified of … Continue reading →

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Startling innovations in democratic publishing.

Posted on April 2, 2012 by dorian thornley

A few months ago in the post, Kindle: The New Slush Pile, I talked about how publishers were offering old school deals to authors who had achieved significant sales on their own with the e-books format. Now, rather than wading … Continue reading →

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BOOK WARS: A New Hope

Posted on March 6, 2012 by dorian thornley

I moved into my new place in Washington Heights a few years back. The building on the next block, facing Broadway, is one of those massive, featureless apartment buildings with permanent scaffolding all around and a heavy rotation of store fronts. On the corner there … Continue reading →

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