Monday, May 20, 2013
The anthology features the work of nearly 50 local writers.
The work of close to 50 DC-area writers is featured in a new anthology—District Lines—published by well-known Chevy Chase, DC, independent bookstore, Politics & Prose. Printed on Politics & Prose’s very own book-printing machine, District Lines contains essays, short fiction, poems, sketches and photography "on quirky and serious subjects ranging from a sighting of Effi Barry on a Metro bus to an August night on the Q Street Bridge to hotcakes at the Florida Avenue Grill to an ode to the Dupont Circle metro escalator," according to a news statement from the bookstore. Read more about the bookstore's book-printing machine—which can print out a book from a PDF file—on Patch. "We really wanted to capture a sense of people and place in DC and …
Monday, March 4, 2013
Leonard Riggio has made a bid for the store's retail assets, including the Bethesda location.
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is seeking to buy the bookselling giant's retail assets, CNN Money reported. Should the bid be approved, the sale would include the Bethesda location. According to the report, the bookstores have struggled as the popularity of e-readers increases. Holiday sales at the company's bookstores and websites dropped nearly 11 percent last year, according to the report. Barnes & Noble said it has put together an independent committee to review the proposal and to oversee any negotiations, The Los Angeles Times reported. The company in January said it would close some of its retail stores over the next 10 years, though a spokeswoman told Patch that there were no plans to close the Bethesda location. The …
Leonard Riggio has made a bid for the store's retail assets, including locations close to Potomac.
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is seeking to buy the bookselling giant's retail assets, CNN Money reported. According to the report, the bookstores have struggled as the popularity of e-readers increases. Holiday sales at the company's bookstores and websites dropped nearly 11 percent last year, according to the report. Barnes & Noble said it has put together an independent committee to review the proposal and to oversee any negotiations, The Los Angeles Times reported. The company in January said it would close some of its retail stores over the next 10 years, though a spokeswoman told Patch that there were no plans to close the Bethesda location. The potential sale wouldn't include the division that oversees Barnes & Noble's…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The bookstore giant will close retail stores across the country in coming years, but a spokeswoman says there's no plans to close Bethesda's iconic downtown location.
Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has plans to whittle down its retail stores, going from 689 stores to about 450 to 500 across the country in 10 years, according to news reports. Mitchell Klipper, chief executive of Barnes & Noble's retail group, told The Wall Street Journal that Barnes & Noble has plans in the works to close existing stores and cut back on opening new ones, evening out to a loss of about 20 stores per year, The LA Times reported. But according to a Barnes & Noble spokeswoman, Bethesda residents have no cause for concern. The iconic Bethesda Row retail store, a downtown Bethesda landmark, is not among those that will be closed. Retail bookstores are facing challenges from the growing popularity of e-books, The LA Times …
Friday, November 23, 2012
A partnership between Kobo—which makes e-readers and sells e-books—and the American Booksellers Association makes both e-book reading and supporting independent bookstores like Politics & Prose possible.
The rising popularity of e-readers doesn't have to correspond with decreased business for independent bookstores. The well-known Chevy Chase, DC, independent bookstore Politics & Prose recently started selling e-readers by Kobo, and a portion of the sales from any e-book that customers purchase from Kobo via a link to Kobo's website from the bookstore's website will go to Politics & Prose, thanks to a recent deal between Kobo and the American Booksellsers Association, according to a store statement. "In this way, Kobo [a Toronto-based company] gives customers an easy way to read e-books while still supporting their local, independent bookstore," said Bradley Graham, co-owner of Politics & Prose. “Our decision to carry Kobo e-readers should…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Politics & Prose Bookstore staff went "all out" for Halloween 2012, dressing up in costumes influenced by the literary, political and pop cultural worlds.
Politics & Prose Bookstore staff went "all out" for Halloween 2012, dressing up in costumes influenced by the literary, political and pop cultural worlds, Lacey Dunham, the independent bookstore's marketing director, told Patch. Characters represented included: Politics & Prose is located in Chevy Chase, DC, at 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Upcoming events organized by the bookstore this month include readings by Stephen Colbert, Bob Woodward, Barbara Kingsolver, Jon Meacham, Joyce Chaplin and Anne Applebaum. See the store's calendar for more information.
Friday, May 11, 2012
The famed independent bookstore in Chevy Chase, DC, has reportedly applied for a liquor license.
Last year, it was the Opus self-book-publishing machine. This year...will it be beer? The "Prince of Petworth" blog reported earlier this week that Politics and Prose—the famed independent bookstore in Chevy Chase, DC—has applied for a liquor license. Politics and Prose, which opened in 1984 and was purchased in June 2011 by writers Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, is a fixture at 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, and is about a dozen blocks south of Chevy Chase Circle. It specializes in "superior service and unusual book choices," according to its website. Subjects covered by its book selection include not just politics and fiction, but also travel, art, architecture, science, cooking, biography, history and other subjects. The store also has…
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The legendary Chevy Chase, DC, independent bookstore and coffeehouse takes bookselling to a whole new level—letting patrons publish their own manuscripts at a reasonable price.
For anyone who's ever dreamed of publishing a book some day, that day has arrived. Starting Thursday, Nov. 10 all it takes is a trip to Politics and Prose with a copy of your manuscript (saved to a thumbdrive or CD) in hand, and you, too, can be a published author in about 10 minutes. (One caveat: You have to write the manuscript first.) The famed Politics and Prose bookstore at 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC, has been a Chevy Chase institution for over a quarter of a century. It has endured recessions, a change of ownership, the rise of bargain booksellers and e-books because it offers something unique to the community—an independent bookstore with a wide selection of books, nightly readings and coffee. And now, it also offers …
Natalia Caryl
12:57 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Author from Bethesda, MD, Christian Caryl about a week ago made a presentation of his new book "Strange Rebels" in Politics and Prose. In July he'll make his book presentation in Barnes & Noble Bethesda. Come and support your local author. His book get best reviews and you could watch an interview with him online. Here is the link: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Caryl If you're interested in … more ›