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Friends of the Libraries: Remembering those who helped out
Probably not too many people notice the plaque just to the left, inside the door of the Costa Mesa Donald Dungan library. It reads: "This Orange County Branch Library is dedicated to the memory of Judge Donald Dungan, an avid reader and a dedicated...Tags: Books and Magazines, Arts and Culture, Amazon Kindle, Services and Shopping, LEGO Group
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Friends of the Libraries: Seeing the world on the page
For some reason, I have been reading a number of books set in foreign countries. Three that I will recommend are "Say You're One of Them" by Uwem Akpan (Africa), "Finding Nouf" by Zoe Ferraris (Saudi Arabia) and "Death in a Strange Country" by Donna...Tags: Books and Magazines, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Saudi Arabia, Services and Shopping
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Friends of the Libraries: Don't miss upcoming book sale
Everybody loves a book sale, and there will be one at the Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library on July 14 and 15. On July 14, the action will go from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with most books priced from 50 cents to $1. On July 15, the sale will continue from noon...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Books and Magazines, Arts and Culture, Music, Services and Shopping
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Friends of the Libraries: Plan for the holiday
For those who dislike being stuck without a good book to read, remember that our Costa Mesa libraries will be closed on May 28 for Memorial Day. The Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries Bookstore behind the Mesa Verde Library will be closed May 26 and...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Books and Magazines, Mountains, Arts and Culture, Landforms
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Friends of the Libraries: Master plan for libraries is important
Money that was earmarked for a master plan for Costa Mesa's Library Services has instead been used to supplement Orange County funds for repairing the roof of the Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library. When money is tight, I can understand this. However,...Tags: Books and Magazines, Authors, Mountains, Arts and Culture, Landforms
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Friends of the Library: Check out the Mesa Verde bookstore
Dedicated members of Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries and volunteers at the Mesa Verde bookstore descended on Mesa Verde Library earlier this month to assist at a two-day used-book sale, one of which was a buck-a-bag sale day. A customer was so...Tags: Books and Magazines, Arts and Culture, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Halloween, Services and Shopping
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Letters From The Editor: On the border of a cultural shift
I spent a recent lunch break at Borders, which is writing its final chapter — 11. As someone who still reads books that don't require batteries, I headed down to the clearance sale at the South Coast Plaza location with a lot of optimism, a...Tags: Books and Magazines, Apple iPad, Katy Perry, Newspaper and Magazine, Bacon
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Interview with Stephanie Hochschild, new owner of The Book Stall at Chesnut Court
If a predisposition to love literature were genetic, Stephanie Hochschild would be a gene carrier. Her mother is a librarian at the National Library of Medicine in her hometown of Bethesda, Md., and her aunt was a high school librarian in Florida. Her...
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Apple executive Eddy Cue defends e-book deals at antitrust trial
NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial e-book deals, defended how the tech giant started its online bookstore as he made his highly anticipated appearance on the witness stand in a...
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Can Booklikes be the next Goodreads?
We're swamped with social media sites. There's Facebook and Twitter, Tumblr and Path. And Instagram, and Pinterest. For book lovers, there are Goodreads and LibraryThing. Do we really need another site? Maybe. Some of the biggest social media sites...
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Amazon.com expands its grocery delivery service to Los Angeles
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc., known for its speedy distribution of books, electronics and other consumer goods, is now trying to break open the grocery market. The AmazonFresh service, running since 2007 in the retailer's Seattle hometown,...
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E-book trial: Government says Apple conspiracy raised prices
NEW YORK -- Apple and major publishers conspired in a scheme to fix prices on e-books, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. In April 2010, when...
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