Mystery Lovers Bookshop for sale

Interested in owning a book store?  A mystery lover's bookstore?  Here's your opportunity to take over an existing, well-known store:  Mystery Lovers Bookshop.

"Since it opened to big fanfare on Halloween of 1990 Mystery Lovers Bookshop has put Western Pennsylvania on the book world’s map as the target destination for book tours with hundreds of imaginative and packed author events.

The store has sponsored the area’s only Book Festival now in its 17th year with 45 authors and 400 readers attending. For over 15 years, Mystery Lovers has been a reporting store to the New York Times bestseller lists."

If I lived in Western Pennsylvania, I just might really think about it.  But, sadly, I don't.

The Joy of Books

The video, The Joy of Books,  has been circling the web all week  (1,768,606 views so far).  In case you missed it, do watch the video -- you will love it.

"After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973)."

BookSpot

Here's an interesting site: BookSpot.com. Lots of lists (bestsellers, mystery, online books, bookstores, authors, discussion groups and more).

According to BookSpot.com, the site "is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories...."