YMCA's annual book sale

St. Louisans can shop for new and used books in two special sales over the next two weeks.

First is the 31st annual YMCA sale. It starts Friday, Aug. 21, and will be at Kennedy Recreation Center, 6050…

The Book House

Michelle Barron, owner of The Book House at 9719 Manchester Road, forwarded this link to a story about whether the book and bookstores will survive.

The Book House is a great, unusual store that carries both used books and some…

Bookfinder.com is an online search engine that says it can survey 150 million books for sale - new, used, rare, out-of-print, and textbooks.

It also keeps top 10 “best-seller” lists for out-of-print titles.

One hot biography is “Marilyn” by Norman Mailer. For…

The 30th YMCA Book Fair won’t be at the Carondelet branch this year.

On reason apparently is that the sale, which starts Aug. 22, often comes during the heat and humidity of a Midwest summer and the YMCA’s Carondelet branch isn’t…