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Ever have one of those days...the kind where your mind overflows with observations and questions in no particular order?  If not, consider yourself warned: it's bound to happen at least once.  Today's my day for a mishmash of musings.  I'd love to know your thoughts on any of the topics below:   Whew…glad that’s over! Northwestern University’s winter quarter exams end today and spring break officially begins.    Hitting the road A friend of mine whose daughter is enrolled at Giordano Dance School reports the school announced last week it's moving to Chicago.  Another Evanston institution, Roycemore School is also on the move…though it will remain in Evanston.  The school's original site is 640 N. Lincoln and the new site is at 1200 Davis …

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Candace Hill

7:42 am on Saturday, March 19, 2011

We did h ave those lovely independent bookstores, and they were all put out of business by Barnes and Noble before Borders ever came on the scene. When it comes to scheduling book signings, this is better done by the marketing department of the publisher. These folks have relationships with the bookstores, and will arrange signings for a series of stores over a period of time, if they feel your …   more ›

The Weight of Words: $3.99 Per Pound

Market Fresh Books brings new scale to area in selling items by the pound.

In a town saturated with options for bookworms, Market Fresh Books stands out for its peculiar business model: used books are sold by the pound—$3.99 per pound, to be exact. Co-owner Susan Frischer says the scale beside the register is the kind of peculiarity that she hopes customers will appreciate and subsequently return to when they need their next literature fix. "We were trying to think of ways to be memorable and have people talk about the store—something unique," she said. In addition, selling books by the pound makes the job that much easier for Frischer, who practically shudders at the prospect of individually pricing the thousands of books in the store's inventory. Frischer brought Market Fresh to Evanston with her husband Paul …

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