Booksellers

Teens will see Batman at the movies, but they’re passing up comic books (The Toledo Blade)

20 Jul 2008

Just about every week, Matt Hyttenhove makes the familiar trek to Sylvania Avenue to hang out with a bunch of superheroes. And every week, the 16-year-old finds them at the Game Room, where thousands of their comic books line the walls and fill box after box. Even in an age of high technology where PlayStations and the like reign supreme, Mr. Hyttenhove has come to love this cornucopia of ...

Michelle Obama credited with helping recast image of U.S. black women (Detroit Free Press)

20 Jul 2008

There's a new joy and excitement among many of the patrons of the Spiral Collective, a collection of businesses owned by black women in Detroit. Their happiness centers on Michelle Obama, a woman they say puts a refreshing face on America's image of African-American women.

El Pasoans edit books out of budgets (El Paso Times)

20 Jul 2008

For Olga Velez, selling books in El Paso is tough enough even when the economy is doing well. Special Section: Living on Less