http://www.loremipsumbooks.com Lorem Ipsum Books Blog en-us All Rights Reserved 2008-05-12T00:27:39+00:00 @ka-zam.com @ka-zam.com Book Blog daily 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/08/The-Sabbatical-is-Over-----ipsum-do.html The Sabbatical is Over After a few months of web-break, we're back and our bits are fresher than ever. What this entry needs is some dummy text:Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Lorem Ipsum Books is the best bookstore in the world, you heard it here fi matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/08/Ka-Zam--meet-the-world-.html Ka-Zam, meet the world.It's been almost three years since we started Lorem Ipsum. Hard to believe, but true.Since that time we've built a wonderful bookstore in Inman Square, which hopefully you know about and frequent any chance you get. What you might not be aware of is that during this time we've been creating a web application to help others in the situation we found ourselves in: we had books and a store, but little help from software to manage it. matt software,ka-zam http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/08/RSS-Feeds-Added-To-Blog.html RSS Feeds Added To BlogI just added a feature to syndicate our blog via RSS.  Let me know if you see anything funny with how it works. matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/08/LibreDigital--New-Book-Search-Servi.html LibreDigital: New Book Search ServiceHarperCollins and LibreDigital seem to have joined forces to provide consumers with a service that provides previews of pages they are interested in, similar to Amazon's Search Inside This Book feature.  More! matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/08/Just-Added--New-Arrivals-RSS-Feed.html Just Added: New Arrivals RSS FeedSomeone awhile back asked for a feed of our inventory in RSS format. This morning I finally got around to implementing that feature. So now you should see this icon in your URL bar. (At least in Firefox) Click on it, and you should be able to see our latest arrivals!  Or you can use this button to go directly to your Google: Please let me know if you have troubles/know of a better way to do this. matt features,newarrivals,rss http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/09/Marshmallow-Fluff-Festival-Seeks-Pa.html Marshmallow Fluff Festival Seeks ParticipantsThis space needed more fluff:Our sister square, Union Square, has a fantastic need for Fluff-enthusiasts, can you help?We're organizing a festival honoring Archibald Query, inventor of Marshmallow Fluff. He lived in Somerville and on September 30 the event titled "What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention" hopes to bring together artists, scientists, humorists and performers to pay homage to the inve matt community,unionsquare,fluff http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/09/Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Tomorrow-OK-.html Talk Like A Pirate Tomorrow OK?Today we switched over to a new version of the website software, so until we get it fully css-tricked out, things might look a little funny in that not so good sense of the word "funny". The software is the fabulous new website-o-matic that is part of the Ka-Zam project, to be released .... soon!In other news, it's talk like a pirate day tomorrow, so here is all of our pirate books, for you to practice. In honor of this won matt website,pirates http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/09/Lorem-Pictures.html Lorem PicturesAbby stopped by the other night and took this fun set of pictures of the bookstore. Does anyone else have some? matt abby,lorem,pictures http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/11/Last-Thursday-we-had-DJ-Night.html Last Thursday we had DJ NightBooks and electronics, they go better together than you might expect.Phoebe took some pictures of the night.As if books and DJs weren't enough, we're also typewritered up this month as we write a novel.  Please come in and help us...Oh, and see behind the typewriter?  Joanna and Jane arranged the new arrivals section by color! matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/11/-Compere-of-Scollay-Square---has-to.html The Lorem Ipsum collaborative novel (tentatively titled "The Compere of Scollay Square") has topped 7 pages... It's all here: Heidegger, Nigerian insurance scams, taxidermy, and much typographic weirdness.168 to go, everybody!(nifty cover art courtesy of CKD) aaron http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/12/Carson-Poe-Plays-Tonight.html Carson Poe Plays TonightFree Live MusicLorem IpsumTonight, 8pmSpecial acoustic performance by Carson Poe of local band Miles From Land. www.milesfromland.com matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/12/Custom-Built-Library-Anyone-.html Custom Built Library Anyone?Richard just sent me a note about an article in Forbes about Custom Built Libraries. We haven't had the opportunity to do this, but wouldn't mind the chance. matt custom,library http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/12/Save-The-Bookstore-Save-The-World.html Save The Bookstore Save The WorldIncludes our used book club as well as our $2175 t-shirt.Enjoy. matt lorem,savethebookstore http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/12/Argentina-Says-Hello.html Argentina Says HelloDid I ever tell you that I was walking down the streets of San Telmo some Sunday in January of this year, and someone says outloud in an unmistakably American accent, "Hey! You're from Cambridge." "Hey! You're right."I was just wandering about, going in and out of various buildings filled with antiques, searching for a Borges manuscript, and just like that I'm back in America talking with a Lorem Ipsum customer about the bookstore. Is matt argentina,heyyou,borges http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2006/12/Challenged-To-Shop.html Challenged To ShopLorem Ipsum is the first stop in this Boston Globe article! matt globe,press,shopping http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/01/Hello--Grisham----So-Long--Hemingwa.html Hello, Grisham -- So Long, HemingwayHello, Grisham -- So Long, Hemingway?With Shelf Space Prized, Fairfax Libraries Cull CollectionsBy Lisa ReinWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, January 2, 2007; A01You can't find "Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings" at the Pohick Regional Library anymore. Or "The Education of Henry Adams" at Sherwood Regional. Want Emily Dickinson's "Final Harvest"? Don't look to the Kingstowne branch.It's not that the books ar matt library http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/01/Princeton-Might-Lose-Micawber.html Princeton Might Lose Micawberhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/books/03mica.htmlWas just in there last month.  Would be great if we could help. matt princeton,closings,micawber http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/02/Google-Books-Details.html Google Books DetailsHere's some fun information on Google's new program to scan books. matt google,scan http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/02/Lorem-Ipsum-is-Three-Years-Old-Toda.html Lorem Ipsum is Three Years Old Today!Come visit us for some pie. matt http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/02/Books-Beat-Snow---------We-here-at-.html Books Beat Snow. We here at Lorem Ipsum are proud to announce that the sidewalks immediately in front of the store are now entirely frost-free. Just doing our part to ensure that Cantabrigians can shop for useful books without fear of dislocating something. Eggs Beat Snow Also: as of today, the Chicken Machine is once again chock full of Grade-A Hand-Stuffed Mystery Eggs. You never know what you'll get. We don't know what you aaron http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/04/HEALTH-ALERT--NURSE-PULP-MAY-INDUCE.html HEALTH ALERT: NURSE PULP MAY INDUCE LUSTINESSJust a few words about the dangers of NURSE PULP:It's nursy...The Young Nurses, by Harry Whittington, promises "fear, lust, twisted passions--an explosive story of life in a big-city hospital...."It's lusty.  I quote from page 25 of Mr. Whittington's opus: "She was walking too fast, but dreaded the chance of meeting him here in the hospital.  She needed some time to forget his probing and inspecting h jane Induce,Health,Lustiness,Nurse,Alert:,May,Pulp http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/04/The-Employee-Hold-Shelf--A-Spatio-S.html The Employee Hold Shelf: A Spatio-Statistical PresentationAn anonymous employee of Lorem Ipsum Books decided to conduct unbiased field research that explores employee hold shelf trends. Here is some surprising data (followed by a few awards):1. The employee hold shelf can accommodate 22 1/8 inches of books, but currently contains *30 inches* of books-on-hold.2. A breakdown of items on hold in inches/employee:Jane: 1 book, 3/4 inchesJoanna: 2 books, 1 1 matt spatio,shelf,hold,prizes,pretentious,statistical,data http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/05/Man-Who-v--She-Wolf.html Man Who v. She WolfShe Wolf: 3Man Who: 1Take that suckers! jane http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/05/More-on-the-Man-Who-v--She-Wolf-Sho.html More on the Man-Who v. She-Wolf Showdown:The score is now 4-2 (She-Wolves are still in the lead, of course).For your shopping pleasure, a sampling of Man-Who titles (May they entice you to come in and purchase one--give those lonely Man-Who's some much needed confidence!):*The Man Who Sees Tomorrow**The Man Who Cooked for Himself**The Man Who Dreamt of Lobsters**The Man Who Tried to Buy the World**The Man Who Turned Into Himself*Really, though, it's the S jane http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/05/Free-Music-tonight-------.html Free Music tonight!!!!!!!Impossible Hair, around 6:30 or 7:00If you miss them here, check them out at P. A. 's tonight!!!!http://www.myspace.com/impossiblehairhttp://www.impossiblehair.com/pages/00.html sara Hair,Impossible http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/06/OUR-BOOKS-ARE--HOT--.html OUR BOOKS ARE HOT! At Lorem Ipsum, our books just keep getting HOTTER and HOTTER thanks to a temporarily broken store air conditioning unit. Stop by to FEEL THE WARMTH for yourself! Each book is a heating stone in the steambath of literacy. Sample some Black Ice by Lorraine Cary. Take a gander at The Air-Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller and secretly wish that such horrors would befall you. Trek to our Pulp section and quench your id with Gore Vidal' sara http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/07/AC-is-Back---.html AC is Back!!!I know the store has been rather warm lately, but we have AC again. Yay! Now there is no excuse not to come visit!!!Thanks to those who were able to tough it out with us. We appreciate it. sara http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/07/13-Days-in-July.html 13 Days in JulyOur Friday the 13th Sale was so much fun we decided to keep in going a bit longer.  July 13 - July 25 everything is 13% off.  Also, we are putting tons of $1.00 Sale books out everyday.  I am sure there is something for everyone. sara Sale http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/07/Birthday-Authors-through-July-22.html Birthday Authors through July 22As many of you know we have an on-going display of Birthday Authors.  It occurred to me that someone might like to know who the authors are.The present astrological sign is Cancer and the winners are.....Antione de Saint-ExuperyHermann HesseRobert HeinleinLouise ErdrichHenry David ThoreauErle Stanley GardnerErnest HemingwayMarshall McLuhanJuly 23 through August 22 is the sign of Leo and some highlights include:J.K. Row sara authors,birthday http://www.loremipsumbooks.com/blog/date/2007/07/FREE-BROWNIES--------.html FREE BROWNIES!!!!!!!!(while supplies last, which is probably only tonight, so hurry up!!!!)Mmmmmm...brownies and books. sara brownies,yum.