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Giveaway Time! And Book Recommendations.

March 8, 2018 //  by Rachel Kent//  32 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I have a pile of books stacking up and I’d love to pass them along to you, dear blog readers!

Please comment below with the title and author of a book you read recently that you would …

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Anticipation of Good Things: Christmas and Book Publishing

December 8, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

A Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed before …

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Toys in the Bookstore

February 24, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  22 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I was planning to write on this topic anyway, but now with the news of Family Christian Stores going out of business it is even more relevant. I am very sad to see more bookstores go out …

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Books in Unusual Places: Marketing Outside of the Box

August 28, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  39 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

FullSizeRenderWhen I was camping up in the Sierra Nevada mountains two weekends ago, I came across a little library outside of the camp host’s camper! I was surprised to see the book cart, but I think it’s …

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Print books are not on the way out!

January 9, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  47 Comments

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As a print book reader (who tried using a Kindle and didn’t like it) all of the talk about print books disappearing caused me pain! I love my books and my bookshelves and I’m not ready to …

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Seven Years as an Agent

October 10, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  60 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

October marks the 7th anniversary of when I became an agent with Books & Such! When I first started, I’d go to conferences, and people would remark on how young I looked. I don’t hear that much …

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How have your reading habits changed?

January 17, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  41 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

In the past few years, I’ve been drawn to books that I wouldn’t have been interested in when I was in my early-to-mid twenties. When I started as an agent with Books & Such, I was primarily …

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The Importance of White Space

July 9, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  76 Comments

 

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A couple of weeks ago I got one of my favorite kinds of calls. It was an offer to let me go through the library of a young pastor who died in 1963. His widow was …

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How do you foster a love of reading in a child?

May 24, 2013 //  by Rachel Kent//  40 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Many of you have seen this video by now, of a young boy who’s ability to recognize the letters of the alphabet allowed for help to find them when his father suffered an aneurism. The little boy …

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Good News

September 18, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  55 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Okay, admit it. You’ve accused the younger generation of practically having their thumbs permanently affixed to gamepads, right? Or if not gaming, you expect them to be found texting or talking on their iPhones. Thumb dexterity is …

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