Christianity Today announced today that it's canceling some of its magazines, including Today's Christian Woman. CT also laid off 30 employees. Read about it here.
At EPA, experts noted that while the national and international mag and newspaper industry is hurtin', the local-newspaper industry is doing okay. That is, your small neighborhood or town paper is probably faring well. After all, the Mesquite BBQ benefits more from running ads in the physically local community than it does running banners on the web.
Used book sales are also up--old is the new green; recycling is in. So now may be a good time to gather your unused books and head down to Half Price Books or Powell's. While many, many book stores are closing, Half Price is opening:
Friday, May 22, 2009
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We love Powell's! For those folks that are able to make it to the store location (vs. online) may I suggest the following:
We sell books back to Powell's. They pay a higher rate in store credit than cash. Some time ago, we discovered that they will split up your store credit onto multiple gift cards. We requested 3 cards w/ $20/ea and the balance on a 4th card. We were then able to give the cards as gifts without making a special trip.
This worked so well, that we have taken to keeping a couple extra, unloaded, gift cards in the house. In a pinch, we can load them on the company websites prior to heading out the door.
Heethar, what a great idea. I've been thinking about it all day. So cool.
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