What to Buy? What to Give? Start Here!

By Roxanne J. Coady | Posted: Friday, December 12, 2008

As the holiday gift-giving season kicks in, all the staff at R.J. Julia and I find ourselves thinking about the thing we love most and do best: finding ...  Read More

Corporate Gift Ideas 2008

By Roxanne J. Coady | Posted: Monday, December 8, 2008 | Updated: Monday, December 22, 2008

Dear Reader,

We love hearing from our corporate customers after they have had us mail books as a gift to their clients and contacts. Inevitably our customers are on the phone with us alm ...  Read More

Dear Reader - Holiday Letter

By Roxanne J. Coady | Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 | Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dear Reader

Not long ago Kevin and I were sitting on a plane, heading to Cleveland to spend Parents Weekend at Kenyon College with our son, Edward. It was around 6:45 pm and outside the ...  Read More

Dear Reader - Shop Local

By Roxanne J. Coady | Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dear Reader,

Working at the bookstore and waiting on customers, we not only have the pleasure of helping each of you find just the right book, we also absorb the state of mind or mood of o ...  Read More

Read Your Way Out of Trouble

By Roxanne Coady | Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008

I don’t know about you but I am suffering from Bad News Overload. Given that I’m an information addict who reads two or three newspapers a day, subscribes to dozens of magazines, watches CNN da ...  Read More