As San Diego Comic Com wrapped up this weekend I want to talk about comics.  A lot of people don’t realize that many of our independent Sellers list, sell, and ship comic books on the Alibris marketplace. We recently highlighted two comics in our gift guide; Batman; The killing Joke[…]

It’s the time of year when college freshmen are packing their cars, waving their good-byes, buying their textbooks, and learning their way around campus. If you’re feeling the school spirit, join me on this cinematic jaunt through the top ten all-time best college movies. This list comprises the classic movies[…]

Because Alibris is based in Northern California, many of our employees are apartment dwellers. Space for a garden is at a premium. As we we enter the back to school season, we can sympathize with those of you living in cramped quarters for the first time. To our college-bound freshmen:[…]

It’s really hard to find good party planning books. Not because there aren’t any books written on the topic; there are tons of them. The problem is that most of them aren’t really about hosting a party at all. They are cookbooks disguised as party books. Often a publisher will[…]

Happy Take Your Dog to Work Day! Perhaps you took your dog to work today, and Sparky made such a scene that you were politely told not to invite her back. Or perhaps you know your pooch well enough to know he is not ready for prime time office politics.[…]

Summer wanderlust is here again, and I’ve got your back with the list of road trip CDs to end all lists of road trip CDs. These are albums that are good from start to finish, because you can’t be fishing around every three songs for the next CD. Road trips are the time when you want to hear familiar songs so you can sing along, and bond with your friends over their silly seat-dancing. Classic songs give the trip a cinematic feel: we’re really going somewhere!