Next Batch of Tabling Events

Other upcoming events at which our posse will be representing (hopefully, but we're really, really sad 'cause they changed the date for the Okanogan Family Faire this year and now we can't go! :(

Tacoma Anarchist Book Fair, Sept. 18, 19 & 20

Wes Knodel Gun Show @ Little Creek Casino Sept. 26 & 27

EsoZone in Portland - October 9 & 10

Seattle Antiquarian Book Faire, Oct. 10 & 11

Seattle Anarchist Book Fair, Oct. 17 & 18

The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair & Book Arts Show 2009!

Come find Earthlight Books at the Seattle Antiquarian Fair!

I believe we will be in booth # 307 again this year, so if you're over on the wet side of the state come check us out.
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An International Book Fair
featuring Thousands of Rare Books, Prints,
Maps, Photographs & Ephemera for sale

"The Premier Pacific Northwest Rare Book Event!"

Saturday October 10th - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday October 11th - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
north side of Seattle Center
(on Mercer St just east of 3rd Ave N)
Seattle, Washington USA


TICKETS: $5.00 at the door (good for both days)
- under 12 admitted free

The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, is now in its 23rd year and is now regarded as one of the best regional book fairs in the country. Since 1997, Louis Collins and David Gregor have taken the SABF from a fine local book fair to a show of national and international prominence. The Pacific Northwest always ranks number one or two in terms of national literacy, and we're proud to play a part in fostering the tradition of book buying, collecting and reading.
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Earthlight Books & Last Word Books Road Trip

That's right, Last Word Books, Earthlight Books, and Last Earth Distro are piling in to a book mobile and hitting the streets. If you're hitting any of the events we are, be sure to hit us up!

* Portland Anarchist Bookfair, June 7th
* Rose City Book Fair, June 12th & 13th
* Allyn Days, July 18 & 19
* Portland Zine Symposium, July 24th-26th
* Northwest World Reggae Festival, August 8th-10th
* Bumbershoot, September 5th-7th - CANCELLED

We hope to see you around!

Visit Our New Website!

New Things For Earthlight Books:

We're swamped, as usual, with books.

Our new website is up and running, check it out!

www. earthlightbooks.com

It includes the majority of our online inventory and will eventually include our in-store bestsellers and favorites as well.

My valiant, dedicated father saved the roof, and all of Earthlight Books underneath it, this winter, from the terrible snows and ices of Eastern Wash.

New book sales slowed considerably this year, but we saw a rise in used book sales that helped make up for the downturn. Luckily the old maxim rings true in times of trouble, books and booze always do well.

Online sales are up substantially, as folks seem to have more time to read and less willingness to drive to the store (any store).

Still trying to knit the bones of this empire together in a constructive, supportive way that will allow us to survive for many more moons and keep our loved ones well fed and well read!

Thanks for your continued patronage! Thanks to those who have linked to our new site already! I will try to keep up, but if you'd like to trade links please let us know.

-Sky, Webmaster and C.E.O. Extraordinaire

It's Time for the 2008 Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair!

We will be tabling at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair on October 11th and 12th, Saturday and Sunday, at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall at 3^rd Ave W and Mercer St near the Seattle Rep. If you're in the area please come by, pay us a visit and check out our impressive collection of eclectic literature. We will be at booth #307.

This year we are specializing in: Western Americana, Underground & Counter-Culture Books, Vintage Paperbacks, and a fine assortment of Collectible & Antiquarian. Hope you can make it!

View our featured items for this year's fair!

We've been making small improvements to our website as of late, please stop by and check it out: www.earthlightbooks.com

See Live Humans Read!

I couldn't resist posting this window 'hook' from the public library in Henrico County, Virginia. Props to whichever clever librarian on the premises came up with that one!

I expect we will only see more of this kind of subversive, tongue in cheek advertising within the book marketing world in the days to come, what with the coming crop of highly creative biblio-media-philes entering the workplace (I went to school with a nice bunch of them at The Evergreen State College).

Being in the slightly literary slice of a nation which, according to statistics I don't want to believe, doesn't read... makes me think we need to continue repackaging ourselves for the 21st century, as a movement of booksellers. And I know most of us loathe and bemoan even the slightest inkling of thinking in these sorts of terms, but I consider it vital to our livelihood and an important step in bringing books closer to those who are not armed with the ability to appreciate them.

BEAR WITH US AS WE ENTER THE 21ST CENTURY

Words have been few and far between this past year as our stores have geared up to bring our commanding presence online via our own e-commerce websites. Please be patient as we iron out all the kinks but pay us a visit every now and then as we get our site(s) off the ground.

www.earthlightbooks.com