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The Daily Breeze
April 24, 2010
JOHN BOGERT: Gasp! A new MB store beckons with books
by John Bogert
Just when you think it's dead, just when you think it's all over save the Kindles and iPads, the Twitters, the OMGs and the LOLs, it isn't. see article
Los Angeles Times
April 9, 2010
Championing books -- and a sense of community
At a new shop in Manhattan Beach, what's on the shelves is just part of the story. It's one of a number of such stores that aim to provide a place for real contact in an increasingly virtual world.
By Joy Horowitz
Just when I thought the last vestige of life as I've loved it -- meaning life with an inviting bookstore nearby -- was ending, I found hope. First, there was the president in Iowa City, making front-page news because he was browsing in a bookstore. That photograph of him so cheered my Facebook friends, who posted it like crazy, that I wondered if something more was happening here than people clicking a button that said "like." see article
ManhattanBeach.Patch.com
March 12, 2010
'Pages' Begins a New Chapter
The new independently-owned bookstore is celebrating its downtown opening today. Mark the occasion with complimentary champagne from 5-8pm.
by Andrew Kersey
Longtime friends Linda McLoughlin Figel and Patty Gibson had tossed around the idea for several years: Why not open a "corner bookstore" in the heart of downtown Manhattan Beach? see article
Beach Reporter
March 11, 2010
Manhattan Beach moms open independent bookstore
by Annie Lubinsky
On Friday, the bookshelves arrived. On Monday, the books came in. Tomorrow, the three business owners will invite their first customers inside, welcoming the community to Pages: A Bookstore. see article
Easy Reader
February 25, 2010
Three moms open independent book shop downtown
by Andrea Ruse
Once upon a time, in a land of corporate chain bookstores, three moms decided to open a small independent book shop in the heart of Manhattan Beach. see article
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For Immediate Release
February, 2010
pages: a bookstore Bucks the Big-Box Bandwagon
Persevering against all odds, Manhattan Beach trio opens an Independent Bookstore offering locals a place to find thought provoking books and related gifts that usually get lost in the Big-Box shops.
Manhattan Beach, CA, February 2010 — At a time when book buying trends lean more towards e-books, Amazon, warehouse-type stores like B&N and deep discounters such as Walmart and Costco, three committed bibliophiles have decided to buck the trend and open pages: a bookstore in the laidback Los Angeles beachside community of Manhattan Beach. more
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