Off-Site Event: Editors of The Nation and The Nation Guide to the Nation at No Exit Cafe

Published on February 2, 2009 0 Comments
Feb ’09
28
7:00 pm

Please note this event is NOT at Quimby’s. We’ll be there selling books. It’s actually sponsored by Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally.

Part Whole Earth Catalog, part 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, and part Zagat Guide, THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION is the essential lifestyle guide for liberals across the land, a one-stop-shop for liberals and progressives all over America.

Inside THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION:
* Studs Terkel’s favorite Chicago restaurant
* Ray Bradbury’s regular bookstore
* The best progressive diner in Iowa City
* Stuart Klawans’s 25 greatest political films
* Summer camps to foster liberal ideals in your children
* Blogs, museums, bookstores, churches, and more

Sat, Feb 28th, 7pm
No Exit Café, 6970 North Glenwood, Chicago, IL 60626

For more info: matt at headzup dot tv or jbaxter at randomhouse.com

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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of Jan 25th-Jan 31st, 2009

Published on February 2, 2009 0 Comments

1.    Plant Life for Human Lesson Vol 4: Animal Lesson by Jo Dery $5.00
2.    Venus Zine #38 Win 08 $4.50
3.    Bust Feb Mar 09 $4.99
4.    Hot and Cold Running Ghosts by Grant Reynolds $3.00
5.    Swindle #19 $8.95
6.    Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis (Buenaventura Press) $13.95
7.    Be a Man by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf) $3.00
8.    The Tree Show by Mark Ryden (Porterhouse) $40.00
9.    Public Phenomena (Temporary Services) $15.00
10. Proximity #3 $12.00

New Stuff 1/31/09

Published on January 31, 2009 0 Comments

Wow uber light week for new stuff around here. New issue of Butt more than makes up for that though. Seems this week has been more about restocking the classics and keeping the store arranged and orderly-despite how hard customers try to undo that work. Next week is the Spelling Bee so make sure to mark your calendars appropriately should be an epic battle of word building and memory!

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New Shipping Rates in Effect

Published on January 27, 2009 0 Comments

Well its been a little while but the post office has increased the rates on priority mail again so Quimby’s has had to follow suite and raise our shipping charges. So for delivery within the contiguous USA Quimby’s shipping charges are now:

  • $5 for orders $30.00 and under,
  • $8.50 for orders between $30.01 and $79.99,
  • $12.00 for orders of $80.00 and above.

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of January 18th – January 24th, 2009

Published on January 26, 2009 0 Comments

1.    Bitch #42 $5.95
2.    Proximity #3 $12.00
3.    Ready Made #39 Feb Mar 09 $4.99
4.    Manifesti of Radical Literature by Anne Elizabeth Moore $7.00
5.    Hi Fructose #10 $6.95
6.    Wallpaper Feb 09 $9.50
7.    Claptrap #2 $5.00
8.    Mojo Feb 09 #183 $9.99
9.    Bizarre #144 Black Christmas #9.50
10.  Cometbus #51: Loneliness of the Electra Menorah by Aaron Cometbus $3.00

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