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Sharon Yntema
The History of Bookstores in Ithaca
by, Jill Swenson
August 1, 2023
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After years of research and writing, author Sharon Yntema has published her latest book, Ithaca Area Bookstores: Two Hundred years of Bookstore History in Tompkins County 1819-2019. A compendium of retail operations dedicated to purveying books offers a history of a reading community through the lens of bookstores. Sharon agreed to an interview about her new release. Q: When were the first bookstores opened in Ithaca? The… [Read More]

Filed Under: Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, Ithaca Area Bookstores, Ithaca is Books Festival, New York, Odyssey Bookstore, Sharon Yntema, Tompkins County Public Library
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Adventures with a Small Publisher
by, Sharon K. Yntema
July 28, 2015

Often when people plan to write a book, they dream their book will get published by one of the big publishers – Hatchette, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, or HarperCollins. My story is different and I’ve always been grateful to have gotten in on the ground floor with a small publisher. When my son was about 6 months old, I began working very part-time… [Read More]

Filed Under: Alex Skutt, Association of American Publishers, Creativity in Independent Publishing, Ithaca, McBooks Press, Sharon Yntema, Vegetarian Baby
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