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The Coolest Place to Drink Is Your Local Bookstore

Some bookstores are taking the philosophy that they should be a fun destination and place to hang out to a new level, sparking the new trend of bookstore bars across the U.S. Not only is it fun and trendy, but it has a business advantage. The owner of Book Club Bar in Manhattan shared that, “Especially for indie bookstores, having this additional revenue stream is what can make a bookstore really sustainable and really profitable.”

Britney Spears Issues Cease And Desist To Sister Jamie Lynn For ‘Misleading’ Claims During Book Promotion

Jamie Lynn Spears, sister to pop star Britney Spears, has received a cease and desist letter from Britney’s legal team regarding claims she’s made during the promotion of her new memoir, Things I Should Have Said. Britney has recently escaped a predatory conservatorship held by their father, from which the entire Spears family benefitted from over the years. The letter demanded that Jamie Lynn not reference Britney in a derogatory manner, stating that many of Jamie Lynn’s claims and stories about her sister that she’s shared in promoting her memoir are false.

Friends Of Jacksonville Public Library Is Left Reeling After $132,000 Theft, Arrest Of Past President

Margaret Nooney Smith was a librarian in the Jacksonville Public Library system for nearly forty years, and even working her way to a management position before her retirement. Upon retiring, she joined the Friends of the Library group, where it was recently discovered that she stole over $130,000 in Friends funds. The Friends give around $100,000 of funds they raise to the library system each year, and the group is devastated and shocked by Smith’s theft. She is currently in jail, and facing a lawsuit for the return of the money, which is yet to be located.