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  1. Getting sauced? RT @SmithsonianMag Ketchup is made from tomatoes, right? In 1882, alcohol was a main ingredient: ow.ly/b7SrP
  2. Neat. Thoughts on serialization via Tweets? RT @latimesbooks The New Yorker tries Twitter fiction with Jennifer Egan lat.ms/JuX44S
  3. Thanks for the retweets & mentions! @DasNachleben @PrivateLibrary @skinnerinc @Biblio_com @briancassidy @finebooks @rehnstroem_book
  4. Secret Wall in Russian Library Reveals Hidden Trove of Books « The Blog of the ABAA fb.me/1qW21bn7w
  5. Rare Book School has announced their lineup for this summer's lecture series! fb.me/Jostw4In
  6. @blackwellrare Looks like a beautiful day for a book fair! @OlympiaBookFair
  7. "Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King
  8. Best of luck to all in London exhibiting @OlympiaBookFair! We're eager to hear reports, so keep the tweets coming!
  9. Curses! Or, stopping the book thieves | Simon Beattie fb.me/1myYYJrhl
  10. In 1977, a young American student on her junior year abroad in Rome discovered a secondhand bookshop called the... fb.me/1oMYi6apv
  11. A Look at the Titles in Famous Authors’ Libraries - Flavorwire fb.me/1OFnAzyjJ
  12. RT @LettersOfNote It's Morrissey's birthday. A couple of letters he wrote to a pen-pal in the early-80s, pre-Smiths: bit.ly/b0ib3y
  13. Thanks for the mention @BooksTellYouWhy!
  14. Folger Shakespeare Library Director Sarah Werner speaks on the digitization of antique books. fb.me/13F6fRNhN
  15. Watercolor of Brontë Sisters to be Auctioned « The Blog of the ABAA fb.me/1pq5nzZuB
  16. The curious case of the stolen Hemingway letters fb.me/1TOm5nVme
  17. “Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read.” Virginia Woolf
  18. I bet you wouldn't have guessed that Phil Collins is a prominent collector of artifacts related to the Alamo. fb.me/1CLLyBm7i
  19. Thanks for the RTs and mentions! @APrettyBook @SeanFaganBooks @kaappiah