Source Code is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents, his first deep friendships [...]
by Pleun While everyone was still tucked away in bed, our delightful ABC elves Shirley, Joost and Tiemen worked their magic to create something truly enchanting: the Booklover Tree, located on the second floor of our Amsterdam store! After days of careful preparation and the perfect selection of books, they've crafted [...]
by Sophie ABC’s co-director Martijn was a guest on the Bookshop Podcast! As an international podcast, The Bookshop Podcast has a wider reach than just the Netherlands, so it's a great opportunity for the world to know more about our small enterprise. With the title "Exploring the American Book Center: Martijn Meerts [...]
by Sophie One of the more popular things we sell, across all three ABCs, are our Blind Book Dates, or BBDs, as we call them. (Technically they should of course be called "Blind Date with a Book", but why use that when you can use a TLA, right?) A BBD is a [...]
by Sophie One of the perks of being a bookseller is that sometimes you get invited to things like the Amsterdam Book Event, hosted by Van Ditmar Books. This year Bruna and Tiemen from the Amsterdam team and Naomi, Júlia, and myself from the The Hague/Leidschendam team were the lucky ones. [...]
by Naomi At ABC, we pride ourselves on being booklovers, and the Booklover Box is a great way for us to express that. The Booklover Box is a carefully curated selection of books and merchandise based on the size and genre chosen by a customer. It makes for a great gift [...]
We played the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talked to Iris, one of [...]
We played the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Natalia, who till [...]
We played the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Juno, our Languages and [...]
by Lauren If you’ve been to our Amsterdam store recently, you may have noticed our magazine section has been reduced by half. Things have been less dramatic in The Hague, but the number of magazines on offer there has also been steadily decreasing. Many magazines still being printed are coming out [...]
