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April 05

BookPal President Makes OC Metro’s Top 40 Under 40 List!

If you happen to browse through the May 2011 issue of the <a href=”http://digital.ocmetro.com/publication/?i=68145″>OC Metro</a>, Orange County’s premier business and lifestyle magazine, and flip to page 41 you may notice a familiar face to the BookPal family. Our own founder and <a href=”http://digital.ocmetro.com/publication/?i=68145&p=41″>President, Tony DiCostanzo</a> made the list, sliding in at a young 38! This list honors community business leaders who have accomplished extraordinary acumen in business and have brought their entrepreneurship to the Orange County community.

<blockquote>The article states, “DiCostanzo has driven sales growth of 200 percent in each of the last two years. Some of his orders total more than $1 million.” </blockquote>
Tony will be attending a special party later this month to celebrate the honorees so check back because we will post pictures of the event and share all the juicy details! We are so proud of Tony and his continued commitment to the growth and success of BookPal. As our family of clients and employees grows, he continues to be grateful for their support and dedication to the BookPal promise which is to deliver bulk books at unprecedented selection and value to clients worldwide.

Cheers to Tony and thanks for your support and continued patronage of <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/”>Book-Pal.com</a>!

April 04

“The Social Network” DVD Sales Soar

After bringing home multiple Oscars and being nominated in numerous other categories <a href=”http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/”>“The Social Network”</a> was the timely hit of the year with its hard hitting dramatization of how the world’s biggest social network, Facebook, came to be. And because of its notoriety and popularity BookPal received a huge order of the DVD recently. You can watch the <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/”>movie’s trailers here</a>.

<img class=”alignleft border” title=”The Social Network cover” src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4755005472_1d1941b93d.jpg” alt=”" width=”168″ height=”250″ />The movie has gotten so large in fact, much like Facebook itself, that Wikipedia has an entire entry chronicling the background of the movie. “The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher and features a cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara.

Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay adapts Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires. Sorkin makes a cameo appearance as an unimpressed advertiser. Neither founder Mark Zuckerberg nor any other member of Facebook was involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich. The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010.”

The film received widespread acclaim, with critics praising it for its editing, acting, score and screenplay. The Social Network appeared on 78 critics’ top 10 list for 2010; of those critics 22 had the film in their number one spot. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers said “The Social Network is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade.” It received eight <a title=”Academy Award” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award”>Academy Award</a> nominations, including <a title=”Academy Award for Best Picture” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture”>Best Picture</a>, <a title=”Academy Award for Best Director” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director”>Best Director</a> (David Fincher), and <a title=”Academy Award for Best Actor” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor”>Best Actor</a> (Jesse Eisenberg), and won three for <a title=”Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_%28Adapted_Screenplay%29″>Best Adapted Screenplay</a>, <a title=”Academy Award for Best Original Score” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score”>Best Original Score</a>, and <a title=”Academy Award for Best Film Editing” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing”>Best Film Editing</a>. It also won the <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama”>Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe</a> at the <a title=”68th Golden Globe Awards” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards”>68th Golden Globe Awards</a> on January 16, 2011. The film also won the awards for <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Director” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director”>Best Director</a>, <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay”>Best Screenplay</a> and <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score”>Best Original Score</a>, making it the film with the most wins of the night.”

Grab the <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Bulk-DVD-s-and-Blu-ray-Movies-s/2811.htm”>DVD in bulk</a> here at Book-Pal.com and share it with friends and co-workers who are still trying to catch up to the ever-evolving social media craze.

How To Find Great Deals on Bulk Books

When educators, military offices, government agencies, businesses or non-profits need multiple copies of a single title- what are their options for easy shopping?
With so many options to shop these days from big retail discounters like Wal-Mart, Target, Costco & Sam’s Club to small local book stores and endless online options organizations searching for large quantities of books have a multitude of choices these days. When a school teacher for example wants to find a great deal on lots of copies of classroom novel sets or freshman reading program books the teacher may call into the publishing houses as a first option. But that requires so much legwork since publishers traditionally sell to book stores, online resellers like BookPal, or big book chains like Barnes & Noble.
Another option to try would be a general online retailer that discounts or resells used books like Amazon.com. The issue there is that generally they negotiate on a per copy price not on multiple copies of the same title. So then you have the headache of ordering from multiple sellers- private and small companies and then tracking those packages from multiple shipping locations! What a hassle! What BookPal has done is create a way for organizations such as educators, non-profits, military offices and government agencies to access discounts based on the bulk amount of books purchased and ship them for one low flat rate directly from our warehouse or the publisher’s. This process is easier, more streamlined and definitely more cost and time-efficient.
Aside from simplifying the process of buying books at one low price in large quantities, <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com” title=”BookPal”>BookPal</a> offers other great features including book customization for gifts, bulk discounts when ordering in conjunction with another organization, and always low, fast shipping. And since BookPal maintains great relationships with all the publishers for the books, they are never out of stock because any title can be shipped directly from the publisher’s warehouse! What online discounter can claim that?! Buying lots of copies of a book used to be a huge hassle- but now BookPal.com offers you convenient shopping options at deep discounts. Remember, buying in bulk doesn’t have to be a huge inconvenience anymore, take advantage of the easiest way to shop for large quantities of books right here on www.book-pal.com.