* Borderlands Cafe was an Editors' Pick for the San Francisco Bay Guardian's "Best of the Bay 2010"! The Cafe was selected as the venue for "Best Scones with a Side of Asimov". <http://www.sfbg.com/specials/best-bay-2010-editors-picks-food-and-drink> (In addition to "Best Specialty Bookstore," and "Best Sign of De-Gentrification in the Mission" in years past, Borderlands Books was once chosen by The Guardian as the "Best Place to Meet Kinky Space Cadets".  Well, they say there's no such thing as bad publicity.)

* Thank you so much to the 77 awesome customers who purchased special $100 gift certificates earlier this year.  They are now available for redemption at a $120 value.  We really appreciate all your support!

* Modern Times, a landmark Valencia Street bookstore, is in trouble and could use some help.  Read the text of their statement here: <http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/266416/d8c93599b1/1241000228/2c662d4f2a/>

* The San Francisco Chronicle featured Ash in its article "The Shelf Lives of Bookstore Cats" on Sunday, August 8th.  Click here to read the article! <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/06/RV951EOCSQ.DTL>

* Alan Beatts, Borderlands' owner, will be interviewed and answer questions from callers on the Geek Speak Radio Show on Tuesday, August 17th at 11:00 am! <http://www.geekspeakradioshow.com>