Comments on: Between Friends, the Joy of a Bookselling Mentor http://bookshopblog.com/2009/04/29/between-friends-the-joy-of-a-bookselling-mentor/ ...to help you be a better bookseller Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://bookshopblog.com/2009/04/29/between-friends-the-joy-of-a-bookselling-mentor/comment-page-1/#comment-4584 Dave Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:28:52 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=602#comment-4584 Motivation and listing books. I buy my books in bulk and may have 30 boxes of books to go through and list online. After a few hours I fade and look for motivation. Sometimes it is simple like "my house is a mess with all these boxes" and others I may need to actually pause and remember how much I love books and love having the chance to sell them and be around them Motivation and listing books. I buy my books in bulk and may have 30 boxes of books to go through and list online. After a few hours I fade and look for motivation. Sometimes it is simple like “my house is a mess with all these boxes” and others I may need to actually pause and remember how much I love books and love having the chance to sell them and be around them

]]> By: prying1 http://bookshopblog.com/2009/04/29/between-friends-the-joy-of-a-bookselling-mentor/comment-page-1/#comment-3873 prying1 Sat, 02 May 2009 14:16:46 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=602#comment-3873 Wonderful posting Roberta. Once again through The Bookshop Blog I feel as though I've made a a new friend. (Is that Kumbaya I hear in the background?) One statement you made however I disagree with. "I know that most booksellers don’t like to give away their hard earned lessons because those lessons, they’ve come at a price." I've found the opposite to be true. I've sent a scan of a signature to another seller to verify if it matches a signed book they have, requested edition information & even questioned another seller about a buyer seeking a rare volume we both had listed (yes he knew the buyer and the buyer was legit). I've found booksellers to be friendly, helpful & free with their knowledge. I'm sure there is a cranky one out there but I have yet to meet him. I really want to thank you for posting the video of Hurley on your blog. - http://daisychain.typepad.com/the_poet_in_you/2009/04/motivate-me.html - Quite inspiring. It would be great to have him as a life coach but since we don't I guess we will have to lean on each other for support, for a push and for inspiration. I appreciate this, your first posting and hope you will write some more for us. Wonderful posting Roberta. Once again through The Bookshop Blog I feel as though I’ve made a a new friend. (Is that Kumbaya I hear in the background?)

One statement you made however I disagree with. “I know that most booksellers don’t like to give away their hard earned lessons because those lessons, they’ve come at a price.” I’ve found the opposite to be true. I’ve sent a scan of a signature to another seller to verify if it matches a signed book they have, requested edition information & even questioned another seller about a buyer seeking a rare volume we both had listed (yes he knew the buyer and the buyer was legit). I’ve found booksellers to be friendly, helpful & free with their knowledge. I’m sure there is a cranky one out there but I have yet to meet him.

I really want to thank you for posting the video of Hurley on your blog. – http://daisychain.typepad.com/the_poet_in_you/2009/04/motivate-me.html – Quite inspiring. It would be great to have him as a life coach but since we don’t I guess we will have to lean on each other for support, for a push and for inspiration. I appreciate this, your first posting and hope you will write some more for us.

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