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Articles by Bob Lewis

Why you won’t find Disney books in my store.
Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009 – 11:31 | 3 Comments
Why you won’t find Disney books in my store.

Long ago when my children were young, I was reading them the story of Pinocchio in a Walt Disney book. I started telling them about the Italian who had written it so long ago, but …

Ultimate Free Advertising Idea for Used Book Shops
Saturday, 28 Feb, 2009 – 23:33 | 7 Comments

We all know that we need to advertise, and we all know that it’s very difficult to know how and where to advertise. It tends to be expensive, and so often it doesn’t work. We …

The Second Renaissance – bigger, better, faster!
Sunday, 15 Feb, 2009 – 0:58 | 2 Comments
The Second Renaissance – bigger, better, faster!

When books become available and affordable, the value of reading and writing became apparent. Ideas could be spread rapidly. When people could read they could learn more from others and from the past. Things started to change very rapidly (for the times). Can you imagine how exciting it would have been to live during the renaissance?

Have you read all these books?
Friday, 6 Feb, 2009 – 8:54 | 8 Comments

Have you read all these books?
I have several answers, including: – “I’m working on it.” or “Yup. Twice.”
Another one: “Do you read much?”
Me: “Four or five books a week.”
“I wish I had the time to …

Scam Warning…
Thursday, 29 Jan, 2009 – 22:11 | 5 Comments

 
With so many transactions happening on the internet, it has become increasingly important to pay attention when buying, to track your purchases, and to monitor your credit card bills, debit card transactions, etc.
There are so …

Group Advertising
Monday, 26 Jan, 2009 – 23:28 | 7 Comments

 We have a magazine here in southern Ontario called ‘Daytripping’. I imagine there are similar publications elsewhere. It’s published every 2 months and can be picked up free at all its advertisers as well as …

A short bio or a long introduction…
Sunday, 18 Jan, 2009 – 22:31 | 6 Comments

[editor's note] We have a new bookseller aboard. Bob Lewis comes to us from Ontario, Canada and will be adding his views and experiences to our site, thanks for sharing your bio here Bob.
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I spent …