Bruce K. Hollingdrake Two quick links about blogging. Many booksellers have included a blog in their arsenal and if you haven’t yet you might want to consider it. It’s a great way to keep your patrons involved in your business and yourself. A big part of what we do is about relationships and online there’s no better way … Read more
Our staff member John Goodman brings us this nugget. SYDNEY (AFP) – Best-selling author Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal as he horrified an Australian outback bookstore, local media reported Thursday. A customer at the store in remote Alice Springs raised the alarm after noticing a man walk in off the street and begin … Read more
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with The Art of Books, I am a paying customer of theirs. The Art of Books (AOB) is an online bookseller’s inventory management system. Different sellers with differing needs will find their own way of using the system. Here’s how I use it. For the time being I use Abe’s … Read more
Scratch a bookseller and find: an escaped civil servant, an armchair environmentalist, and a 50 year old entering her third childhood. Dana Richardson – Windy Hill Books a retired vehicular placement specialist, a high handicapper, an eternal optimist. Bruce Hollingdrake – Zeeba Books a jaded media peon, a dumpster diver, A dragon greedily guarding his … Read more
Today, we had a little girl in our shop (about 8 or 9 years old) who said she had some books she wanted to sell and would I be interested. I looked at them and they were, quite frankly, not worth anything – even someone like me who specialises in new books and is still … Read more
One of the nice things about having contributors to the blog is that I also get a few extra sets of eyeballs surfing for great content. Tom Nealon of Pazzo books and The Bookshop Blog brought this great posting to my attention. It is by Ian J. Kahn of Lux Mentis Lux Orbis. This has … Read more
Many older books, particularly from 1890-1930, include several pages of advertising at the rear. These ads are usually for other titles available from the publisher but sometimes they’re for products and services. A bookseller should always read through these pages because they often contain useful (or at least entertaining) information. You’ll get a sense of … Read more
I’d like to welcome William Smith of Hangfire Books, Brooklyn, NY and Tom Nealon of Pazzo Books, Roslindale, Massachusetts. We very much look forward to reading their pieces. William’s first post will be up a little later today, followed by a bio and opening piece by Tom tomorrow. Comments are always welcome and we are … Read more
