Brian W. Webster
bwwebster@gmail.com
I recently came into possession of a book – “Fathers and Sons” by Turgenev in 1867 – in not very good condition. I have been experimenting with a product called “Absorene”, originally used …

In the beginning, when we first started in the Internet Book business, we already had quite a few volumes to sell, but it became obvious that we neither had enough books or a wide enough range to do very well. What we needed was stock and variety.

Just recently I was offered a batch of books at a good price but – take all or no deal. So we took them all, about 200.
Obviously or first step was to sort the into …

CAN THIS BE THE END?
BY
Brian W. Webster
I can feel the tremor of fear that runs through the book world with the advent of computered books and, to be honest I felt it too.
But a thought …

What do you do when you are given a Library that has no books?
And suppose this library was surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but rice paddies? And nobody but your immediate compatriots could …

When we first entered the book selling business we were complete beginners as far as shipping books was concerned. We had a lot of knowledge of shipping other materials bot not books.
Luckily we …

LIFE WITH BOOKS
BY
Brian W. Wesbster
I have been lucky with books all of my life. Once they saved my life.
During World War 2 I was living in London, but on the outskirts. We …

My first professional experience with books was learning the hard slog of making them. I was what they called a “Printer’s Devil”, a job that meant a lot of tasks way below the normal …

Quite often, when entering newly purchased books (used) you come across minor faults that you may
gloss over until they get sold. By then, of course, you have forgotten their shortcomings and mail
them, warts and …

I changed trains for the express to London and ordered a coffee and took out whatever I had for the day.
Perhaps it was a Novel or perhaps another type of volume…