Had to share this. We just had a customer phone up to order a book, a pleasant older lady. While getting her credit card info I asked for the expiry date. With the date being a few years down the road, her reply was “Oh my, looks like it’s about the same as mine…”

Every once and a while we come across art work that is just astounding. We had an incredible origami display a few weeks ago. Today’s link is all about what you can turn a book into using your imagination and a serious amount of artistic talent. Here they are, Some of the Most Unusual Books [...]

In the ‘I don’t know why I didn’t think of this myself’ department comes a tip from the Bytown Bookshop Blog in Ottawa.
Why not visit your local Thrift Shop the day after a 50% off sale. They tend to sell a pile of books during these sales, most likely some of them to you. Most [...]

We are hoping to extend our family of writers here at the Bookshop Blog. If you are a bookseller and would like to share some observations with us we would love to publish your ideas. A quick perusal of the site should give you an idea of what we are looking for. Ideally we would [...]

It’s been quite a year for my wife and me. By far the biggest day was March 17th when our first child was born. His name is Kasm and as any proud father would, I’m showing him off. He’s been a real joy.

Our blog (this one) was born in mid July and thanks to our [...]

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Booksellers helping Booksellers will be the gist of it.
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I’d like to thank Benjamin L. Clark, Curator of Education at the Oklahoma Museum of History, for sharing with us some links to edition information websites. This page is still new but I’m hoping it will grow into a great resource. If you know of any good sites that you’d like to see added just [...]

Here’s a short bio of Mr. Tom Nealon.
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My brother and I opened Pazzo (we tell people it’s because Yossarian’s Roman prostitute in Catch-22 would chase him around the brothel calling him Pazzo - crazy in Italian - but mostly we just liked the name)Books in the slightly more wooded area of Boston [...]

Many thanks to Dana Richardson of Windy Hill books. She will bring a wealth of knowledge in the area of children’s books to our blog. Here’s a short bio.

A bit about me and Windy Hill Books:
I have been a certified book fanatic all my life and a bookseller of out of print and collectible children’s [...]

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 [...]