While a book may not be fragile when it is first printed, it quickly and imperceptibly begins to decompose. Over time it’s materials disintegrate. Leather turns to powder. The spine releases the …

Clean Up Your Inventory Act!
Do you know that managing your inventory when you sell books online can be a very complex thing to do? You can’t just leave everything to chance while running your business. …

Look inside the upper inside cover of books one through four, if you see a printed sale price, then you probably have a valuable collector’s item.
Why? Because the first printing of the first edition …

Laura Jenkinson (Jenks) first shared her idea in her introductory post: Bookselling, it’s in the bone
What ‘type’ of bookseller are you?
While in the process — the *slow* process might I add (to update you, I …

I don’t think I’ll ever feel such a mixture of inordinate glee and absolute terror as that thought gave me. Opening a bookshop, the very phrase, filled me with paroxysms of delight. I was completely in love with my imagined atmospheric and dark shelves, full of books and decorated with…

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.

Frequently when I mention to someone my intentions to open a bookstore I will get an askance look and “why would you do that?” When I explain my various reasons the main objection I …

“How do you get people to a book signing?” The houseguest who asked this innocent question may have regretted it, because my answer was lengthy and detailed. Nothing can be left to chance for a …

Twitter may prove indispensable for collecting new first edition signed books these days. An aspiring author can sacrifice hours hunched over their keyboard and they often take breaks to “microblog” on the popular social media …

I have a bone to pick with a Mr Clive James. Could someone give Mr James a hoy and let him know he needs to get back out there and promote his books. I have …