Posts Tagged ‘Books’

Neil Gaiman’s Free Book

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: News & Opinions

Neil Gaiman and HarperCollins have decided to release Neil’s book, American Gods, for free across the Internet. Here is the link



Do you collect (or stock) Little Golden Books?

By Dana Richardson • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Books & Mags

In 1942 Simon and Schuster published the first dozen titles in Little Golden Books (LGB) series. They were priced at about 25 cents, marketed to department stores, and as an alternative to the more expensive children’s books, which at the time cost 2 to 3 dollars, were immediately popular.



Have You Seen Some of the Newer Children’s Books?

By Nora O'Neill • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Books & Mags

If you don’t have kids of your own you may have missed some of the wild and whacky thing publishers have been doing to grab little kids attention. With the manufacturing of these specialty books having been sent offshore, these novelty kids books have come down in price. Here are a few recent […]



Seeing Shelley Plain by R. Wilson

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: Recommended Reading

One of my favorite type of books to read are memoirs of other dealers and books by folks that just love being surrounded by them (the books and the dealers). I’ve loved most of Basbane’s books as well as those by the Goldstones. I was happy to come across this review and recommendation of Seeing […]



Book Wise, Rings of Saturn and Lee Child

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Elsewhere on the Net...

Here are some interesting tidbits found around the web. Hope you like..
Looks like Harlequin is getting into the eBook game with an new imprint called Nocturne Bites. Shorter, fast-paced vampire stuff. Should be a nice fit for that format. Check out Vanessa Giunta’s blog for more info…
Have you heard of BookWise yet? It’s a Network […]



How Efficient is your Business?

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Recommended Reading

In January I asked some of our writers what their best business moves were for 2007.
George from Fairs Fair Books mentioned improving methods and procedures. With that comment came a recommendation to read The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. I took him up on it and was very happy with his recommendation. This book got […]



The Bookseller’s Gazette Issue #1

By William Smith • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: News & Opinions

While writing my post on bookselling and magazines a few weeks back, I was thinking how much magazine articles, tv and radio notices, blog posts, etc. drive the used and rare book trade. I decided to start collecting these references in one place so alert booksellers could take advantage of potential spikes in demand.
This will […]



These books will make money on eBay.

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Dec 18th, 2007 • Category: News & Opinions

Here is the Top 10 US out of print books as compiled by Bookfinder. These books will make you some money. Once a Runner for example regularly sells for over $200. Not bad for a book that is less than ten years old. You’ll also notice at number 8, Alice Starmore. Many books by her […]



Get the Dirt on some Great Books.

By Bruce K. Hollingdrake • Dec 14th, 2007 • Category: Elsewhere on the Net...

Here’s a little ‘link love’. Bookride, Rare Book Guide - every one a winner
Every once in a while I like to point you over to a blog or website that I think will help keep your head in the game. If you want to keep filling your brain with detailed information on […]



Don’t get hung up on your buying mistakes - sell and move on.

By Tom Nealon • Aug 20th, 2007 • Category: Inventory Management, News & Opinions

Posted by Tom Nealon of Pazzo Books
Dana’s great story about the Baum that got away reminded me of mistakes in
book selling. I traded stocks for a few years, and the most common mistake
is to get married to your screw-ups. You bought something at 20 that you
were SURE was a winner. It languishes, sits […]