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Biblios = Books about Books Part 1: Books about Books–Better Known as Biblios Part 2  Bibilos Focusing on Booksellers/Collectors Part 3  Bibilos Focusing on Writers Part 4  Bibilos Focusing on Writers Part 5  Bibilos Focusing on Publishers Biblio–def.: ‘the Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc.’ I’ve often wondered how many books written throughout the centuries have books themselves as subjects. Bookstores, writers, publishers, editors, libraries, are all considered part of the biblio world. As my focus, as usual, is on crime fiction, I thought I’d wander through some titles I know that feature the written word. The first and one of the best that comes to mind is Booked to Die by John Dunning, and the subsequent

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