Bruce K. Hollingdrake 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Please, no more cheap Book Mailers. What are your odds of being content with the book packaging that shows up in the mail from books you’ve ordered online? Imagine trying to compare textbooks with a finely bound classic first edition. That’s the range of packaging I’ve had arrive at my door. My odds of being … Read more
A conversation with author Philip Pullman (courtesy charlierose.com)
Fans of Dan Brown have been waiting a long time for his next book. It was due to be released about a year ago. Time flies. We are pretty sure the book is about Free Masons and the history of the United States but other than that not much news has come out. I read … Read more
– How to not show your Google Ads to people searching for naked cheerleaders Part 2 in Nora’s series on using Google Adwords. Coming to you from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange Read Part 1 here… The other option to cut costs is to improve the quality. Quality is basically based on relevance. Ads that aren’t … Read more
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…”
