Anne Anderson’s House That Jack Built is worlds apart from a Victorian’s book plate, or Art Deco vision, or a Golden Book’s mid century idea of what the perfect abode would look like in Mother Goose Land. Because of these differences it’s like a birthday, or holiday whenever a collector finds a new version of … Read more
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie—Alan Bradley 2009–IP There’s never been a protagonist quite like 11 year old Flavia DeLuce. Right off the bat you are thrown into her chaotic world where she lives with her two sisters, Ophelia and Daphne, and her widowed father in a decaying manse called Buckshaw. She and her … Read more
I stumbled upon this while wandering around the internet, and I was appalled at the meaning of these 10 words. Ick, ick, ick! But fascinating! 10 Nastiest words in the Latest Print Dictionary (that they describe it as a ‘print’ dictionary is a nasty thing, IMHO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/nastiest-words-dictionary_n_1082702.html?ref=mostpopular#s460892
One advantage of managing an independent bookstore, you meet many writers. Some established like Sara Paretsky, some real old timers like Dick Francis, some mid-list like Rhys Bowen, some best sellers, like James Patterson, and some brand spanking new faces on the scene. It was the new writers that at the time most occupied our … Read more
I’m asking, because I need new creative places to take them! I have long ago left behind the notion that I could keep all the books I’d read. As a teenager, it didn’t seem so difficult–stack them in a corner of the room, and let them be. By college, I didn’t want to lug them … Read more
This seems a simple enough question. For new books, publishers clearly just use the files they already have on their computer to create a download in the correct format. Or send it to a small publishing unit to print a copy from master files. It’s not much trouble to convert current books, but even ones … Read more
On one of my weird road trips I had the privilege of visiting the little town of Wells in the NY Adirondack mountains. So it’s disturbing to find out how much damage has been done to their library and the entire picture book collection for children. They are asking for monetary donations to replace the … Read more
Every time the stock market starts acting like a a yoyo on a rollercoaster we notice an uptick in rare book sales in a specific price range: ones that have a similar price to most bluechip stocks. Maybe it’s just us, but it looks like as investors get antsy they decide to to diversify by … Read more
