I just came across what is obviously a salesmans demo copy of a book called Sunshine and shadow in new york. The book has spine and cover designs glued on the inside of the boards, the first half of the book is selections from chapters and illustrations and the last half is an advertisment fro the...

What are the ethical/legal implications of listing a book with multiple agents, i.e., Alibris.com, Abebooks.com, Half.com, etc? What if I toss in an eBay.com listing? Aren't I implying an exclusive right to sell my book when I list with an agent? So what happens if I get people wanting to buy my...

I just purchased a copy of Mexican author Laura Esquivel's new book "Malinche", which has been out for only a few weeks. I took the dust jacket off to examine the boards (blind-stamped floral pattern in a purplish brown from top to bottom on the right edge), but what caught my eye is that the dust...

To whom would I suggest that a particular book be reprinted? The following book is *the* most important historical book on billiards ever published. The author of this book was the first person to understand basic principles of billiards which are still in use today, and to then publish a book on...

I had a great little tool that allowed me to edit and compress image files. It came as a freebie years ago, when I bought some piece of hardware or other. Then I had problems with my computer and had to reformat my hard disk drive, and now I find there was some product key that I've lost, so I...

I have a total of 100 books currently listed on Ebay, all of them related to South Asia. There are many important scholarly and reference works available, as well as some lighter reading. To see all my auctions, click...

Hello everyone I'm not a collector and know nothing about old or rare books. I found this one while cleaning out an old building. Its title is OUR TIMES AND THERE MEANING. The copyright is1929 by southern publishing association Nashville TN. Is this of interest to anyone?

I'm currently attempting to sell 8 franklin library books on Ebay. junkmstr101 if you wish to look. My question is, Do books sell well on ebay or are they better off kept on the shelf. How do you determine what books are in demand, or is it just a hit and miss proposition. What is the most...

I am amazed on the number of people whose listings show up on bookfinder.com who think that "signed" means that the owner has written his name on the inside of the front cover. -- Evelyn C. Leeper Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it...

Came across this site http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw/index.shtml Has information on book binding and related areas.

A probably clinical manic buyer joined ebay today and went on a wild buying spree. In a few hours he bought more than 700 items, many of them costing thousands of dollars. After a few hours someone pulled the plug and he is now no longer a registered user. All well and good. But I am left with...

Does anyone know: Is there a paperback version of Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception? I can't find one.

I picked up some fantasy books at my local thrift shop and several of them had a big, black, magic-marker "B" on the page edges. At first I assumed that it was an idiosyncrasy of the former owner ("Bob" perhaps?) but then I found the same title on ABE with a description of the same mark on...

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:39:35 GMT, John A. Stovall wrote: I went to the Fort Worth Book and Paper show this past weekend and I didn't buy a single book. In fact I didn't even walk all over the dealer area and it was the largest I can remember. There were a...

"Brian Thomas" wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone has compiled a list of Flatsigned's alternate bidding ID's. I have noticed a couple and just stumbled upon Buffett72. Several negative feedbacks make note of it, and I...

I was fortunate to stumble across "A Passion for Books" edited by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan" with a foreward by Ray Bradbury. It's a terrific read for those really interested in books. To quote from the cover - "A book lover's treasury of stories, essays humor, lore, and lists on...

was sitting here looking at my pile of bookmarks that I found inside of books and was wondering what other people find?I once found a book that was made into a porno book back in the 20's i guess, with pasted in photos.I never found money just photos,letters,bills,and bookmarks

You know we lose a lot with microfilm, which is not random access memory. There are consequences when things are only on microfilm: Real historians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries aren't reading the old newspapers very much anymore, though - not page by page and month by...

Does anyone have any recommendations for good/interesting used bookstores in Hawai'i--in particular Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island? (I'm not interested in Hawaiiana particularly, but more in SF and literary fiction. In particular, if I finish the four books I'm bringing, I'll need to buy something...

Hmm, So this guy has another 2 new feedbacks from nothing accounts - I know the item was another of the Gogh Starry Night Posters - both 0 feedbacks, similar MO on usernames (artistic70_0 and onlyone 10_0), and both registered on Jun 27th - report time again?? http://tinyurl.com/iu5p Will he...