We had a lot of discussion on rcb about dust jackets a few months ago. A lot of people - especially Americans - insisted that, as long as it was the same issue as the book, it really was an academic point whether a particular dust jacket originally belonged to a particular book, i.e., it was fine...

http://tinyurl.com/z5msd This guy don't think much of his "collection," do he?

I bought more than 200 eBay items in the last several years with no problem until now. This eBay seller had a reserve. When I asked him about the item conditions, he told me the reserve was at, i.e. $300. I put in my maximum bid at $311, considering the item value. When the bidding closed, there...

....your spouse starts up an auction site for the sole purpose of selling them off. *** Academic's book collection will be history thanks to wife JILL BLAKE Scotsman.com News AS a historian he is expected to be well read, but years spent trawling

Everyone, I posted most of this as a response in another thread, but I thought it worthy of its own title. Feeding trolls keeps them alive. Do not feed them and they will shrivel up and die. It doesn't take much food to keep them alive. A single morsel tossed to them will breath life into...

At my local Goodwill the lady in charge of pricing books has promoted herself to "book expert" They have taken to the practice of looking books up on ABE taking the highest priced listing (and I think we all know how prices range on ABE), printing it out and placing it in the book and then...

"Wrestling With Obsession: The Acclaimed Diary Of John Pelan, Critically Acclaimed Author" Midnight House, Seattle, 2005. Limited to 100 copies, 5 of which come with free plastic wrestling figures of 'Slamhead' and 'Drillface' together with a leather-look leotard. Reviewed by Ambrose Silk, Times...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 3, 2005 Theft Case Rattles Sedate World of Rare Maps By ALISON LEIGH COWAN NEW HAVEN, Oct. 2 - With his neat blazer and scholarly air, it was not hard for E. Forbes Smiley III to blend in at the Yale...

Recently, I was at a library and noticed someone sitting by some books being sold by the library. This person was using a laptop to connect via wifi to Amazon. Apparently he/she was looking up the sale books at Amazon, but I couldn't see in greater detail what was being done. My guess is that...

I'm on the verge of selling a book to a fancy New York dealer. I just received an e-mail from the shop asking if I would be willing to give a "dealer discount." I have never sold to a dealer before. I suppose it makes good business sense fo me to do so. My question: How much of a discount is...

Hello, Would really appreciate your collective assistance in a matter of some importance to me. Has there ever been a study on how long the _average_ hard cover book survives (the DW is not of concern here, only the preservation of the book)? I would like to be able to estimate how many books of...

Hi, Hope you pros can help me determine what my next step is to sell this book are. I think it is very special. Here is the info: Collectible - Very Good Comments: Black Hardback. London: C. F. Cazenove; The Royal Publishing Company. Los Angeles, CA. 1908. Verso page says, Copyright 1908 by

The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times. Grail hunters are set to flock to the historic site following the publication of best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. The book has...

Did eBay do away with all of the subcategories under Books Nonfiction?!?! I guess I haven't sold anything there in a while and most of my searching is done by keywords and not categories. On second thought, though, I did used to search the Books on Books subcategory--and, I just checked, it...

As John Pelan is once again starting to tell lies, It's time to post a timely reminder that he is in fact a discredited liar as per the following. In alt.books.ghost-fiction Pelan twice boasted about owning substantial shares with his former ISP, Isomedia. Yet Isomedia confirmed that this was a...

"Willis Yates" wrote in message ... Thanks for all of the unhelpful comments from all the miserable book toads and assorted losers. Like Dfkng also at 209.173.190.108?

Announcing the "Extinct Marsupial Appreciation Society"! Learn the facts about this rare, bookselling beast! Read about how it builds its den in UPS Store mailboxes! See the many names it goes by, and understand its revolting habits! Find out about its symbiotic relationship with the common...

For the benefit of book dealers and collectors alike, I thought you might like to know that David Anderson was reprimanded earlier this year for breaking ABE rules. Anderson was told to stop copying confidential bookseller-only discussions from ABE's bookseller forum onto the wider internet....

How do you as collectors and book sellers watch and predict book trends?

I've got a bunch of books that I think might be worth something -- for example, several P.G. Wodehouse Autograph Editions -- and I'm looking for a website that would let me input title, author, and other relevant information and would give me back an estimated value. I did Google "antiquarian...