Forum: Books
August 12th 07, 12:38 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 688
Looking for a book publishing software
You write the book in your favorite word processing software.
When it is finshed, you lay it out in the publisher's preferred
software. Normally they might do that for you, but InDesign and...
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Forum: Books
July 22nd 07, 09:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 492
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Forum: Books
June 10th 07, 05:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 452
The week's finds
Hey all:
Not a bad week: one library sale, one church sale, one block sale.
At the church sale, in spite of the presence of multiple dealers, I
scored a true first/first of Cold Mountain. I must...
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Forum: Books
April 4th 07, 11:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 469
Weasel-Word Listers
Greetings:
I think the listers on Amazon that do this and list 'acceptable' are
guilty of using the same description for every book. They are
high-volume listers who see books as just another...
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Forum: Books
March 14th 07, 12:09 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,533
Shill Bidding on eBay
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:43:47 -0700, chronic wrote:
On 2007-01-31 07:25:53 -0800, "
said:
I bought more than 200 eBay items...
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Forum: Books
March 5th 07, 03:17 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 361
George Martin "Playback"
Thanks. Send me the dollar, and I'll send you the book.
On 4 Mar 2007 15:50:38 -0800, "RF" wrote:
I'll give you $1 for it. Does that help?
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Forum: Books
March 5th 07, 03:16 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 361
George Martin "Playback"
THx, I saw that, and am in touch with the seller to buy it.
Denton
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:12:25 GMT, "Chris Charles"
wrote:
A copy of the prospectus for the 2002...
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Forum: Books
March 5th 07, 12:17 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 361
George Martin "Playback"
Hey all:
Trying to get a recent valuation for this book, can't find any
listings in the usual places. Tried addall, bookfinder, and ebay
completed auctions.
THis was a limited edition (2000) signed...
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Forum: Books
March 4th 07, 12:48 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 1
Views: 449
Confessions of a book abuser
See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/books/review/Schott.t.html
While one is at first horrified, one then realizes that guys like this
increase the value of my collection, by reducing the number...
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Forum: Books
February 14th 07, 03:09 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 947
what do you find in books
In a copy of not-very-rare Bernard Malamud book on ebay, a typed copy
of the speech Malamud gave upon acceptance of the National Book Award,
1959. Later authenticated by his daughter who confirmed...
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Forum: Books
February 7th 07, 01:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 1
Views: 414
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Forum: Books
January 20th 07, 07:21 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 507
Book database - input with scanner
Keep in mind there's also a 'location' field... anyway the auto
lookup, whether you scan or input ISBNs manually, goes pretty fast.
Denton
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:20:47 -0500, LiRM...
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Forum: Books
January 17th 07, 11:42 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 507
Book database - input with scanner
Greetings:
Whay would you use two dbs? There's a field for 'signed' in the reguar
db, so it's easy to pull out the signed books in a blink.
Also, if you have a book in the 'unsigned' database and...
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Forum: Books
January 10th 07, 10:00 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 560
Robert B. Parker
Hey Willow:
Congratulations. Not a Parker fan myself, but I feel your gain :-)
Denton
It turned out to be a wonderful purchase, not simply to complete the "set".
My Seller threw in two ARCs...
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Forum: Books
December 17th 06, 12:57 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,116
Inventory question
Um, an ISBN field maybe?
You might consider a piece of software that will look up the details
of a book from the ISBN, Readerware for example...
Denton
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Forum: Books
November 17th 06, 10:36 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 607
Book Machine, France.
Never Amazon for good stuff. Abebooks, Biblio, etc. Or american ebay.
If you have feedback.
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:21:56 +0100, "Hervé JEZEQUEL"
wrote:
Is there a...
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Forum: Books
November 8th 06, 12:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 0
Views: 248
Fun at B&N
So, I was looking to pick up a copy of Isabelle Allende's latest in
preparation for an upcoming NYC signing. Stopped in the B&N Chelsea to
grab one. I went thru a stack of over twenty without finding...
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Forum: Books
October 30th 06, 11:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,798
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Forum: Books
October 27th 06, 08:29 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 525
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Forum: Books
September 26th 06, 02:28 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 13
Views: 947
Does "rare" mean anything anymore?
You missed his oher auctions. Every single auction begins with 'rare'.
Including a Rare 1984 tax manual with a buy-it-now of ninety-eight
cents.
Denton
On 25 Sep 2006 08:18:32 -0700, "William M....
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Forum: Books
September 19th 06, 11:42 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 439
NY Is Book Country - RIP?
On 17 Sep 2006 18:26:36 -0700, "The Bobino"
wrote:
After many succesful years on 5th Ave, in 2004 the fair moved down to
the Village (and sucked too).
Last year it...
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Forum: Books
September 5th 06, 11:39 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 1
Views: 557
Ebay Signatures
Hey all:
So what do you think about these auctions, all for signed books?
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmicongwQQhtZ-1
The photos suck. And the signatures all seem to be with the same pen.
Even...
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Forum: Books
September 1st 06, 01:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 787
Pet Peeves?
He's now added an 'unknown printing' comment...
Denton
On 31 Aug 2006 16:19:55 -0700, "William M. Klimon"
wrote:
and said that you can't disagree with that and that he really...
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Forum: Books
August 25th 06, 12:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 572
MANY MANY MANY BOOS FOR SALE
Yeah, but at least most of us know the difference between 'your' and
'you're'. Maybe if you pay close attention to those boos you too may
acquire this knowledge one day.
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006...
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Forum: Books
August 22nd 06, 11:17 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 572
MANY MANY MANY BOOS FOR SALE
www.wastemanagement.com
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:39:22 -0400, "John C"
wrote:
Does anyone know of places that take large collections of books all at once?
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