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"We cannot disassemble a book in any way..." by
John Yamamoto-Wilson
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...
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Shill Bidding on eBay by
[email protected]
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...
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You know you have too many books when... by
Jon Meyers
....your spouse starts up an auction site for the sole purpose of selling
them off.
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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
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Do Not Feed the Trolls by
Scot Kamins
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...
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Goodwill Pricing by
krik999
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...
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John Pelan - The Autobiography (Reviewed) by
Haunted River
"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...
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Rare MapThefts by
Monboddo
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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...
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bookseller? by
Allan Adler
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...
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Book dealer etiquette query... by
Jonathan Brodie
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...
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The Survival Rate of Books by
HFB
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...
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New seller with Rare Book Needs advice by
cagard
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
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The Da Vinci Code by
Alert
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...
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Did I miss something? by
William M. Klimon
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...
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John Pelan's sordid past (was Those Were The Days . . .) by
Carnacki The Ghost Finder
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...
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Amazon refund received after 6 weeks by
Kris Baker
"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?
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Do You Buy Books From Extinct Marsupials? by
Stone Mirror (the Great and Terrible)
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...
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David Anderson of Narnia Books Reprimanded By ABE by
Chris Barker
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....
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Book Trends by
BookFriend
How do you as collectors and book sellers watch and predict book trends?
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Website for finding out what my books are worth by
David Downing
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...
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