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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff, Frank Doel, Marks & Co

ISBN 1559211407 (1-55921-140-7)
Hardcover, Moyer Bell Ltd

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84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career. No doubt their letters would have continued, but in 1969, the firm's secretary informed her that Frank Doel had died. In the collection's penultimate entry, Helene Hanff urges a tourist friend, "If you happen to pass by 84, Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much." [via]
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ABC for Book-Collectors
by John Carter, Nicolas Barker

ISBN 1584561122 (1-58456-112-2)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr

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This seventh edition of John Carter's classic text contains in-depth descriptions of every aspect of antique and modern book collecting from A to Z. All terms are alphabetized for quick reference, including how to take care of pigskin, morocco, or Russian leather, how to tell japon vellum from India proof paper and how to determine "very good copy" in a collectible volume. For first edition collectors, Carter's definition of "follow the flag" explains the historical issues surrounding first and native first texts. The book's pages are charmingly labeled, showing you exactly where the half-title and tailpiece are located and what a printer's imprint page looks like. [via]
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Adventures of Huck Finn
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1580495834 (1-58049-583-4)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc

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A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1566192951 (1-56619-295-1)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble

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A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Alexander Dumas

ISBN 1562542508 (1-56254-250-8)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub

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Written at a point of crisis in his life, A Tale of Two Cities is the embodiment of Dickens' own passions and fears: the revolution which engulfs the characters symbolizes his own psychological revolution, and the three main characters become projections of Dickens himself. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Oliver Ho, Dan Andreasen

ISBN 1402724993 (1-4027-2499-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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We said there was no home like a raft. Other places do seem so cramped up and smotherybut you feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twains beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum America with its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds, and a variety of colorful characters.
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Against My Better Judgement: Adventures in the City and in the Book Trade
by Terry Maher

ISBN 185619518X (1-85619-518-X)
Hardcover, Sinclair-Stevenson

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Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books
by Wendy Werris

ISBN 078671817X (0-7867-1817-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub

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Little did Wendy Werris imagine that when she began a temp job at a Hollywood bookstore in 1970 at age nineteen, she had embarked on a thirty-five year career that would stretch into a journey of self-discovery and literary enlightenment. In An Alphabetical Life, Werris reflects upon how she came to embrace the book culture as her singular way of being in the world. Her career began when the book business was conducted amid an atmosphere of civility and wry humor, and her memoir captures the essence of this time and the people she met along the way. The challenges she faced, in what was then a male-dominated industry, are also discussed - particularly in 1976 when she was one of only two women repping books in the entire country. In describing the hilarious, eccentric characters that were her colleagues, lovers, and partners in crime, the essence of retail bookselling comes alive. Among the figures she profiles are Henry Robbins, editor of The World According to Garp; Alan Kahn, then of Pickwick Bookshop in Los Angeles, now President of Barnes and Noble Publishing; and many great and memorable retail bookbuyers and authors. [via]
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Among the Gently Mad : Perspectives and Strategies for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century
by Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 0805051597 (0-8050-5159-7)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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A field guide for the modern book collector

From the author of A Gentle Madness-a book with more than seventy thousand copies in print that delighted bibliophiles everywhere-comes a twenty-first-century guide to book collecting that deals with both the traditional methods of acquisition and the electronic tools now available on the Internet.

Sharing the superb insight he has gathered from booksellers over the years, Nicholas Basbanes offers a refresher course on the fundamentals that endure, while questioning certain practices of doubtful validity. Topics include how to determine if a book is a first edition, how to spot book club editions, the importance of dust jackets, scouting the flea markets, how to work the book fairs, and the importance of handling the goods, as well as discussing less tangible issues like spotting trends and having a focus. Then he takes a long look at the pros and cons of Internet buying, illuminating how you can use these electronic tools to your advantage and making this the book no modern collector will want to be without.
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Among the Gently Mad : Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the 21st Century
by Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 0805074414 (0-8050-7441-4)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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From the author of A Gentle Madness , the book that delighted bibliophiles everywhere, comes a twenty-first-century guide to book collecting that deals with both the traditional methods of acquisition and the electronic tools now available on the Internet.

Sharing the superb insight he has gathered from booksellers over the years, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a refresher course on the fundamentals that endure, while questioning certain practices of doubtful validity. Topics include how to determine if a book is a first edition, how to spot book club editions, the significance of dust jackets, scouting the flea markets, how to work the book fairs, and the importance of handling the goods, as well as discussing less tangible issues like spotting trends and shaping a focus. Then he takes a careful look at Internet buying, pro and con, illuminating how you can use these electronic tools to your advantage, and making this the book no modern collector will want to be without.
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Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books
by Ian C. Ellis

ISBN 0399532382 (0-399-53238-2)
Softcover, Perigee

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For the experienced collector or someone embarking on a new hobby, this newly revised and updated edition of Book Finds reveals the secrets of locating rare and valuable books. Includes information on first editions and reader's copies, auctions and catalogs, avoiding costly and common beginner mistakes, strategies of professional "book scouts," and buying and selling on the Internet.

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Book Row America
by Madeleine B. Stern, Marvin Mondlin

ISBN 0786713054 (0-7867-1305-4)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub

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Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade
by Roy Meador, Marvin Modlin, Madeleine B. Stern

ISBN 0786716525 (0-7867-1652-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub

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Book Talk: Essays on Books, Booksellers, Collecting, And Special Collections
by Robert H. Jackson, Carol Zeman Rothkopf

ISBN 1584561882 (1-58456-188-2)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr

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Following in the tradition of John Carter, Graham Pollard, and Michael Sadleir, Book Talk: Essays on Books, Booksellers, Collecting, and Special Collections takes the reader on a tour of some major ideas and controversies now current in the rare book world. Robert H. Jackson has assembled these writings of an eminent group of scholars, publishers, librarians, booksellers, and collectors that address issues facing contemporary society. Topics such as the future of the book in a printed format, the Internet, and collecting trends are some of the issues discussed. This important work belongs on the reading list of all book lovers. [via]
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Booked to Die
by John Dunning

ISBN 1416513221 (1-4165-1322-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect's spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway's wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge.
Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop -- all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now, Janeway's life is about to start a precarious new chapter as he attempts to find out who's dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains.
Includes information on John Dunning's new Cliff Janeway novel, The Bookman's Promise, coming soon in hardcover from Scribner [via]
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The Bookman's Promise
by John Dunning

ISBN 1416513205 (1-4165-1320-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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Cliff Janeway is back! The Bookman's Promise marks the eagerly awaited return of Denver bookman-author John Dunning and the award-winning crime novel series that helped to turn the nation on to first-edition book collecting.
First, it was Booked to Die, then The Bookman's Wake. Now John Dunning fans, old and new, will rejoice in The Bookman's Promise, a richly nuanced new Janeway novel that juxtaposes past and present as Denver ex-cop and bookman Cliff Janeway searches for a book and a killer.
The quest begins when an old woman, Josephine Gallant, learns that Janeway has recently bought at auction a signed first edition by the legendary nineteenth-century explorer Richard Francis Burton. The book is a true classic, telling of Burton's journey (disguised as a Muslim) to the forbidden holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Boston auction house was a distinguished and trustworthy firm, but provenance is sometimes murky and Josephine says the book is rightfully hers.
She believes that her grandfather, who was living in Baltimore more than eighty years ago, had a fabulous collection of Burton material, including a handwritten journal allegedly detailing Burton's undercover trip deep into the troubled American South in 1860. Josephine remembers the books from her childhood, but everything mysteriously disappeared shortly after her grandfather's death.
With little time left in her own life, Josephine begs for Janeway's promise: he must find her grandfather's collection. It's a virtually impossible task, Janeway suspects, as the books will no doubt have been sold and separated over the years, but how can he say no to a dying woman?
It seems that her grandfather, Charlie Warren, traveled south with Burton in the spring of 1860, just before the Civil War began. Was Burton a spy for Britain? What happened during the three months in Burton's travels for which there are no records? How did Charlie acquire his unique collection of Burton books? What will the journal, if it exists, reveal?
When a friend is murdered, possibly because of a Burton book, Janeway knows he must find the answers. Someone today is willing to kill to keep the secrets of the past, and Janeway's search will lead him east: To Baltimore, to a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with a very stuffed shirt, and to a pair of unorthodox booksellers. It reaches a fiery conclusion at Fort Sumter off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.
What's more, a young lawyer, Erin d'Angelo, and ex-librarian Koko Bujak, have their own reasons for wanting to find the journal. But can Janeway trust them?
Rich with the insider's information on rare and collectible books that has made John Dunning famous, and with meticulously researched detail about a mesmerizing figure who may have played an unrecognized role in our Civil War, The Bookman's Promise is riveting entertainment from an extraordinarily gifted author who is as unique and special as the books he so clearly loves. [via]
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The Bookman's Wake
by John Dunning

ISBN 141651323X (1-4165-1323-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel
by John Dunning

ISBN 1416523391 (1-4165-2339-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
by Lawrence Block

ISBN 1568957262 (1-56895-726-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc

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Buying Books Online: Finding Bargains and Saving Money With Booksense Stores, Amazon Marketplace, and Other Online Sites
by Stephen Windwalker

ISBN 0971577846 (0-9715778-4-6)
Softcover, Harvard Perspective Pr

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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
by Helene Hanff

ISBN 155921144X (1-55921-144-X)
Softcover, Moyer Bell

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A zesty memoir of the celebrated writer's travels to England where she meets the cherished friends from 84, Charing Cross Road. [via]
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Guide to First Edition Prices 2002/3
by R. B. Russell

ISBN 1872621589 (1-872621-58-9)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns

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The Haunted Bookshop
by Christopher Morley

ISBN 1426411170 (1-4264-1117-0)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar

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Comparison Of Cultures Of England And America By English Lad Who Emigrates To Maryland. [via]
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The Home-based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on Amazon, Ebay or Your Own Web Site
by Steve Weber

ISBN 0977240606 (0-9772406-0-6)
Softcover, Weber Books

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Want to know the most profitable, lowest-risk idea for your home business? It's selling used books online, which is growing 33 percent annually, according to a November 2005 study by U.S. publishers.

Here is the complete text of the most popular book about online bookselling of all time: The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on Amazon, eBay or Your Own Web Site

Learn how to start your business part-time, then work as little or as much as you want. This step-by-step guide, written by one of the most successful and highly rated sellers on Amazon.com and eBay, includes everything you need to know:

-- Where to find books

Find books in your own neighborhood to resell profitably to a worldwide pool of ready buyers. Get the best sources for valuable used books at low prices.

-- Where to sell Learn

How to list your books to sell at the best price on Amazon.com and eBay, and even your own Web store. -- Which books to buy What to look for in fiction, nonfiction, and collectibles to resell at the highest profits.

-- Grading and pricing your books

How to describe and price your books. Learn what buyers are looking for.

-- Handling customers

Tips on handling online book buyers. See the author's time-tested scripts for responding to customer issues. Learn how you can get and maintain high feedback ratings.

-- Fulfilling orders

Easy-to-use ideas for storing, organizing, and shipping your books and handling returns.

-- Automation tools

Maximize your efficiency with these tips on automating your business. Automatically notify customers about shipments, and print postage to ship your books without leaving home.

-- Taxes and legal requirements

How to register your business to obtain the proper permits and be exempted from paying sales tax on your inventory.

-- Exclusive list of wholesale book distributors

Exclusive profiles and contact info for 32 wholesaledistributors of used and new books. Order inventory at up to 90 percent off retail, shipped right to your door.

About the author:

Steve Weber started his home-based bookstore as a hobby in March 2000. Two months later, he quit his day job to sell used books full-time on Amazon.com and eBay, using his one-bedroom apartment in Virginia as warehouse and shipping depot. In the meantime, he has sold more than $1 million of used books to buyers in all 50 states and 31 foreign countries. In this step-by-step guide, Weber tells you how he took $80 in savings to buy his first batch of books, then invested the profits to build a successful business, and how you can too.
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Instant Expert-Fishing Collectibles
by Carl Calati, Gary Lovisi

ISBN 1887110127 (1-887110-12-7)
Softcover, Alliance Publishing, Incorporated

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The King's English: Adventures Of An Independent Bookseller
by Betsy Burton

ISBN 1423601246 (1-4236-0124-6)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith

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Betsy Burton, owner of The King's English bookstore in Salt Lake City, has been a bookseller for nearly thirty years, and a passionate book lover all her life. [via]
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La economia Long Tail/ The Long Tail: De Los Mercados De Masas Al Triunfo De Lo Minoritario/ Why The Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson

ISBN 1401308600 (1-4013-0860-0)
Softcover, Hyperion

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What happens when the bottlenecks that stand between supply and demand in our culture go away and everything becomes available to everyone?
"The Long Tail" is a powerful new force in our economy: the rise of the niche. As the cost of reaching consumers drops dramatically, our markets are shifting from a one-size-fits-all model of mass appeal to one of unlimited variety for unique tastes. From supermarket shelves to advertising agencies, the ability to offer vast choice is changing everything, and causing us to rethink where our markets lie and how to get to them. Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it, from DVDs at Netflix to songs on iTunes to advertising on Google.
However, this is not just a virtue of online marketplaces; it is an example of an entirely new economic model for business, one that is just beginning to show its power. After a century of obsessing over the few products at the head of the demand curve, the new economics of distribution allow us to turn our focus to the many more products in the tail, which collectively can create a new market as big as the one we already know.
The Long Tail is really about the economics of abundance. New efficiencies in distribution, manufacturing, and marketing are essentially resetting the definition of what's commercially viable across the board. If the 20th century was about hits, the 21st will be equally about niches.
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Libraries and the Book Trade: The Formation of Collections from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, Giles Mandelbrote

ISBN 1584560347 (1-58456-034-7)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr

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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson

ISBN 1401302378 (1-4013-0237-8)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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What happens when the bottlenecks that stand between supply and demand in our culture go away and everything becomes available to everyone?
"The Long Tail" is a powerful new force in our economy: the rise of the niche. As the cost of reaching consumers drops dramatically, our markets are shifting from a one-size-fits-all model of mass appeal to one of unlimited variety for unique tastes. From supermarket shelves to advertising agencies, the ability to offer vast choice is changing everything, and causing us to rethink where our markets lie and how to get to them. Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it, from DVDs at Netflix to songs on iTunes to advertising on Google.
However, this is not just a virtue of online marketplaces; it is an example of an entirely new economic model for business, one that is just beginning to show its power. After a century of obsessing over the few products at the head of the demand curve, the new economics of distribution allow us to turn our focus to the many more products in the tail, which collectively can create a new market as big as the one we already know.
The Long Tail is really about the economics of abundance. New efficiencies in distribution, manufacturing, and marketing are essentially resetting the definition of what's commercially viable across the board. If the 20th century was about hits, the 21st will be equally about niches.
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Manual on Bookselling: Practical Advice for the Bookstore Professional
by American Booksellers Association, Linda M. Miller, Rosemary Hawkins, Kate Whouley

ISBN 1879556189 (1-879556-18-9)
Softcover, Amer Booksellers Assn

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Contents: Introduction to Bookselling - The First Steps - Preparing to Open - Managing Money, Books, and People - Managing Technology - Expanding Your Inventory and Services - Marketing, Advertising, and Promotion - Sales Outside the Bookstore - Growing, Changing, and Moving On - Understanding the Publishing Process - Reaching Beyond the Bookstore.

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The Moving Market: Continuity and Change in the Book Trade
by Barry McKay, Peter Isaac

ISBN 1584560525 (1-58456-052-5)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr

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New Worlds in Old Books
by Leona Rostenberg

ISBN 1585740012 (1-58574-001-2)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Pr

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Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine Stern

ISBN 0385485158 (0-385-48515-8)
Softcover, Main Street Books

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Like 84, Charing Cross Road, Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern's charming bibliocentric memoir is as much about relationships as it is about books. Charing Cross chronicled the decades-long epistolary friendship between American book lover Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, the equally devoted British bookseller in the London shop from whom she bought many of her treasures. Rostenberg and Stern's book once again proves how a passion for great literature can make for fast friends. And in their case, these two octogenarians occupy the same geographical space, sharing both their professional and private lives.
In their introduction, Rostenberg and Stern write: "Several readers inferred ... that our relationship was a Lesbian one. This was a misconception. The 'deep, deep love' that existed and exists between us ... has no bearing upon sex." With that out of the way early on, the two recount the stories of their lives in alternating sections. And oh, what lives they've had! From identifying some of Louisa May Alcott's previously anonymous early writings to traveling the world in search of rare volumes and pamphlets, they have done and seen it all. Successful antiquarian book dealers Rostenberg and Stern undoubtedly are, but as this memoir makes clear, their greatest accomplishment just might be that rarer commodity of friendship that lasts a lifetime. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley

ISBN 1587155915 (1-58715-591-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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Patience & Fortitude
by Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 0060514469 (0-06-051446-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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In his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to possess books. Now, Basbanes continues his adventures among the "gently mad" on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past -- from Alexandria to Glastonbury -- and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 "by selling bottles of his own blood."
Taking the book's grand title from the marble lions guarding the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, Basbanes both entertains and delights. And once again, as Scott Turow aptly noted, "Basbanes makes you love books, the collections he writes about, and the volume in your hand."
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
by Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 0060196955 (0-06-019695-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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A roving chronicle of book people, book places and book culture. [via]
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The Reach of Print: Making, Selling, and Using Books
by Barry McKay, Peter C. G. Isaac

ISBN 1873040512 (1-873040-51-2)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr

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Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie STore And Beat Back The Chains
by Andrew Laties

ISBN 0975276344 (0-9752763-4-4)
Softcover, Drench Kiss Media Corp

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Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling And the Culture of Consumption
by Laura J. Miller

ISBN 0226525910 (0-226-52591-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Second-Hand Books: A First-Hand View
by O. J. M. Davis

ISBN 1857765273 (1-85776-527-3)
Hardcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns

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Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites
by Stephen Windwalker

ISBN 0971577838 (0-9715778-3-8)
Softcover, Harvard Perspectives Pr

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The Sign Of The Book: A Cliff Janeway Novel
by John Dunning

ISBN 0743482476 (0-7434-8247-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
by Paul Collins

ISBN 1582344043 (1-58234-404-3)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing

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A bibliophile's pilgrimage to where book lovers go when they die-Hay-on-Wye.

Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the little cobblestone village of Hay-on-Wye, the 'Town of Books' that boasts fifteen hundress inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Antiquarian bookstores, no less.

Hay's newest citizens accordingly take up residence in a sixteenth-century apartment over a bookstore, meeting the village's large population of misfits and bibliomaniacs by working for world-class eccentric Richard Booth-the self-declared King of Hay, owner of the local castle, and proprietor of the world's largest and most chaotic used book warren. A useless clerk, Paul delights in shifting dusty stacks of books around and sifting them for ancient gems like Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable, Confessions of an Author's Wife, and I Was Hitler's Maid. He also duly fulfills his new duty as a citizen by simultaneously applying to be a Peer in the House of Lords and attempting to buy Sixpence House, a beautiful and neglected old tumbledown pub for sale in the town's center.

Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of his own book, Sixpence House becomes a meditation on what books means to us, and how their meaning can still resonate long after they have been abandoned by their public. Even as he's writing, the knowledge of where his work will eventually end up-rubbing bindings with the rest of the books that time forgot-is a curious kind of comfort.
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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
by Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 0060580801 (0-06-058080-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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In A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience & Fortitude, a companion work that prompted the two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning historian and biographer David McCullough to proclaim him "the leading authority of books about books."
Basbanes now offers a consideration of the many pressing issues that surround the role of books in contemporary society, such as the willful destruction of books and libraries in Sarajevo, Tibet, and Cambodia, and the spirited efforts to restore them. The matter of "discards" at various libraries takes on an entirely new dimension as well, with fully researched stories about the kind of attitudes that may lead to the loss of last copies of important works.
In vivid detail, Basbanes examines the many materials that have been used over the centuries to record information -- among them clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, slabs of stone, palm leaves, animal skins, and hammered sheets of gold and copper. Also discussed are the various debates that continue to rage about preservation, which may mean saving and storing books on paper indefinitely, or as electronic data, which are by nature ephemeral.
In this beautifully packaged edition, Nicholas Basbanes brings to a close his wonderful trilogy on the remarkable world of books and bibliophiles.
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Used and Rare : Travels in the Book World
by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone

ISBN 0312156820 (0-312-15682-0)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press

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After years of competitive extravagance at birthday time, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone decided to limit themselves to $20 each, which is how they came to be in possession of a $10 definitive translation of War and Peace, complete with maps of the major battles and fold-out color illustrations. It is also how they eventually came to be the owners of a $650 edition of Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit. Used and Rare, the Goldstones' tale of the journey from point A to point B, is a joyful celebration of their love of books. Rare-book dealers are a quirky lot; while one might invite you to caress an Adventures of Tom Sawyer worth thousands, another might turn you away altogether for no apparent reason. The Goldstones' enthusiasm is infectious, and, besides offering a lesson in used-book parlance, the pair remind us that for every book there are at least two stories: the one between the covers, and the one beyond the covers. [via]
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Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
by Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence Goldstone

ISBN 0312187688 (0-312-18768-8)
Softcover, Griffin

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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
by Lewis Buzbee

ISBN 1555974503 (1-55597-450-3)
Hardcover, Graywolf Press

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"I cannot remember when I read a book with such delight." --Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Bookstore

November, a dark, rainy Tuesday, late afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the afternoon and the idleness and hush of the hour gather everything close, the shelves and the books and the few other customers who graze head-bent in the narrow aisles. I've come to find a book.

In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore--the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through The Weekly Reader in grade school. Interwoven throughout is a
fascinating historical account of the bookseller's trade--from the great Alexandria library with an estimated one million papyrus scrolls to Sylvia Beach's famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, which led to the extraordinary effort to publish and sell James Joyce's Ulysses during the 1920s.

Rich with anecdotes, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is the perfect choice for those who relish the enduring pleasures of spending an afternoon finding just the right book.
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La economia Long Tail/ The Long Tail: De Los Mercados De Masas Al Triunfo De Lo Minoritario/ Why The Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson

ISBN 8493464260 (84-934642-6-0)
Softcover, Urano

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Egy Antikvarius Visszaemlekezesei
by Odon Stemmer, Marta Takacs

ISBN 9631522326 (963-15-2232-6)
Hardcover, Szepirodalmi Konyvkiado

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