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...

The RCB archive tells me that this question was asked a few years ago but was not answered. I'll try again. Perhaps a Doubleday Doran scholar has joined the group in the meantime. What does 'CL' mean on the copyright page? Thanks as always... Jonathan http://www.abebooks.com/home/JBRODIE1750/

From Thu Oct 7 21:09:39 2004 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:09:30 -0400 From: Subject: Admin: ChooseBooks is Closing Good Evening Folks, This is Michael from ChooseBooks with some sad news. After a great deal of very painful considerations, we have decided to...

The Beta Test of the AB Bookman/Collectors Book Market ecommerce site is set to begin at Noon, Tuesday, July 6th. During the upcoming Beta test, there will be no fees charged for any reason, but ALL for sale items will be REAL listings and all transactions and bids must be honored. There will be...

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This is sad: http://tinyurl.com/2jfhdhttp://tinyurl.com/2jfhd Or if you want to cut and paste: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/29/a_bitter_end_for_hub_gem/ -- Jonathan Grobe

This discusses new search features at the largest used/OP/rare bookselling site: http://www.abebooks.com From: Jayson (head of systems) on the ABE discussion forum: With the new search engine in operation, some of the new features are available through the web site and more will be coming as we...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-15-big-book_x.htm -- Jonathan Grobe

I've recently come into possession of a bound mimeographed typescript, probably from the early '50s, of Wittgenstein's "Blue Book". His Blue and Brown Books, typed lecture transcripts, circulated in this form until they were formally published in 1958. I've found a reference to an early copy of...

Is there a name for the signature of illustrations, usually printed on special paper, that appears near the middle of many hardbound books? My email address is llm040903 at earthlink dot net.

Is there anyone who has been to this sale, and can tell what it's like? I'm trying to decide whether to go this weekend. I don't expect the earth to move, but I'd like to be warned in advance if it's a total waste. My email address is llm040903 at earthlink dot net.

By far the largest fund-raising book sale in the Chicago area is the one conducted each June by the North Shore Chapter of the Brandeis University National Women's Committee. This year I attended the sale's preview ($50 admission) for the first time. The day after the sale I sent them the...

I moved from the San Francisco area to Chicago in August, and I'm puzzled by Chicago's apparent lack of good book sales. This weekend I attended the Co-op book sale, the first one advertised since my arrival that seemed worth a trip. I'm glad I went because I found some good books to read, but I...

This one's preview is next Thursday. In BookSaleFinder it is described as "exceptional." The location seems promising, but I have to wonder how exceptional a book sale can be when it promises "literally thousands of books!" The $20 preview admission fee seems steep for the privilege of...

"Bud Webster" wrote in message ... Bidding starts at just $4.00!!!! Boy, are YOU going to get e-mail. And not friendly e-mail at that. Mangle your return address, or she will probably respond by spamming you!

"michael adams" wrote in message ... What with the famine in Sudan, all these libraries thinking of selling stuff on Ebay, and now this, presumably things can't really get much worse for you, can they eh Jonathan? Your point?...

Adapted from a news article in today's issue of the Chicago Tribune: The school district in Waukegan, Illinois (population about 90,000) may close its elementary school libraries in order to convert the space to classrooms. The schools are faced with enrollment increases which exceed the...

Having carpal tunnel syndrome, I rely heavily on speech recognition software both for my professional work and for composing the descriptions of items that I sell on eBay. The difficulty that speech recognition software has with homonymns (and with near-homonymic phrases like "See the conquering...

Throughout my involvement with old and used books I've been told that Un-du is the best all-around product for removing shelving labels and similar junk. I recently decided that the time had come to buy some, but I couldn't find it. Finally I called the manufacturer and learned that it has been...