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There is a package on my desk, unopened. I know what’s in it. It weighs slightly more than a pound, and its cold, metallic heart holds my merchant’s life blood as surely as did that pound of flesh from another merchant so long ago. It’s my hard drive, still encased in the static-free, plastic sleeve the technicians used when they returned it to me. Through the lightly tinted plastic, I can read the “Seagate Recovery Services” sticker. I have finally learned the hard way what

I decided a while ago that it was time to reconsider what I was doing with insurance for the company and began collecting information on the various options. One of my first paths was to post a request to the two book listserv groups that I follow the most closely, seeking recommendations (or warnings) from others. I also asked a number of specific dealers who I knew approached such matters with considerable care and forethought. I received a *lot* of responses. (N.B. A fair

(An update by Susan Siegel, co-author and publisher of the Used Book Lover’s Guides, the series of seven regional guides to 8,000 used book dealers in the United States and Canada.) Just as the Internet has dramatically changed the business of buying and selling used books, the computer has also changed the way Book Hunter Press delivers the information contained in the Used Book Lover’s Guides to its target audience: traveling bibliophiles. First published in 1993 as travel

As always please forward changes or additions or removals. – 123-pix.com 800-747-2699 – Abebooks.com USA and Canada 800-315-5335 / other 250-475-6013 / 250-475-7575 / UK 44-211-7117069-40 sellertech@abebooks.com – ABooksearch.com 831-728-4881 – Alibris.com 877-254-2747 / 510-594-4573 / 510-652-2403 / 510-594-4500 / 207-894-8460 / Seller Services 510-594-4509 – Amazon.com Seller Support 1-877-251-0696/US and Canada: (800) 201-7575/206-346-2992 / 206-266-2992 / 206-266-2335 / 2

In high school I hated to read and couldn’t have cared less about books. My teachers issued mass market paperback editions of the classics like army supply sergeants. Cover art was most likely a still from the latest film adaptation. No wonder I loathed the experience. It wasn’t until my first visit to Kafka’s Books in Miami Beach in 1996 that I became intrigued, even obsessed, with books: the musty smell, aisle upon aisle of books I had never seen or even heard of, the inter

I began, as many dealers have, as a collector. Basically I collected (and read of course!) SF/fantasy and horror paperbacks. From Asimov to Tolkien via Lovecraft and Verne and all points in between. Obviously I was/am into the visual side of all this as well—the movies and TV series of this genre. I noticed early on that there was an interesting cross-over…that is, a book that “ties-in” to the film or TV show. I then came across a seller (long retired) who actually dealt inte

Like so many of my IOBA brethren, my online virtual store began life as a bricks and mortar establishment. High in the Colorado ski country, Wolf Moon Books operated on Main Street in picturesque Frisco. I began my bookselling adventure in 1997 when I purchased “Frisco Books” from my then-neighbor, Peter Brindamour. I was a lawyer-turned-novelist at the time and Peter had offered to host my very first book signing. We became friends and I told him to call me first if he ever

Excerpts from recent online book descriptions: – Very Good + in god DJ. [A book on John Baptist de La Salle.] – Slight sunfade to spine end, background color only not the words. It has faded to a light purple color and looks good still with red lettering (not faded). – A spill stain on the cover dose no damage to the rest of book. – Book is pretty nice, the dj is kind of ratty. – So much beaurocratic Bla-bla that I can’t figure who the actual publisher is. – Page 533 has chip