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Q. For books that you have already bought and looked up on the internet, what is your specific criteria (prices too low, too many copies already online) for not putting them online? Or do you put everything online? Jonathan Grobe Books A. Why add to the glut and waste keystrokes? If it appears that I can’t get at least $10.00 for a book, then it goes out to http://www.bothing.org . Ilene Kayne B is for Book And…. I use condition and number of copies online as my criteria. I t
icc568
May 30, 20036 min read
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL Antiquarian Book Fair
Attendance was up… at the Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL Antiquarian Book Fair March 14, 15, & 16, 2003 for a total of 2230, 174 more than the 2002 Fair and the second highest on record, reports Larry Kellogg, fair manager. I was at the show as a seller this year, my second time as a dealer but 4th or 5th time attending the show. I like the show from both perspectives: it is extremely easy to set up a booth as a dealer and the facility is a beautiful building so attendees have a lo
Madlyn Blom
May 28, 20033 min read


The Arizona Book Festival – April 5th, 2003
On Saturday, April 5th, I participated in the Sixth Annual Arizona Book Festival, held for the first time at the historic Carnegie Library (Phoenix’s first public library) on West Washington Street in downtown Phoenix. The event started at 10 a.m. and officially wrapped up at 5 p.m. The Festival is sponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council, the Maricopa County Library District and the Arizona State Library. It is a free event held to celebrate the book in all its forms. It
Adam Niswander
May 27, 20034 min read
The Neutrino Effect by Michael E. Kirshteyn
The Neutrino Effect E-book, 552 pages 13 figures $6.95 ABOUT THE BOOK Told from Vlad’s perspective, the story unfolds as a first-person account of the great events shaping man’s first encounter with extraterrestrials. This exciting narrative brings us right into the character of Ustinov, as we learn of his childhood and his fascination with NEUTRINOS, the sub-atomic particles that give shape to the universe. His theory is that the constant flow of neutrinos in the universe c

IOBA
May 26, 20035 min read


The Carriage House Antiquarian Book Fair, New York City
By: Douglas Diesenhaus Photography by: Lindy Settevendemie “The shuttle bus to the Park Avenue Armory will be leaving in five minutes!” That was one of the first things I heard when I ducked in from the rain through the 15 foot-high mahogany and glass doors of the Altman building, the site of the Carriage House Antiquarian Book Fair on Friday, April 11, 2003 in New York City. The show was held simultaneously with the ABAA show at the Armory, and the free shuttle service, rat
Douglas Diesenhaus
May 25, 20033 min read


Jury Renders Favorable Verdict On Left Coast Crime Convention
By: Ken Fermoyle Photo Credits: Liz Fermoyle The verdict was unanimous. A jury of some 600 mystery aficionados, including 300 authors, voted in favor of the Left Coast Crime 2003 convention in Pasadena, CA from Feb. 27 to Mar. 3. “Anyone who thought otherwise could have copped an insanity plea!” quipped one of the attendees as LCC2003 drew to a close Sunday afternoon. And in truth it was among the best all-volunteer-organized affairs this writer has attended over the years. O
Ken Fermoyle
May 24, 20033 min read


Was Sirhan Sirhan a Programmed Assassin?
(James Musgrave, Author of Sins of Darkness) Programmed assassins attacked America on 9/11/01. Sins of Darkness shows how programmed terrorists were being created in the United States. Long before the training camps of Osama bin Laden, there was the programming of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a Palestinian refugee, who was ripe for the powers of the Sins of Darkness. In 1968, the murder of Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy by Palestinian-American Sirhan B. Sirhan shocked th

IOBA
May 23, 20032 min read


Is Reading Dead? Not for 150,000 Who Thronged the L.A. Times Festival of Books!
Just when one questions how many people read anything but TV listings for so-called “reality shows” or local “newscasts” (30% commercials, 65% trivia, gore, sports or weather reports, only about 5% hard news), along comes something to remind you that there are still pockets of human intelligence out there. For me, that is the annual Los Angeles Festival of Books, held every spring on the beautiful University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Some 150,000 book lovers swarmed o
Ken Fermoyle
May 22, 20034 min read


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