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It’s that time again, and we have a varied—and I hope interesting bag of goodies for you. We’re a bit late this time, as we wanted to get IOBA’s election results in. We have a lot of practical hands-on advice on everything from shelving, maintaining inventory online and in an open store, online customer newsletters, women’s literature links, Q&A on book matters, to ethical considerations in the book business. There are announcements of upcoming book-related events, coverage o

Women Illustrators: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl33.html http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks/exhibitions/current.shtml Women bookbinders in 19th century: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0712304118/202-7813865-3886207 Women who organized the printing trade: http://www.mfh.org/specialprojects/shwlp/site/honorees/sullivan.html http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Kehew_Mary_Morton_Kimball.html Women printers, illustrators and book designers: http://www.prince

Q. I’ve got a book, printed in Switzerland in 1944, appears to be perfect bound, but with flimsy cardboard boards, no endpapers (not removed – they were never there). And it has a dustjacket. What do I call this binding? Flexible boards? Is there a more precise term? Julie Fauble A. Flexible binding should work fine. Limp binding seems to only apply to suede or soft leather. Joyce Godsey Q. What is the name of the plastic binding of interwoven fingers (for lack of a better te

The majority of booksellers don’t like change, we still run Windows 98 and Office 97 and won’t usually change until we absolutely have to. It’s just our way. My little obsolete Visor Deluxe with it’s 8 megs of RAM still works fine and does just what I need. Sure, I would love online capabilities but until it becomes cost effective for me, I probably won’t upgrade. There are two types of booksellers, those who have a PDA and those who want a PDA and right this very second t

Today’s topic is building loads, almost guaranteed to make your eyes glaze over. however . . . If you have a lot of books, if you are afraid to sleep at night because you fear you will wake up in the basement, if you have no idea at all if your concern is justified, prop your eyelids open and read on. Buildings are designed to safely support anticipated dead loads and live loads. Dead loads are permanent loads (the weight of the building). Live loads are all loads that are no

JOURNEY BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, G.P. Putnam’s, 1963 THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART, Crown, 1969; Bantam paperback, 1970 THE LEFT-HANDED POLICEMAN, Crown, 1986; Warner Books paperback, 1987 NOSTALGIA KILLS, Crown, 1988 LADY LEFT, Crown, 1990 RICH KIDS, Birchlane, 1992 INTIMATE LIES, Harper Collins, 1995 Novels based on screenplays: THE MEXICAN, Signet, 2001 INSOMNIA, Signet, 2002 Howard Moon Deer Series: GHOST DANCER, Signet, 1998 WARRIOR CIRCLE, Signet, 1999 RED MOON

A review of SIC Magazine, the world’s only magazine devoted to mockery of books, bookselling and the culture of books: a miscellany of bookish jokes, bad puns, fingerpointing, stories & satire. Spring 2003 and Winter 2002 now available. Cost is $6.25 each ppd US, Cash, Check, Paypal, MC, Visa, Amex. Published by J. Godsey Booksellers, 14 Pleasant St., Methuen, MA 01844, 978-725-0073, gods@attbi.com. By: Stephen Windwalker If there is an ordinary experience of reading, especia

Secondhandbooks.org is a new site created by UK web developer Tom Chadwin to allow non-book dealers to buy and sell second-hand and antiquarian books online. “I have always loved second-hand books,” says Tom Chadwin, “and long ago, I registered the domain secondhandbooks.org. Life got in the way of the project until December 2002 when I was able to construct the site.” The site charges no commission or advertising fee, and hence is ideal for the hobbyist. “Since the launch of