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The Midwest Bookhunters held their annual fall book fair October 13th, at the DePaul Student Center on the Campus of DePaul University in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Dealers and customers were both excited and pleased with the new venue of the DePaul Student Center, which is a brand new facility and is used as the University’s Student Union. Previously the Midwest Bookhunters had held other book fairs at DePaul; however, it has been several years before a suitab

This year marked the 15th Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair (SABF). This annual autumnal event is said by many exhibitors to be one of the best book fairs not staged by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), but this year’s occasion was noteworthy not only for the exhibitors, attendees and millions in collectible material sold, but also as a snapshot of the current used book industry. As Seattle has been enjoying unseasonably dry weather, a picturesque fall w

On September 28, a typically sunny and beautiful early autumn day, the 9th Annual Book Fair sponsored by the Central Valley Antiquarian Booksellers Association (CVABA) was held in Sacramento, California. Among the 54 booksellers participating were 3 IOBA members: Vic Zoschak of Tavistock Books in Alamada, CA; Michael Greenbaum of Janus Books in Tucson, AZ and Chris Volk & Shep Iiams of Bookfever.com in Ione, CA. Once again, Bill Ewald of Argus Books, Sacramento, the Fair Dire

New this year will be seminars held in Archer City, TX on August 23 and 24. Archer City is Larry McMurtry’s book town twenty minuets south of Wichita Falls. The equivalent of five large bookstores in one small Texas town, Archer City offers over a million books for sale. Tuition for this event will be slightly higher to cover the costs of including lunches for the courses and hosting a BBQ social for all weekend attendees on Saturday night. Book Collecting for Fun & Profit is

I rented the movie, “We were Soldiers Once…and Young” and found it very well done. I highly recommend it. I then began a search through my boxes of books and found a copy of the book. I need some help on determining whether it is a true first, and hope you might be able to provide some information in this regard. The book is in f/f condition with no price clipped on the d/w. Random House. Copyright 1992. 8765432. First Edition isbn 0-679-41158-5. Methinks this is a first edit

One of the Internet’s great sites is Steve Trussel’s: http://www.trussel.com/ This can keep you involved all day, so you might want to go directly to the book section at first, at: http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm There is something for everyone here, and just reading through from start to finish provides a course in Knowing Books 101. If you have a question about anything that has to do with books, you’ll likely find an answer here, or a link to the place where you’ll find

Email/Contact Info: afreelunch@aol.com Current Publisher and/or Agent: Counterpoint Press/Basic Books, publisher; Literary and Creative Artists, Inc., agent Published Work(s): Too Smart to Be Rich, 1988, New Chapter Press, humor, paperback original The Exact Image of Mother, 1991, Viking Penguin, literary fiction, hardback Eleanor Rushing, 1999, Counterpoint Press, literary fiction, hardback and paperback Odds, 2000, Counterpoint Press, literary fiction, hardback and paperbac

Email: texas_republic45@msn.com Website: http://www.trafford.com/robots/01-0542.html Publisher: Trafford Publishing, Suite 6E, 2333 Government Street. Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 4P4 250-383-6864, Toll Free 1-888-232- 4444 (USA and Canada only.) Schools and museums get a 40% discount by ordering directly. Also: Listed on Barnes and Noble, and the E-book (at $10.00) is on Amazon.com/. The Texas Republic July 3rd, 2002. ISBN 1-55369-140-7 Paperback. Texas History, and pioneer lif