Printed Page Bookshop

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Selling books made easy

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I buy a lot of books from people.  Some are delighted to sell them.  Others are disappointed with what I offer them and decide not to sell.  They've looked up the value of their books on the Internet.  If, for example, there are 20 copies of their book for sale on Abebooks, ranging in price from $10 to $50, they will … [Read more...]

An inheritance

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I get to know a lot of people after it's too late to meet them. Their books tell me who they were. Go into a stranger's house and look at their books, and you'll come as close as possible to reading their mind. The other day, I got to meet Warren through the books his widow brought me. She came with her daughter and … [Read more...]

Just what I wanted no thanks

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The first call this morning was from a guy looking for a hard-to-find mystery. He was excited that we had it. He'd been calling all around without success. "I'd be happy to hold this for you," I told him. "No, I'm reading something already," he answered. The first visitor was a young woman looking for a copy of … [Read more...]

Ever heard of a bookscout?

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Bookscouts are essential to the antiquarian book trade. They haunt thrift stores, estate sales, library sales, auctions and other places to find books they can buy cheaply enough to sell to dealers and make a profit. Successful bookscouts combine a knowledge of books and the book market with hustle and luck. Luck, you … [Read more...]