A Chicago bookseller who sold $800 worth of books to a customer before Christmas was floored when the customer returned the books after the holidays and wanted her money back. The customer had used the books to decorate her home for the holidays.   … [Read more...]

Every once in a while, we'll get a call from someone wanting books by the foot.  We once got a call from a guy who bought a big house with a library and needed 160 feet of books to fill it up -- and give the illusion that he is a reader.  A couple of weeks ago, a designer called.  She's furnishing a house in Vail and … [Read more...]

The Bucket List Community Cafe podcast featured us in a special feature for Banned Books Week.  You can hear it here: https://bucketlistcommunitycafe.com/ … [Read more...]

For the first time in three years, a bookfair will occur in metro Denver -- this one at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Friday, September 9 from 2-7 pm and Saturday, September 10, from 10am to 5pm. If you've never been to a bookfair, you really ought to experience one.  Dozens of booksellers from around the U.S. bring … [Read more...]

  I met another dead woman today. She was someone's mother, and when she died, a cousin got her books, and when the cousin died, the books ended up with a guy who promptly dumped them in his basement. "They're in here somewhere," he said, when I came out to his house. I don't know much about the collector, … [Read more...]