There are days at Printed Page when we can go for hours without seeing a soul. We dust and straighten and wonder if maybe we're the only people in Denver who didn't get the evacuation order. Then there are days like Friday. Before I could get the lights on, a group of professors from Texas came in and did some serious … [Read more...]

Our Holiday Open house means everyone gets 10% off all purchases.  But for no charge at all, they get free food and drink and a copy of our new chapbook.  It's all happening Thursday, December 5 at Printed Page, 5:30 to 8 pm. Please RSVP to theshop@printedpage.com   … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

We gave away about 2,000 books this year.  The kids books we gave away went to the East Denver FISH foodbank, which delivered them (along with food) to households with children.  We set up a library at the St. Francis Apartments at Cathedral Square.  It's an apartment house for people fresh off the street.  It's been … [Read more...]