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...]
What do John Steinbeck and Harry Potter have in common?
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...]
The return of the metro book fair
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...]
Anything is anywhere
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...]
Where do you find all these books?
People often ask us where we find all the books that fill the shelves in Printed Page. (Hint: It's not in houses when people go on vacation.) Basically, we find books in two ways: People either bring them into the store, or we go to homes to buy collections. During the past couple of years, we've been doing a … [Read more...]
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