Bookmark inserted in AmazonFresh deliveryRemember Webvan, the online grocery delivery service started by that other bookseller Louis Borders, that went down in flames in the dot com crash of 2001. A great idea but a little ahead of its time. Well, not to miss a beat, here in Seattle, Amazon's backyard, we have AmazonFresh, Amazon's version of a local grocery delivery service.It is a fantastic service. With two kids you can't beat the convenience of running out of something at 8pm and having it at your door by the time you wake up. And it is price competitive, unlike the...
ABC’s of Book Collecting : Abbreviations
AbbreviationsThe prevalence of these in booksellers’ catalogues varies with the descriptive formula. An elaborate catalogue will have few, but most cataloguers use the familiar ones, and in short-title or clearance lists there may be a good many – sometimes explained at the beginning, more often not.Even the abbreviations in common use are not all wholly standardised,nor does the following list pretend to be exhaustive. Most of its contents appear, under the expanded term, in the main alphabet: to those which do not,page references have been appended where appropriate.ABA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association.ABAA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America.ABPC American Book Prices Current.A.D....
The "ABC’s of Book Collecting" on Book Patrol
John Carter's ABC For Book Collectors has long been regarding as the most informative reference book on the subject of book collecting. Now comprised of upward of 500 entries it remains, to this day, a seminal reference book for booksellers and collectors alike. Originally published in 1952, The ABC's has been revised and updated over the years by Nicolas Barker. It is now in it's Eighth Edition and includes additional words and terms created by the introduction of web-based collecting.Book Patrol is pleased to present The ABC's of Book Collecting, one entry at a time.For the Twitterites among us -...
Golden Handcuffs Review. A Talk with Lou Rowan
The 2009 Spring/Summer issue of Golden Handcuffs Reviewis now out. The issue features sections on 'Nathaniel Tarn at 80' and Luisa Valenzuela at 70' along with contributions from more than forty artists and writers, among them Rebecca Brown, Pedro Calderon, Gwendolyn Diaz, Alice Notley, Pat Nolan, Toby Olson, Brian Strang, Rosemarie Waldrop and Raul Zurita.I had a chance to check in with Lou Rowan, the editor and guiding light of GH, to find out more about the history of GH and how things are going as a publisher of a literary/visual magazine in these times.Book Patrol: Merriam Webster defines Golden...
Book Sort
Living With Books. Ink Jet on Paper 22" x 30"Book Sort is an exhibition of 25 large photographs by Theresa Rae currently on view at The North Bank Artists Gallery in Vancouver, WA. The series, which is part of Rae's larger body of work titled Questions of Identity, documents Rae's process of unpacking and re-shelving her library after a move.CommunionRae says:Everyone has their own way of finding answers. I had to rebuild my world through sorting and solitude. Book Sort documents four days of living with my books as they transitioned from storage to shelves in my home. Because these...