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Books by the Foot
Wonder Books, an ABAABooks by the Foot This method of bookselling is still evolving. While much of the current energy is focused on the visual It has become much more difficult to sell many books individually.This is not new. They've been selling books by the foot for years at the strandStudent Edition - packagereader's editioncollector edition - all the works of your favorite author in the first edition.
What the Criminals Read
Bookshelves in the area where Jaycee Lee Dugard was held captive by Phillip GarridoPhotograph: Nick Stern/Redthinkmedia.comThe image above comes from the amazing slideshow at the guardian of the home of Phillip Garrido, who is being held in the abduction and kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard.In Judging criminal suspects by their book David Barnett
Top Ten Most Expensive Books Sold on ABE, July, 2009
ABE (Advanced Book Exchange) has just released its list of the top ten prices obtained amongst hundreds of thousands of books bought through them during the month of July. They are the rarest or most collectible of books offered and sold.10. Sefer Tehilim by Sebastian Munster, a Basel printing of this 16th century work by the German Hebrew scholar. $3,464.9. The Bible, an edition limited to 75 copies, printed by the Nonesuch Press of London in 1927. $3,7508. Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud, a book on time measurement by the Swiss watchmaker, published...
Is CBS Becoming the Book Network?
CBS has announced plans for a new series on the publishing world. The show called Open BookCBS Sunday Morning has been consistently featuring book related storiesThere was this great piece on French Bibliomaniacs that we covered on Book Patroland then this one, that we covered as well, on the Happy Tales Bookshop in Wisconsin that was built in a old manure storage tank!