BookThink provides resources for online and open shop book dealers, book collectors, and serious readers. Resources already in place or scheduled to be added in the coming months include 1st edition designations and issue points for 1,000’s of publishers; detailed and illustrated book terminology; a moderated book forum; an extensive library of active and pertinent book-related links; reviews of books about books; and tutorials on practical book repair, grading, buying for resale, selling books online and off, building a personal collection, and more. Here is the current issue of the BookThinker, a free twice-monthly newsletter:

The BookThinker Newsletter

#2, 15 September 2003

From the Editor

How to Photograph Books
Part 1 - An Introduction to Flashpoints
Critical to successful book buying, flashpoints should not be overlooked in the selling process either, especially when photographing books for sales presentations. Part I of a five-part series on book photography begins here.

Signed Books Measuring Their Value It's simple. Buy a book, get it signed, and resell it for profit. Not so fast! Tim Doyle of Bayside Books shows that there's much more to it than meets the eye. His in-depth study of the book signing process presents several key strategies for sellers and collectors and explores the concepts of personal and collector value, the relative merits of signature-only and inscribed books, and much more.

BookSmart!
BookThink's semi-regular feature, BookSmart! begins today with a harsh look at books and light - a match not made in heaven.

Six new books have been added to BookThink's BookShelf!