Update Announcements by Craig Stark #38, 14 March 2005

I need your help again. I've put together - actually, just started, a short dictionary for today's BookThinker titled "BookThink's Dictionary of Classified Ad Code Words and Phrases for Booksellers." The purpose of this is to improve my chances and yours of identifying the "right" sales to go to, those that will deliver the best books. Obviously, attempting to decipher classified ads is only one step removed from reading tea leaves, but based on my experiences, I believe that some headway can be made in this area. The dictionary is deliberately incomplete because I'd like this to be a collaborative work in progress, and I'm sure that many of you could make valuable contributions. Post yours in the sticky topic in the forum, or write me at editor@bookthink.com And I thank you in advance!