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BookThink is an industry-leading resource provider for
online and open shop book dealers, book collectors,
and serious readers. Resources include the
BookThinker, a free twice monthly newsletter covering a wide
range of book-related topics; BookThink's Gold Edition, a monthly paid-subscription newsletter
supplying profit-generating insider information to
booksellers; BookThink's 50/50, a bimonthly market
report targeting high-profit, in-demand books that are
likely to surface on scouting trips; a moderated book
forum; an extensive library of active and pertinent
book-related links; book reviews; interviews with
authors and other notables; and intensive tutorials on
practical book repair, grading, terminology, buying
for resale, selling books online and off, building a
personal book collection, and more
The BookThinker Newsletter
ISSN 1547-9501
#43, 16 May 2005
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BookThink Update
23 May 2005>>>
Update Announcements
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Why Some Dictionaries are Valuable, Others Not
And Why Newer Isn't Always Better
In one of BookThink's premium newsletters, 50/50, I try to explain, as much as time and space permits, why the titles I showcase perform as well as they do, but there are times when more depth is necessary. This is certainly the case with dictionaries. Why, for example, would a dictionary published in 1828 be purchased for content? Used daily? By children? Think of the tens of thousands of words it wouldn't contain, the archaic or obsolete meanings, etc. On the surface, it sounds like an educational disaster waiting to happen. And yet, for many home schoolers, it's anything but. Today's feature article explains why.
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50/50 Issue #3
Now Available
Issue #3 of 50/50, BookThink’s new market report, is now available for purchase. Published every other month, 50/50 lists and annotates in detail 50 books that typically sell for $50 and up online and - here's the best part - includes only those books that surface with some regularity at sales and other viable venues for purchasing inventory. In other words, this is information you can actually use and profit from often. Subscriptions are also available at the annual rate of $20. Payments may be made instantly or by
mail. For details, click here.
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Book Cosmetology
Part II: Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser
As a rule, cleaning products and techniques aren't book friendly because the materials used to make books are so vulnerable to damage by acid (a common cleaner component) or techniques that involve some species of mechanical assault. Fortunately, there are exceptions, and today's feature article on book cosmetology showcases an effective cleaning product that behaves something like sandpaper.
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BookThink's Bookseller Profiles
Profile of Julia Wilkinson
A good bookselling friend, Julia Wilkinson, appears in BookThink's monthly
Bookseller's Profile today. Julia has authored a number of books, and lately
she's been devoting more of her time to bookselling as well. You may also recognize
Julia as the publisher of a popular newsletter, Yard Salers and eBayers.
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Previous BookThinker Update -
BookThink Update
9 May 2005>>>
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BookThink's Author Profiles
Celebrating the Book
An Interview with Nicholas Basbanes
If there were some of you who didn't know John Dunning
from Adam before BookThink did a profile on him (and
you subsequently devoured each of his books), I
predict that the same thing may happen if you haven't
read anything by the subject of this week's author
profile - Nicholas Basbanes. Basbanes is, in every
sense of the word, the book lover's champion. To
date, he's published five bestselling books about
books, and I haven't met one yet that wasn't
delightful, elegantly written, and illuminating. He's
recently put a sixth book to bed - Every Book Its
Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the
World - and Pamela Palmer caught up with him recently
to talk about this and other book matters.
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Gold Edition #15
How to Buy Inventory Online
Part III: Miscellaneous eBay Search Techniques and
Sniping
Having trouble finding good inventory on scouting
trips? Maybe it's time you started shopping at the
world's largest bookstore. Selection is unlimited, you
can do it in the comfort of your home, and if you know
where to look and how to shop, prices are right. Learn
the secrets of buying online with BookThink's new Gold
Edition series - "How to Buy Inventory Online." Part
III, "Miscellaneous eBay Search Techniques and
Sniping" is available for purchase now.
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