2005 Archives of
The BookThinker Newsletter


ISSN 1547-9501

#34, 3 Jan. 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. BookThink's Author Profiles - Chasing the Bookman Angle - An Interview with John Dunning
  3. BookThink Book Review - The Sign of the Book by John Dunning
  4. BookTopics - Why Bookselling Isn't Working for You
  5. BookTopics - BookThink's Author Profiles
  6. Update Announcements
  7. The Most Evil Man in the World? - Part I: A BookThinking Trip to the Dark Side

#35, 17 Jan. 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. New Strategies for Selling Books on eBay - Part I: Getting Your Price, Keeping Your Fees Down
  3. The Most Evil Man in the World - Part II: Drawing Lines in the Bookselling Sand - or Not
  4. Update Announcements #1
  5. New Strategies for Selling Books on eBay - Part II: A Field Guide to the Ebayable Book
  6. 50/50 Issue #1 - Now Available
  7. Update Announcements #2
  8. Collecting Science Fiction - Thoughts on the Past, Plans for the Future
  9. BookThink's Gold Edition - Common Magazines, Uncommon Profits - Part II: Flashpoints

#36, 7 Feb. 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Plotting Your Future in Bookselling - How to Evaluate Alternate Venues
  3. Update Announcements
  4. ScoutPal - A Guide for New Users
  5. Children's Book Awards - Remarks and Lists
  6. BookThink's Gold Edition - Bible Mania

#37, 21 Feb. 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. New Strategies for Selling Books on eBay - Part III: Book Lots
  3. Selling Mathematics Books - Winning the Numbers Game
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Collecting Science Fiction - Cracking the Ice - Cyberpunk SF for Collectors and Sellers

#38, 7 March 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. 28 Buyers Waiting - Party in Her Mouth - Brewskies in the Fridge
  3. BookThink News Alert - ScoutPal Launches - Interactive Voice Response
  4. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Profile of Shane Straight
  5. BookThink's Gold Edition #13 - How to Buy Inventory Online - Part I: Introduction, Overview, and eBay Seller Lists
  6. Update Announcements
  7. How To Read Classified Ads - BookThink's Dictionary of Classified Ad Code Words and Phrases for Booksellers
  8. 50/50 Issue #2 - Now Available

#39, 21 March 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Equine Profits for Real Men - C.W. Anderson and the Gender Gap in Bookselling
  3. BookTopics - Flashpoints
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Collecting Science Fiction - Andre Norton - An Appreciation

#40, 11 April 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Tired of Typing Book Descriptions? - How Fast Can You Talk?
  3. Update Announcements
  4. Coming Attractions at BookThink
  5. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Profile of Catherine Petruccione
  6. BookThink's Gold Edition #14 - How to Buy Inventory Online - Part II: How to Build and Use Search Strings and Productive Categories to Browse in

#41, 25 April 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. A Bookseller's Guide to Sellathon - Part I: Introduction and Auction Titles
  3. Update Announcements
  4. Collecting Science Fiction - An Introduction to Collecting and Selling Children's and Young Adult's Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy

#42, 2 May 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. A Bookseller's Guide to Sellathon - Part II: The Rest of the Story
  3. Building A Book Website - Part I: Startup
  4. BookThink's Author Profiles - Celebrating the Book - An Interview with Nicholas Basbanes
  5. BookThink's Gold Edition #15 - How to Buy Inventory Online - Part III: Miscellaneous eBay Search Techniques and Sniping

#43, 16 May 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Book Cosmetology - Part II: Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser
  3. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Profile of Julia Wilkinson
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Why Some Dictionaries are Valuable, Others Not - And Why Newer Isn't Always Better
  6. 50/50 Issue #3 - Now Available

#44, 6 June 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. How to Build An Effective - eBay Presentation - Part I: What Your Buyer Wants to Know from You: Photographic Content
  3. Building a Book Website - Part II: Marketing
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Collecting Science Fiction - Out of Their Heads - The Theme of Transferring Consciousness in Science Fiction
  6. Gold Edition #16 - How to Buy Inventory Online - Part IV Buying Inventory on Fixed-Price Venues and from Other Online Sources

#45, 13 June 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. BookThink's Proverbs of Bookselling - The First 50
  3. BookThink's Author Profiles - Long Live the Poitou Ass - An Interview with Sharon Vanderlip
  4. Update Announcements
  5. How To Build An Effective eBay Presentation - Part II: What Your Buyer Wants To Know from You - Textual Content

#46, 27 June 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. My Worst Scouting Day Ever
    Bookselling Proverb #14 and the Plight of Expectation
  3. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Profile of Stacy Moskus
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Collecting Science Fiction - Bookselling at Science Fiction Conventions - Part I
  6. Gold Edition #17 - How to Buy and Sell Foreign Books

#47, 11 July 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. How To Build An Effective eBay Presentation - Part III: Bibliographic Data, Condition Description and Terms of Sale
  3. BookThink BookTopics - Building a Book Reference Library
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Taking Bookselling To the Top - Part I: How to Succeed at Bookselling Without Really Trying
  6. 50/50 Issue #4 - Now Available

#48, 25 July 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Adventures in Book Scouting - Part I: The Running of the Books
  3. BookThink's Bookseller Profile - Profile of Rick Marsh
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Bibliography of American Literature - Points to Identify Early Works
  6. Gold Edition #18 - Big Money in Money Books - Part I
  7. Special Fantasy & Science Fiction Edition - 50/50 Issue #4

#49, 8 August 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Collecting Science Fiction - Selling at Science Fiction Conventions Part II
  3. The Independent Online Booksellers Association
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Top 10 on eBay - Warm Up to a New Series

#50, 20 August 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. EBay Stores Revisited - Part I: Whoa, Is This Thing Actually Working?
  3. Update Announcements
  4. BookTopics - Buying and Selling on eBay
  5. ScoutPal Announcement - The ScoutPal Network

#51, 5 September 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Taking Bookselling To The Top - Part II: How To Succeed In Bookselling Without Really Trying
  3. BookThink's Best Book Scouting Tips - How To Case Sales
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Collecting Science Fiction - An Interview with Marshall S. Thomas Author of Soldier of the Legion
  6. BookThink Book Review - Soldier of the Legion
  7. Gold Edition #19 - Big Money in Money Books - Part II - Timely Titles

#52, 19 September 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - August 2005
  3. How to Photograph Thick Books - Alternate Uses for Bookends
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Adventures in Book Scouting - Part II: Take The Old Car
  6. Special Boys and Girls Series Books Edition - 50/50 Issue #5 Now Available

#53, 3 October 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Anatomy of a Flashpoint - There's Bookselling Gold in Letters
  3. BookThink's Author Profiles - An Interview with Kathi Diamant
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Flatsigned or Inscribed - The FlatSigned Side of the Story
  6. Flatsigned or Inscribed - The Inscribed Side of the Story
  7. Collecting Science Fiction - BookThink Review - Bud Webster's The Joy of Booking
  8. Gold Edition #20 - Big Money in Money Books - Part III: Real Estate Investment Books

#54, 17 October 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. BookThink Review - A Rant and a Rave
  3. BookThink Book Repair - How to Reattach Detached Covers
  4. Update Announcements - October 24, 2005
  5. Letters to the Editor - A Letter from - Teresa Kopec
  6. Collecting Mystery & Detective Fiction - Ian Fleming - The Promise of Goldeneye
  7. Update Announcements - October 31, 2005
  8. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - September 2005
  9. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Brenda J. Grolle
  10. 50/50 Issue #6 - Now Available

#55, 7 November 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Life at the Bottom - Making Penny Bookselling Work for You
  3. Update Announcements
  4. Letters to the Editor - Letters from - Ann Colson & Maggie Wallace
  5. Buying and Selling Children's Books - Panning for Gold Children's Books at FOL Sales
  6. BookThink Consulting - Phase I - BookThink's eBay Critique - FAQ
  7. BookThink Special - All Back Issues for $129.99 (#1-#6 of 50/50 & #1-#21 of the Gold Edition
  8. Gold Edition - The God Edition - Reselling Conservative Christian Theology - Part I

#56, 21 November 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Taking Bookselling To The Top - Part III: How to Succeed in Bookselling Without Really Trying
  3. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Profile of Gene Medenwald
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Top 10 on eBay - October 2005
  6. 50/50 Issue #7 - Hot Spots in Magazines

#57, 5 December 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. Building A Science Fiction - Reference Library - Part I: Multi-Purpose Reference Books
  3. Gypsy Bookselling - Part I: The Plan
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Book Repair for BookThinkers - The Basics
  6. Gold Edition #22 - The God Edition Reselling Conservative Christian Theology - Part II

#58, 19 December 2005

  1. From the Editor
  2. ChooseBooks/ZVAB - An Interview with Michael Tokman
  3. Update Announcements
  4. Buying and Selling Children's Books - Witches, Mice and Cats Oh My!
  5. BookThink's - Top 10 on eBay - November 2005



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