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.

The BookThinker Newsletter

#6, 17 November 2003

BookThinker Update
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Update Announcements
Important announcements for BookThinker readers.

Collecting Science Fiction Introducing the Column New this week at BookThink! Tim Doyle's column, Collecting Science Fiction, begins today with an overview of upcoming columns. If you're an SF reader or collector, or perhaps a seller looking for market advice on the genre, it's all here.

From the Editor
Introductory remarks for BookThinker readers.

Modern Book Hustling? The Essence and Ethics of Online Salesmanship Are you a bookseller or book hustler? BookThink discusses the differences and also examines ethical issues pertaining to book salesmanship.

Book Cosmetology Part I - Cleaning Improving the appearance of a book can be a value-building first step in book photography. If a book looks like garbage before you take a picture of it, you can bet it’ll look like garbage after too, and its final value to your buyer will suffer. Fortunately, the converse is also true: if it looks good going in, it at least has the potential of looking good coming out. Look here for simple advice on book makeovers.

Previous BookThinker Update - Update Announcements Important announcements for BookThinker readers. BookSmart! Are You Cooking the Books? Mold, book lice or rolled spines getting you down? Before you try any mad-scientist experiments with your microwave oven, read BookThink's analysis of microwave usage for archival purposes.