Category Archives: Books and Bookselling

Book collecting and bibliophily, and bookseller’s tales

YOU too can own . . .

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Marchbanks

The important parts of the book are part of me, and I carry them with me for always. Continue reading →

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Screw Amazon’s new “Search Inside the Book!”

Posted on November 1, 2003 by Marchbanks

Tell Jeff Bezos in a hundred words exactly how much his latest Bright Idea sucks. Continue reading →

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A stroll through the book logs

Posted on September 5, 2003 by Marchbanks

A fairy tale begins, “Once upon a time . . .” and a war story begins “No shit, this really happened . . . .” Continue reading →

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A reminiscence

Posted on July 25, 2003 by Marchbanks

Only, who has promised any of us tomorrow? Continue reading →

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Money . . . as usual

Posted on May 1, 2003 by Marchbanks

I asked her what she’d got for the books, and when she told me $225 each, I damn near dropped my drink. Continue reading →

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Books just wanna be free

Posted on April 17, 2003 by Marchbanks

I may end up pitching it against the wall if D.H. Lawrence manages to annoy me enough. Continue reading →

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Now this one is just BEYOND insane

Posted on February 4, 2003 by Marchbanks

Florida governor Jeb Bush has proposed to abolish the Florida State Library. Continue reading →

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This week’s esoteric projects

Posted on November 13, 2002 by Marchbanks

For the last week or so, I’ve been registering my Bouchercon book cache with BookCrossing. Continue reading →

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Off for the Sweet Hereafter

Posted on November 5, 2002 by Marchbanks

And once more, I am amazed and delighted by the verbal pyrotechnics of T. R. Pearson. Continue reading →

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Back from Bouchercon

Posted on October 20, 2002 by Marchbanks

I ’splained that, in the words of the old bumper sticker, “I ain’t a cowboy, I just found the hat.” Continue reading →

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