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Chapter 204 Let's Be Careful Out There, Or, On the Job Injury
This afternoon, I was waiting for Tom and Huck to go outside and finish building a teepee out of some bamboo that my neighbor cut, and I decided that I could cover dustjackets in mylar protectors whil… more »
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Chapter 204 Let's Be Careful Out There, Or, On the Job Injury
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 weeks ago: This afternoon, I was waiting for Tom and Huck to go outside and finish building a teepee out of som … more »
Chapter 200 Thanks for Reading
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 weeks ago: Two hundred posts today. I’ve been keeping a chronicle of my life as a bookseller for just ab … more »
Chapter 196 When Bookselling Feels Like Work, Or, Is Bookselling Ever Difficult?
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: I posted yesterday about the joy I take in some (most) of my bookselling duties. I didn’t mea … more »
Chapter 193 Bibliobimbos, Or, Female Antiquarian Booksellers -- A Rarity?
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: Thanks to the always-informative Jeremy at Philobiblos, I came across a well-written post at bookn3r … more »
Chapter 192 The Leap of Faith, Or, What It Takes to Be a Bookseller
bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: One thing I love about being a mother is that my kids inspire me. When I look at this picture of T … more »
Chapter 190 Condition Matters, Part 2
bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I posted Part 1 of an article I originally wrote for BookThink. I gave an example of a ti … more »
Chapter 189 Condition Matters, Part 1
bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: I wrote an article about book condition for BookThinka while back. The more I see other dealers … more »
Chapter 178 May 2008 Business Priorities
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 1 month ago: I’m going to my favorite library sale this weekend. The sale is held the second full weekend o … more »
Chapter 174 Friday Fun
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 months ago: I’m looking forward to Friday. I’ll be meeting up with Mr. Z to go book hunting in the E … more »
Chapter 172 Replace the Word "Newspapers" with "Books"
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 months ago: This 100+ year-old newspaper has been around for a long time. I realize my recent rants about the t … more »
Chapter 169 The University Library -- A Monument to Books?
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 months ago: Today, I realized that I am getting old. Today, I began to grumble about how much easier college stu … more »
Chapter 168 Progress . . . One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 months ago: I catalogued three books today. That sounds like very few, but I only had a couple of free hours tod … more »
Chapter 160 Of Chrislands, ABE, and Diversification
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 2 months ago: Last week, Chrislands, the small company that designs websites for booksellers who want their own on … more »
Chapter 149 How Much Do You Pay When a Customer Offers You Books?
bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: I’m still spending time with Tom and Huck, who are out of school this week on Easter vacation. … more »
Chapter 148 One Fun Thing about Blogging
bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: One thing I like about blogging is how much I learn from others. Since I don’t have an open sh … more »
Chapter 146 Fishing For Books, Part 2
bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: Here’s the rest of the article I recently wrote for BookThink on scouting for and finding sale … more »
Chapter 145 Gone Fishing . . . for Books
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: Please accept my apologies for not blogging Friday. Huck was a bit under the weather, though he seem … more »
Chapter 144 Owning a Book Store
bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: I was all set to sit down and write a nice, bookish post this afternoon. Then Huck came in from play … more »
Chapter 143 Susan Halas with Advice for Newcomers in the Book Biz
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bookhuntersholiday wrote 3 months ago: I’ve sung the praises of the Bibliophile email list in the past. If you’re not already … more »
