Product Description: Following in the tradition of John Carter, Graham Pollard, and Michael Sadleir, Book Talk: Essays on Books, Booksellers, Collecting, and Special Collections takes the reader on a tour of some major ideas and controversies now current in the rare book world...read more

Offers a field guide to modern book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first or book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book Description Selling Used Books Online is a comprehensive how-to bible for America's newest and fastest growing group of entrepreneurs, the sellers on Amazon Marketplace and other online venues. Author Stephen Windwalker, a successful online seller himself who has also operated a brick-and-mortar bookshop, provides a treasure trove of up-to-date information with verve, clarity, and wit...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Discusses the advantages of running an antiquarian book store, and explains how to pick a location, acquire stock, build shelving, arrange for advertising, maintain quality, hire employees, and avoid common mistakes

Explains how to start a book collection, describes the qualities which make antique books valuable, and discusses book printing, binding, and storage

Shows how to identify and find valuable books, establish a business as a book scout, develop clients, and restore and sell old books