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Collectible Childrens Books on eBay

As per cc's suggestion, a thread for relatively higher dollar children's books sold on eBay and the ensuing discussions.

A book that looks like nothing.

There are quite a few books that don't look like anything special. Here's one: Security Analysis

Resolved! How to find a store by name

Hello, I tried to send my eBay store name to folks so they could browse my books and was told they could not find it. I confess I had never tried to find a store by name myself and cannot figure out where to enter it in eBay. I feel pretty silly afte...

Best B&M Bookstores in the US!

Did you know one of largest used bookstores is in Detroit!? Has anyone on the BSB visited the store?

Profiles In Courage by John F. Kennedy - First Print???

Hi, Hoping someone on here can help me out. I picked up a copy of JFK's Profiles in Courage today. It is one of the first edition copies that was printed in 1956, not the inaugural or memorial editions that came later. There is a $3.50 price on the d...

Google Scholar - Who knew?

I consider myself moderately 'internet savvy' - so how is it that I never used Google Scholar until today? Who knew? Antiquarian books on Google Scholar.

ABEBooks Ad on eBay!?

I can remember the days when we couldn't mention ABEBooks on eBay, and would instead use the pseudonym 'Lincoln'. Today, while logged into eBay, I had an ABEBooks advertisement served to me.

Photo's Hidden 'Exif' Data Exposes Your Personal Information

I think eBay expunges a photo's EXIF data prior to posting, however thought some might find this of interest: Photo's Hidden 'Exif' Data Exposes Your Personal Information “A seller from Craigslist once emailed Rajewski photos of an item he was thinki...

Renaming the Samuel Beckett Theatre

It was reported that Trinity plans to rename the Samuel Beckett Theatre as the Centre for Creative Arts. "Wealthy people have always loved slapping their name on buildings. Giving money to a public body is a noble act, but when that donation has nami...

Action Comics #1 Sells for $3.25 Million

Some might find this of interest: "The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 million in a private sale [...].It narrowly bested the previous record for the comic, set in the auction of another copy in 2014 for slightly over $3.2 million."

Help me please identify the signature.

Here is the image of the book and signature. Thank you in advance.

Resolved! Bumping Message Threads on BSB

On the Booksellers Board I just discovered that threads older than six months (or so) automatically become locked from replies. This means they cannot be bumped back to the top. I was trying to add to imagine.ink's Helpful Bookseller Links thread but...

Cadillac Jack: icon of early eBay-ery...

...sadly has lost his author, Larry McMurtry, though his spirit lives on through eBay. Oddly enought another game changer also died March 25th - Beverly Cleary. Long live Henry Huggins! (and Ramona, too)RIP Bev & Larry

First-ever recording of Allen Ginsberg reading "Howl" released!

First-ever recording of Allen Ginsberg reading "Howl" released! https://allenginsberg.org/2021/04/howl-record-release/?fbclid=IwAR2sPkFV8eejHg8AmDXEaO43WxFKEcT_PF60B0tQ1Etg6LjFUd6rWIQTtb4

Dime Novels and the Cheap Book Boom

Dime Novels and the Cheap Book Boom by Rachel Rosenberg"The history of dime novels tells the story of how cheap books led to increased literacy in the working classes. Until I began researching this post, I thought dime novels were the same thing as ...

Resolved! Books Altered or Pulled By Author or Publisher

Last week's decision by the Seuss Foundation to stop publishing six Dr. Seuss books is not the first time a publisher or author censored a previously published book. Let's list some prominent examples. I'll begin with: 1. Stephen King's Rage, publish...

U.S. Literacy Rates by State 2021

Over the course of 22 years of bookselling, I observed where books went. In the beginning, I sold a slew of books to the West Coast, esp the Northwest. Texas was a country not heard from for a very long time and then off and on there would be a spurt...