A Pound of Paper by John Baxter is pretty good but UK-focussed, iirc
― fetter, Monday, 25 May 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
i really enjoyed the booksellers doc (https://booksellersdocumentary.com) now on prime btw
― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 August 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
ah ! thanks for sharing.
i love secondhand bookstores but christ, some of the more cranky antiquarian dudes, they're 1000x worse than the record guys
― budo jeru, Saturday, 15 August 2020 02:50 (three years ago) link
johnny crunch, i found this today while packing up some of my books:
https://www.champandmabel.com/assets/images/product/H12298_139b6dce2b0a84fd5f4186ec2331983e.jpgthe amenities of book collection — a. edward newton
― budo jeru, Thursday, 27 August 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
book-collecting*
― budo jeru, Thursday, 27 August 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
I immediately read the subtitle as And Kindred Afflictions
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 28 August 2020 08:45 (three years ago) link
cool man, nice book!
― johnny crunch, Friday, 28 August 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
posted on the discogs thread because i didn’t know this one existed— i have a lot of book adventures . it’s truly the only thing i spend money on other than food, shelter, and climbing stuff. bought a book at a decent price from a seller on Abe, didn’t do much research into them but they had a good rating.i got sent the wrong book, the sort of thing that isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, totally useless. i messaged them, they said sorry for mixup, they would get the right book to me. then they said getting the right book to me was impossible, but would i like something else from their inventory because a return hurts their rating. i said no.asked my bookseller pal about it— it’s a regular scam. a seller will list a book they don’t have, then attempt to buy it from another seller for cheap and make a tiny bit of profit. the issue is that sometimes these “booksellers” don’t keep up with pricing trends, so (as in my case) the book I ordered was being offered for 10-40 less than from other sellers. so because they couldn’t find a cheap copy to sell me, they sent me some trash, say it’s a mistake, then try to get you to choose something else from their “inventory” to keep their rating. insane and maddening.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 15 March 2024 00:09 (one month ago) link