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Ken Fermoyle
Jun 15, 2003
Different Times, Different Climes, Different Crimes!
This review includes a trio of books that differ greatly, even in the broad genre of mystery novels. Settings and periods range from...
Shirley Bryant
Jun 14, 2003
BookWriter Web for HomeBase Interview with Tom Sawyer
BookWriter Web was created by Thomas A. Sawyer, co-founder and software designer for Interloc/Alibris, as well as the creator of the UIEE...
Stan Modjesky
Jun 13, 2003
Anti-War Book Collecting
From a bookseller’s viewpoint, “military books” are usually lumped together as a subset of the history section. But this popular genre...
Joyce Godsey
Jun 12, 2003
The myth of the book
People have been pestering me for years to write a book. I have yet to accomplish this. That is not to say that I haven’t written reams...
Phillip Bevis
Jun 11, 2003
Booksellers, the First Amendment and Customer Privacy
In August 2001 the FBI appeared in Arundel Books’ Los Angeles store with a US Justice Department subpoena demanding 6-1/2 years of...
Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson
Jun 10, 2003
On Collecting (and selling) Books on Bullfighting
The collecting of books on bullfighting is surprisingly organized. While not as popular as it was during the 1950’s and 60’s, whatever...
Deanna Ramsay
Jun 9, 2003
Early Dressage Literature to 1800
Classical dressage is a rather arcane equestrian pursuit. But it has a wonderful literary history. The first book to seriously analyze...
Rhett Moran
Jun 9, 2003
Closing one store, opening another
Where to start? THE OLD STORE: Our store was located in the Apollo Plaza, Monticello, Sullivan County’s only indoor Mall. It had Sears,...
