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The BookThinker Newsletter ISSN 1547-9501 #34, 3 January 2005

BookThink Update
10 January 2005>>>

Update Announcements

		The Most Evil Man in the World? Part I: A BookThinking Trip to the Dark Side The most evil man in the world? There's no shortage of candidates. Bin Laden, Manson, Hitler, etc., but I'm sure that some observers would cast their vote for somebody you may never have heard of, especially if you didn't grow up in the 1960's - and there's lots of evidence to back up the choice. Bookselling figures hugely into this because this man was a prolific writer and is intensely collectible today. Has been for years. If you smell ethical issues nearby, your nose hasn't misled you. Read more here..

From the Editor Important announcements for BookThinker readers.

BookThink's Author Profiles Chasing the Bookman Angle An Interview with John Dunning There's mystery in books and, occasionally, books in mysteries. And bestselling mystery writer John Dunning lives both every day. His popular Cliff Janeway series continues in March with the release of a fourth installment - The Sign of the Book - and once again it's bookselling that drives the tale. Pamela Palmer's interview of Dunning is a fascinating look at how this bookman's mind works.

BookThink Book Review The Sign of the Book by John Dunning Fans of the Cliff Janeway, Bookman series of mysteries will be delighted to hear that a fourth installment, The Sign of the Book, will appear in bookstores this March. Click here for a review and brief market analysis of Dunning titles.

BookTopics Why Bookselling Isn't Working for You As the bookselling market changes, BookThink editor Craig Stark looks at how to adapt and take control of your business. In a series of articles, he covers takes a practical look at what sellers can do now. Feeling intimidated by all the change? This series gives you a method to get back on track.

BookTopics BookThink's Author Profiles BookThink's Authors Profiles and related book reviews with market reports are collected in this, the latest BookTopic.

BookThink's Gold Edition Common Magazines, Uncommon Profits Part II: Flashpoints Flashpoints, flashpoints, flashpoints. Part II of BookThink’s series on profiting from common magazines is packed with them. These are the specifics you’ll need to cash in on this often neglected but consistently rewarding market. Lists of collectible topics, authors, illustrators, photographers, celebrities, sports figures, historical events, advertisers and more appear in this issue. Purchase this issue today or subscribe to BookThink's Gold Edition for monthly insider information for booksellers. Click here for details.

BookThink Update
27 December 2004>>>

Update Announcements

The Virtues of Hard Work and a Thick Skin An Interview with Sheila Kelly BookThink's new Author Profiles series continues today with a rising star, Sheila Kelly. Kelly is also a woman of many faces. You may know her as Science Fiction novelist S.L. Viehl. Or romance novelist Gena Hale. Or Jessica Hall. Or Christian writer Rebecca Kelly. Or - wait, sometimes it's none other than Sheila Kelly! Confused yet? Kelly isn't. Exhausted, perhaps, after publishing twenty-something books in the past few years, but she seems to jump genres with the best of them. See Tim Doyle's interview here,.

BookThink Book Review
Bio Rescue
Tim Doyle reviews Bio Rescue, by S.L. Viehl (pseudonym for Sheila Kelly.

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BookThink's Gold Edition Common Magazines, Uncommon Profits Part I: The Basics Big profits in common magazines? Well, if there are any secrets to making a good living in the book biz, selling magazines – yes, common ones included – may be one of the best kept. And yet, given the huge numbers that many magazines were printed in, not to mention the frequency with which even vintage or antique examples surface at estate sales, auctions and other venues, it seems, at first glance, unlikely that many of them would be worth bothering with. Au contraire, ALMOST ALL OF THEM are worth bothering with – in fact, they can be as profitable as high end books. How can this be? Get the answer is in this month’s Gold Edition. Purchase this issue today or subscribe to BookThink's Gold Edition for monthly insider information for booksellers. Click here for details.