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The BookThinker Newsletter ISSN 1547-9501 #52, 19 September 2005

BookThink Update
26 September 2005>>>

Update Announcements

Adventures in Book Scouting Part II: Take The Old Car Catherine Petruccione's 2-part bookscouting series concludes today with an elaboration of rule #2: bring the old car. With the right attitude misadventure can quickly turn into true adventure. If you don't remember what rules #1 and #3 are, here's a refresher:

Special Boys and Girls Series Books Edition
50/50 Issue #5
Now Available
Sometimes it makes sense to buy series books, sometimes not. Issue #5 of 50/50 profiles 25 of the most profitable (and common) series titles for booksellers, along with first edition guidelines and detailed publication data.

Gold Edition #19 Big Money in Money Books Part II: Timely Titles There's big money in money books. Whether the topic is stocks, real estate or something else, this is one of the hottest, most profitable bookselling niches going, and, since many important titles have been recently published, they are relatively easy to find. If you aren't capitalizing on this yet, this is your opportunity to start reaping bookselling dividends. Part II of this BookThink series is available for purchase now.

From the Editor Important announcements for BookThinker readers.

BookThink's Top 10 on eBay August 2005 BookThink's Contributing Editor Pamela Palmer's "Top 10 on eBay" is back today with an interesting twist: several top sellers listed fiction in the non-fiction category and/or non-fiction in the fiction category. If nothing else, this suggests that most bidders for these titles were searching all of eBay, not browsing in specific categories. I'm not surprised. Are you?

How to Photograph Thick Books Alternate Uses for Bookends A few issues back I mentioned that I would be publishing more letters to the editor. Well, I received a lengthy one several weeks ago that I truly intended to publish, but before I knew it, the writer had expanded it into a how-to article on photographing thick books. And a good one at that. In any case, this also appears in today's BookThinker, and I'm happy to introduce you to eBay bookseller Chuck Haney.

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BookThink Update
12 September 2005>>>

Update Announcements

An Interview with Marshall S. Thomas Author of Soldier of the Legion Something I've noticed about BookThink interviews: often they seem to be most interesting when the author gets off the topic of his (or her) book. Though SF author Marshall S. Thomas does indeed discuss his first book, Soldier of the Legion, in today's interview with Science Fiction Editor Timothy Doyle, he also recounts the process of writing it, a project ultimately completed after some 20 years! As it so often does on the heels of persistence, success finally arrived, and Thomas's experience makes him eminently qualified to offer advice for would-be writers.

BookThink Book Review Soldier of the Legion Book One of the Beta 3 Series Also in this issue, Tim reviews Soldier of the Legion and - good news - reports that 3 sequels are waiting in line to follow it. A purchase link is included at the end of the review for your convenience.

Gold Edition #19 Big Money in Money Books Part II: Timely Titles There's big money in money books. Whether the topic is stocks, real estate or something else, this is one of the hottest, most profitable bookselling niches going, and, since many important titles have been recently published, they are relatively easy to find. If you aren't capitalizing on this yet, this is your opportunity to start reaping bookselling dividends. Part II of this BookThink series is available for purchase now.