Update Announcements by Craig Stark #62, 20 February 2006

Ok, so it's winter and your best bookselling months are behind you. Or are they? Just because somebody else's sales are slumping doesn't mean yours have to. In our feature article today, I list ten hot suggestions for warming things up fast.

Also, Children's Books Editor Guusje Moore has, as usual, some profit-making advice for booksellers. Today she discusses another sub-genre - the career romance novel. As those of you who subscribe to 50/50 already know, some of these can bring eye-popping prices.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Effective February 1, BookThink's special offer of free text advertising for Gold Edition subscribers has been discontinued. Ads accepted before this deadline will run through the month of February. My apologies to those of you who were using this opportunity to promote your businesses, but as BookThink has grown, this aspect of our advertising has become something of an administrative nightmare. If interested, text ads are still reasonably priced and will reach thousands of booksellers.

Finally, one of our readers spoke to Dealer's Thesaurus author Lynn Vigeant last week. Lynn informed him that she has approximately 80 copies left. Price - an affordable $24, which includes shipping. Here's the contact information for those who are interested:

Maps of Antiquity
1022 Rte 6A
West Barnstable, MA 02668
Phone: 508-362-7169
Hours of operation: M-F 10:00 am to 5:00 pm