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About Us
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Editor in Chief
Craig Stark is a veteran bookseller, collector and
writer. Besides publishing fiction and news features,
he has produced newsletters, authored numerous how-to
articles on many book-related topics, and is currently
working on a master guide for online booksellers. Email him at
editor@bookthink.com. Find a list
of his
recent articles on BookThink.
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Associate Editor
Pamela Palmer is a writer, bookseller, and former reference
librarian. She publishes in magazines and journals, is
bibliographer of the
International Hopkins Association, reviews for
Choice, and co-authored An Index to the
Critical Vocabulary of Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine, 1830-1840. A retired associate
professor of libraries, she holds
master's degrees in English and library science, as
well as a doctorate in higher
education (interdisciplinary).
Email her at Pamela@bookthink.com. Find a list
of her
recent articles on BookThink.
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Science Fiction Editor
Timothy Doyle has been reading and collecting science fiction and
fantasy
since 1968, and selling books online as Bayside Books of Maryland
beginning
in 2000. He has been a contributor at BookThink from its beginning, and
introduced the monthly Collecting Science Fiction column in November,
2003.
Online inventory ranges from 19th century history and biography to
modern
fiction first editions, and is available at
at
www.abebooks.com/home/BAYSIDEBOOKSMD. Email him at
Baysidebooksmd@hotmail.com. Find a list
of his
recent articles on BookThink.
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Media Editor
Catherine Petruccione works in Career Services at a
community college in Upstate New York. A lifelong
reader and book collector, she is in her sixth year of
selling books on-line at OldScrolls.com
and other
on-line venues, and out of Old Scrolls Book Shop in
Stanley, New York. E-mail her at
oldscrolls@att.net. Find a list
of her
recent articles on BookThink.
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Children's Books Editor
Guusje Moore is an elementary school librarian with 30
years of experience in the field. She has been an avid
reader of children's literature since she first
learned to read and has put her extensive knowledge of
the genre to good use as a part-time eBay and Amazon
bookseller specializing in children's books, cookbooks
and history. Email her at
guusje@mindspring.com.
Visit her blog at
http://guusjem.blogspot.com/. Find a list
of her
recent articles on BookThink.
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Book Review Editor
Genevieve Kazdin, as Dunes Studio, began selling books
online in a variety of venues in 1999. It was the
logical next step for a life involved with books and
words from the beginning. From working in the library,
working in a bookstore, and being a working writer for
many years, Gen was somehow connected to books.
Although Dunes Studio's own website is not finished,
some of her books may be visited at Dunes Studio at
eBay and found via search at IOBABooks - Bookstore
information for Dunes Studio She may be reached by
email at genk@aol.com.
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News Editor
Karin Bergsagel is currently the librarian at a
Montessori school - an excellent setting for the
pursuit of lifelong learning. Reading & writing are a
passion; she thinks that she may have been born with a
book in one hand and a pen in the other. A native of
Canada, she has lived in England and Switzerland and
now resides in Virginia.
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Contributing Editor
Steve Weber is a full-time online bookseller and
writer. He has operated an online used-book business
since 2001 from his home in Northern Virginia,
specializing in niche nonfiction. In 2005, he wrote a
bookselling how-to guide, The Home-Based Bookstore
and began publishing a blog on the topic of online
bookselling, "Selling Books." E-mail him at
steve_weber@yahoo.com and visit his blog at
http://www.weberbooks.com/selling/selling.htm. Find a list
of his
recent articles on BookThink.
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Contributing Editor
Claire Main is Managing Director of Doodled Books, Ltd., a UK-based
bookstore specializing in
modern first editions signed and doodled by authors. She is also a
Random House book reviewer and
a Secondary School Graphics Teacher with a degree in Television
Production Design and a Post
Graduate Certificate in Education. Visit her website at
Doodled Books. Email her at
doodledbooks@hotmail.co.uk. Find a list
of her
recent articles on BookThink.
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Contributing Editor
Jill Hendrix is the owner of Fiction Addiction, a clicks-and-mortar
used bookstore she founded in
Greenville, SC in 2001. Prior to opening Fiction Addiction she
graduated magna cum laude from Yale
University, worked briefly in the Editorial Department of St.
Martin's Press, and then fell in
love with the idea of owning her own business while working for a
series of Internet startups in
New York. Email her at fictionaddiction@juno.com or visit her website
at http://www.fiction-addiction.com.
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Facebook Editor
Kristian Strom has been a professional bookseller since 2001 and an amateur golfer since birth. He can be found somewhere near Andover, Kansas,
scouring the Midwest for unusual books. You can read about his travels and book finds at his
blog, or view his
inventory. He has formed successful partnerships with several brick-and-mortar bookstores and libraries in the area, and is interested in helping new booksellers
develop their knowledge of Flashpoints and $50 books. Join him in his search for rare books at the
“BookThink” group on Facebook.
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Ephemera Editor
Michele Behan is a freelance writer, book collector and online seller
of books and vintage paper,
including ephemera, postcards and photographs. She graduated cum laude
from St. Louis University
with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in
marketing. Two of her three
children were born in Berlin, Germany while living abroad with her
military husband. Writing has
always been Michele's passion. She and her family now reside in
Maryland, near the
Chesapeake Bay. Find a list
of her
recent articles on BookThink.
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BookLinks Editor
Judy Lanskey is an avid reader and collector who evolved into an online
bookseller in 2005, when
she started Legendary Books. She has a special interest in vintage
children's books and Arthurian
legends. She lives in Madison, NJ and has two young teen-age boys who
love to help in the
business. You can email her at lolajy@aol.com or visit her eBay store,
Legendary Books.
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Empirical Bookman
Jaime Frontero is an unpublished novelist who grew up in New
York City amid the
remnants of the old Book Row - one block from the storied Biblo and
Tannen bookstore. He turned
his first profit on a book sold to Mr. Tannen at age nine, in 1960. His
father was an artist and
his early life was spent among the bi-coastal beat crowd. He claims to
have been raised as the
male analog of suzuki beane. He has held various positions - both in
and out of the book field -
and has owned three bookstores. He currently resides in Minnesota with
a daughter, a cat, several
computers, his books, and a mannequin which goes by the name of
Audrey. Find a list
of his
recent articles on BookThink.
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Contributing Editor
An English major who graduated from Santa Clara University, Chris Lowenstein is a former English teacher who fell in love with antiquarian books after a
lifetime of being unaware of their existence. In 2007, she opened Book Hunter's Holiday, an antiquarian book business specializing in Western Americana and
books by Dante Alighieri as well as general antiquarian books. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, her sons, ages 10 and 12, and her
dog, Molly. You can visit her online shop or read her blog, where she chronicles her bookselling experiences. Email her at
chris@bookhuntersholiday.com.
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Professor Booknoodle
Professor Booknoodle is an autodidactic book dealer from the early 20th century who has found that he has been inexplicably
transplanted to the
21st century. The Professor has adjusted nicely. He still pursues bookselling as an avocation, and sells the occasional item.
The Professor has noticed a change in the complexity of shipping. But his biggest perplexity is, in his own words, "How the
deuce did I get shipped to the future?" Professor Booknoodle is the online avatar of John DeForest, one half of the
bookselling team that makes up Brothertown Books. Email him at
brothertownbooks@brothertownbooks.com. Visit his eBay shop at
http://stores.ebay.com/Brothertown-Books.
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Contributing Editor
Kara McLaughlin Mestre runs in some circles as ‘full-time bookseller’ but secretly answers to Jr. Book Detective or Goddess of Things Paper. Armed with a
fierce capacity to Google and a strong dose of perpetual optimism, she fearlessly seeks and often successfully finds the answers to burning questions of
the entrepreneurial, literary and mundane. Her past inclinations to merrymaking and song give rise to impromptu singing in the stacks. Little Sages Books,
where antiquarian or just plain old-and-unusual goodies tend to perch, became a reality in 2007 and continues to delight. This native Floridian can be
reached via email at kara@littlesages.com: or stop by her website.
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