2007 Archives of
The BookThinker Newsletter


ISSN 1547-9501

#85, 1 January 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Taking Bookselling To The Top - Part IVa: How To Succeed in Bookselling Without Really Trying
  3. BookHunt Tip of the Month - If You Don't Know Where to Start, Start Here
  4. Gold Edition #34 - How To Buy and Sell Photobooks Part III: Photographer Flashpoints (second 25)
  5. Update Announcements
  6. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - November 2006
  7. BookThink's Bookseller Profiles - Aslan Books

#86, 15 January 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Amazon Marketplace: 2006 in Review - Amazon Grows Stronger, but a Bigger Giant Looms
  3. EBay: 2006 in Review - The Tiger Crouches before it ... Leaps?
  4. Update Announcements
  5. From Here to Obscurity - A Bookseller's Guide to Dorothy Lyons
  6. A Dorothy Lyons Bibliography
  7. 50/50 Issue #19 - Dogs, Dogs and More Dogs - Now Available

#87, 29 January 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Update Announcements
  3. What's New at ScoutPal - Instant PDA Scanning Anytime, Anywhere - (No Connection Required)
  4. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - December 2006
  5. Gold Edition #35 - Bookselling on the Cutting Edge - Part I: Introduction to the Hot Book
  6. 50/50 Issue #20 - Horses, Horses and More Horses - Now Available
  7. 50/50 Issue #21 - Out of Africa, Into the Bank - Now Available

#88, 12 February 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. You: Fooled Again! - Part I: Anatomy of A (Hardcover Advice) Best Seller
  3. Amazon Sellers Begin Kicking the Tires
    of Order-Notification Software - Selling on Amazon
  4. Update Announcements
  5. An Interview with Sue Grafton - BookThink's Author Profiles
  6. A Bookseller's Guide to Sue Grafton - Easy as ABC

#89, 26 February 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Taking Bookselling To The Top - Part IVb: How to Succeed in Bookselling without Really Trying
  3. Update Announcements
  4. BookThink's Author Profiles - An Interview with J.C. Hallman: Part I
  5. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - January 2007
  6. Gold Edition #36 - Bookselling on the Cutting Edge - Part II: Personally, I Could Care Less about Britney Spears, but She's on My Watch List Anyway
    50/50 Issue #22 - Chess Books and Related Items - Now Available

#90, 12 March 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Bookmarking History - Collecting and Selling the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century"
  3. BookThink's Author Profiles - An Interview with J.C. Hallman - Part II
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Best of BookThink: How to Identify - Book Club Editions
  6. Best of BookThink: Collecting the Science Fiction Book Club

#91, 26 March 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. A Guide to Understanding - Number Lines in Books - It's Not as Simple as You Might Think
  3. Selling on Amazon - Booksellers Drowning in Amazon's Rising Tide of Catalog Pages
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Bookmarking History - "Get Thee to a Nunnery" - Nun Bibliophilia and Some Collectible Nun Books
  6. Buying and Selling Children's Books - Never Buy Book Club Editions
  7. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books

#92, 9 April 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Interview with Tom Oram at Book Sale Finder
  3. Selling on Amazon - Will Technology Kill the FOL Sale?
  4. Update Announcements
  5. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - February 2007
  6. Letters to the Editor - Two Viewpoints on Friends of the Library (FOL) Sales

#93, 23 April 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. It's Only a Matter of "Thyme"Before This Title Is on Everyone's Bookshelf - UK Bookselling
  3. Interview with Panama Oxridge - UK Bookselling
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Why You Should Write for BookThink
  6. Storage Solutions for Booksellers - Part I: The Options
  7. Building a Website for Successful Bookselling - Part I: Is Your Bookstore Website a Ghost Town?

#94, 7 May 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Attention Booksellers - Misrepresentation is Rampant! - An Alarming State of Affairs in Collectible Fiction
  3. Selling on Amazon - Can Advertising Help You Sell More Books?
  4. Gold Edition #38 - Bookselling on the Cutting Edge - Part IV: Flashpoints (Movies Based on Books)
  5. Update Announcements
  6. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - March 2007
  7. Report From Beginnersville - The Adventures of a Clueless Bookseller
  8. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books - Issue #1

#95, 21 May 2007

  1. From the Editor
    Make MySpace Your Space for Promoting
    Your Bookselling Business And Become a BookThink Friend
  2. Update Announcements
  3. UK Bookselling - The Magic Light of Success Shines on Julian H. Lewis
  4. UK Bookselling - Interview with Julian H. Lewis

#96, 4 June 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. How to Start a Clicks-and-Bricks Used Bookstore: An A to Z Guide Writing a Used Bookstore Business Plan - Part I: Your Store Concept
  3. The Adventures of a Clueless Bookseller - Part I: What Was I Thinking?
  4. Update Announcements
  5. A Guide to Selling Anthologies
    Part I: The Best of Tomes, the Worst of Tomes
  6. How to Start a Clicks-And-Bricks Used Bookstore: An A to Z Guide Writing a Used Bookstore Business Plan - Part II: Sample Business Plan (Sections 1-3)
  7. Gold Edition #39 - How To Specialize in Bookselling - Part I: Why Specialize

#97, 25 June 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Building a Website for Successful Bookselling - Part II: On the Internet At Least, Content Is Still King
  3. Writing a Used Bookstore Business Plan - Part III: Sample Business Plan (Sections 4-6)
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Richard Powell Redux - An Interview with Dorothy Powell Quigley
  6. How to Start a Clicks-And-Bricks
    Used Bookstore: An A to Z Guide - Part IV: Writing a Used Bookstore Business Plan - (Section 7 and Financial Glossary)
  7. Special Subscription Package - BookThink's Gold Edition Plus BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books - $59.99

#98, 9 July 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. The Dead Guy Buy - A Personal Essay
  3. Patriotic Paper - The Firecracker Hot Market for Real Photo Postcards
  4. Update Announcements
  5. UK Bookselling - A Modern Day Agatha Christie?
  6. UK Bookselling - An Interview with Dolores Gordon-Smith
  7. Top 10 on eBay - April 2007
  8. Gold Edition #40 - How To Specialize in Bookselling - Part II: Types of Specialties, Hypermoderns (1)

#99, 16 July 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Buying and Selling Children's Books - Illustrators Rule!
  3. The Adventures of a Clueless Bookseller - Who Knew?
  4. BookThink's Bookseller's Profiles - William Smith, Hang Fire Books
  5. Update Announcements
  6. How To Start A Clicks-and-Bricks
    Used Bookstore - Organizing Your Business - Part I: Naming Your Business
  7. The Best of Tomes, The Worst of Tomes - Part II: A Guide to Selling Anthologies

#100, 30 July 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Building a Website for Successful Bookselling - How to Optimize Your eBay Store
  3. Bookselling Business - How to Earn Interest on Your Bookselling Income
  4. Update Announcements
  5. The Empirical Bookman - Prelude to Apprenticeship - A Walk in the Rubble
  6. Selling on Amazon - A Survival Guide
  7. Gold Edition #41 - How To Specialize in Bookselling - Part III: Types of Specialties, Hypermoderns (2), General Fiction

#101, 13 August 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Sharing An Adventurous Life - The Books of Freya Stark
  3. Organizing Your Business - Part II: Assembling Your Power Team
  4. Update Announcements
  5. The Paper Chase for Literary Ephemera - Part I: Bookplates
  6. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - May 2007
  7. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books - Issue #2

#102, 26 August 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. ASellerTool Product Test - Zip, Zip Zipping to Bookselling Profits
  3. UK Bookselling - Digging for Victory - Gordon & Williams' Tunnels
  4. UK Bookselling - Interview with Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
  5. Update Announcements
  6. The Empirical Bookman - The Hunt: A Gentle Art Expressed ...
  7. The Adventures of a Clueless Bookseller - The Total Package

#103, 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Introducing the First Edition Column = The Da Vinci Code and Other Matters
  3. How To Start a Clicks-and-Bricks Used Bookstore - Organizing Your Business - Part III. Picking Your Business Structure
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Selling on Amazon - How to List and Sell Your Oddball Books on Amazon
  6. Top 10 on eBay - June 2007

#104, 13 August 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Naked Nobility - An Interview with Sally MacKenzie
  3. The Perfect Storm - The St. Louis YMCA Book Fair
  4. Update Announcements
  5. The Empirical Bookman - The Hunt Redux: Ode to a Golden Age ...
  6. UK Bookselling - Worth Its Weight in Gold - G.P. Taylor's Mariah Mundi
  7. UK Bookselling - An Interview with G.P Taylor

#105, 8 October 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. First Edition Points - Dust Jackets and The Hunt for Red October
  3. Selling on Amazon - New Tricks for Finding Scarce Books
  4. Update Announcements
  5. The Empirical Bookman - Response: To Set a Book in Stone ...
  6. Top 10 on eBay - July 2007
  7. BookThink's Gold Edition - How To Specialize in Bookselling - Part IV: Types of Specialties, Hypermoderns (2), Mystery and Detective Fiction

#106, 22 October 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. BookThink Special Report - The Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar - Booksellers' Boot Camp
  3. BookThink's Author Profiles - The Strangler Fig & Other Tales - An Interview with Mary A. Hood
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Buying and Selling Ephemera - The Hair-Raising Prices of Dennison's Bogie Books
  6. How to Start a Clicks-and-Bricks Used Bookstore - Organizing Your Business - Part IV: Registering Your Business
  7. BookThink's Author Profiles - The Strangler Fig & Other Tales - An Interview with Mary A. Hood
  8. Gold Edition #43 - Mastering Bookselling - Is It Really What You Think It Is?

#107, 7 November 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Collecting Science Fiction - Learning to Learn
  3. First Edition Points - Grading Books: The First Step to Successful Internet Selling
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Selling on Amazon - The Fine Art of - Pricing Books on Amazon
  6. The Accidental Antiquarian - The Literary Life
  7. Gold Edition #44 - When "Bad" Books Are Good

#108, 19 November 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Buying and Selling Ephemera - The Paper Chase for Literary Ephemera - Part II: The Story of a Bookplate
  3. Top 10 on eBay - August 2007
  4. Update Announcements
  5. BookThink T-Shirt - Special and Contest
  6. How I Turned My Business Around
    In One Weekend - or ASellerTool to the Rescue
  7. Update on The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber

#109, 3 December 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Shipping Solutions for Booksellers - The New Multi-D Box
  3. Saving the Independent Book Store - An Interview with Larry Portzline
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Professor Booknoodle's Scrapbook - A Not-So-Perfect Christmas Book
    from the Past ... - The Bad Seed of Xmas Mania?
  6. UK Bookselling - Chronicles of Success
  7. UK Bookselling - Interview with Wendy Alec

#110, 17 December 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. First Edition Points - Grading Books
  3. How to Start a Clicks-and-Bricks Used Bookstore - Organizing Your Business: Part V: Creating Your Business Logo
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Buying and Selling Ephemera - Evolution of Santa Claus
  6. The Accidental Antiquarian - What is an Antiquarian Bookseller, Anyway?
  7. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books:
    Issue #3

#111, 31 December 2007

  1. From the Editor
  2. Selling on Amazon - Grow Your Business by Keeping Customers Happy
  3. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - September 2007
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Selling on Amazon - Another Big Year at Amazon, but Small Sellers Spin Their Wheels
  6. Bookselling 2008 - What Can You Do to Make It A Good Year?
  7. Gold Edition #45 - Buying and Selling Hypermodern Signed First Editions



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