Reading Copy Book Blog

Slate.com wonders if Google book search will uncover long-buried literary crimes.

The Calcutta Medical College in India is in a quandry about what to do with several thousand rare medical books. It tried to give them to India’s National Library who refused to take them. Here’s an example of one of the books that is housed in the college’s library “in a state of permanent ruin.”

In the world of the ever fracturing audience and the consolidation of media power, how do smaller, lesser known authors and books get known. Is it enough to rely on the efforts of the publisher? Unlikely. A couple of recent examples of doing something different surfaced recently: John Shors makes himself available to book club [...]

Despite all the criticism and media furore, people want to buy If I Did It – the controversial OJ Simpson book personally pulled by Rupert Murdoch. Our daily tracking data shows a significant number of folks are coming to AbeBooks.com and searching for the book – whether it is the finished article, advance copies or galleys. [...]

We noticed this story on the BBC this morning. Rare works by Hardy, Dickens and Trollope went under the hammer yesterday in Dorset.

Larry Portzline (pictured) is the founder of the ‘Bookstore Tourism’ concept. We all do it – we’re taking a well earned break but you feel yourself drawn to that bookstore and you are compelled to step inside. Larry has formalised the concept with a website, his own book on the subject and now the Shelf Awareness [...]

Huge breaking news from Associated Press…. Rupert Murdoch puts his foot down and that’s the end of OJ’s book.

Well, I failed miserably in my attempt to not mention “O” and “J” again. Over the weekend, one of our long-time Canadian booksellers, Al Navis of Almark & Co in Ontario, contacted me about the OJ Simpson story and the opinions expressed by some of our booksellers in the press release issued on Friday. I [...]

I am determined to not mention the letters “O” and “J” today. Looking for something bookish? How about a six-year-old author? How about some book art? Jim Rosenau is the artist behind these wonderful creations and you can see his work at the KPFA crafts and music fair in San Francisco on December 9-10.

I would like to take a moment to recognize eight years of dedicated service to AbeBooks by one particular employee. Kathy D. recently celebrated her eighth anniversary with AbeBooks. In a very Kathy-way, she brought in the celebratory cake for everyone to enjoy. She has worked in many departments at AbeBooks, and over the years seen many [...]