Rod Collins

Just what has happened to me this last week ?
A topsy-turvy last seven days or so - I would like to discuss all aspects of it but for reasons not connected to me some things cannot even be entre nous
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You’d imagine a semi-retired booksellers life to be easy - but think again !
Goldeneye attacked by a fox and it’s all Paul Gilbert’s fault.
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What Exactly Defines a Real First Edition Book ?
You’d be forgiven for being confused nowadays but hopefully this will clear things up a little for you
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A Book Dealer is Bigger than the Spice Girls !
Yes folks in a John Lennon, Beatles and God type moment I get to declare …
Goldeneye is Bigger than the Spice Girls !
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Where is the best place to open a secondhand bookshop
Fancy opening a used bookstore ? The first question to ask yourself is where is the best place to open a bookshop when so many have closed and are closing
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An original copy of the 1297 Magna Carta is to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York
Preliminary estimate and guide price $20-$30 million !
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A while ago I announced we may do some bookshop reviews and the set the ball rolling with one - well the ball kinda stopped there so I’ll give it another kick !
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The charity bookstores, or thrift stores, run by the charity Oxfam are killing small independent secondhand book shops.
Will anything stop their relentless expansion and what can ‘proper’ bookshops do to survive when they move in ?
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ABE books are launching a system for rating the booksellers on the site.
Fiasco would be the word that springs to my mind next … well, let’s see
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Book collectors tend to be very honest, hence the lack of so called “lost parcels” that so many sellers experience in other markets.
Some are so honest that they restore one’s faith in human nature !
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This post is about the folly of trying to make a living from selling books
WARNING ! If you are thinking of starting as a bookseller - don’t bother !
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This is something of a half story, it appears to be confusing to say the least.
Somebody who sells books on e bay is being sued in court by the publisher Harper Collins
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Tomorrow sees sees the start of the January York Book Fair, an event once regularly attended by Goldeneye.
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We have an example of an absolutely 100% genuine Ian Fleming signature. It is in a first edition of Thunderball and was signed at a branch of WH Smiths in Waterloo station, London.
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Sell Books in Lincolnshire
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