We tend to buy the first few books written by significant authors of fiction. Think Stephen King. His first few books are scarce in collectible condition, and highly desirable. His last 7,853 books are word-processing on paper. Same with James Patterson. Same with most popular fiction authors who write with a collaborator. But… and there’s almost always a “but” in the book business, and some people even think that it’s me - some authors just keep getting better, and some who write in collaboration write better together than individually.
In the general non-fiction field, we have different criteria:
1. Is it an unusual field of knowledge ?
2. Is it an older edition?
3. Is it clean, tight, and bright ?
4. Will the world be a worse place if the knowledge contained in
this book is lost ?
Again, if the answer to each of these questions is “Yes,” then we’ll buy it.
Unfortunately, the kinds of books we think are worthy of being in our store are not the books that walk through the door with their owner attached.
To Be Continued…
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