By The Pound !

Our colleague and friend, Ann DeVere - Plaza Books - and her henchwench, Maryann, mentioned at the dinner table last night that a customer came in to her store with a collection of Elvis-iana, which all of us would cheerfully buy. Ann bought most of the books, but passed on the Elephant Folio - 24 x 32 x 3 inches - piece. The book was quite pricey, but the problems inherent in preserving the quality of the book in a store are almost insurmountable. Selling the book on-line, as Ann does, poses truly  insurmountable problems - the damn thing is so big and heavy, and consequently fragile, that it would almost have to be shipped by truck. Ah yes, the problems of bookstore ownership. Believe it or not, there is a bigger book - the largest in the world:

Cat's Curiosities

Our friends and colleagues Vin & Amy - I prefer Amy & Vin -  have a retail operation that is unique in the Las Vegas Valley: Amy, who is the one with exquisite taste owns a vintage clothing business that's quartered in one of the collectible malls; Vin, who has an excellent eye for and knowledge of books, sells, strangely enough, books in the same mall. He also sells and buys books on the Internet. Here's one of his recent electronic exchanges with an II:

Our friend and colleague Maryann the writer has several interesting posts at her blog. Check them out, and maybe even subscribe at: Maryann's Blog

A New Fiction Genre

Ann DeVere, our colleague at Plaza Books called, and I couldn't understand a word she was saying - in fact I thought she was crying. She was, but tears of laughter. As many of us do, she subscribes to several book-related listserves, and on one of them, there was a posting about a new genre. Do you remember that:
Bambi's mom got shot - stage left.
Lassie saved Timmy - eventually.
It was a dark and stormy night...