Let's Hear It For the Lesbians !

Sometimes there are idiots who sell via the internet, but not on the usual book-search venues.  Don't ask - I have no idea how this one came up on one of my searches: 

Best Lesbian Erotica 1998
Tristan Taormino. USED in GOOD Condition. Paperback. 200 pgs (no rips, tears or missing pages). Released in January 1998 by Cleis Press $ 40.00


I was fascinated, so I checked the usual listing sites: ABE, Alibris, Biblio, and found the same book offered for sale with prices ranging from $ .99 to $10.00. After adding $4 .00 postage, it's still 25% - 88% cheaper to buy off the internet.


I've therefore resolved to sell all my $ 10.00 books for $ 40.00, and make sure that they're in good-only condition.


IDIOTS !

Plaza Books - Off-Line and Now On-line

Our esteemed colleague Ann DeVere, owner, operator, and queen of Plaza Books - one of the top three bookstores in Las Vegas -  has sold books on-line through the better web-hosted book venues for many years in addition to selling them in her store. She now has added a full-time web site to her selling options. Check it out: Plaza Books

They wrote the Book - Quill & Brush

Allen and Pat Ahearn, the owners of Q&B are in the very top tier of Bookmen in the country. Think Bauman's with reasonable prices. They also have written THE book on book collecting. And authors, and many other things. Check them out. Yes, this is really what their operation looks like ! Quill & Brush

I Hate Christmas !

Because... I get all philosophical at the holiday time of year, and when I get philosophical, I get even more boring than usual. This Christmas season we've garnered many kudos from our customers because of the quality of our stock in trade. We also, just this morning, got an e-mail detailing the January Las Vegas Bookmans Guild meeting. Which set me off, and inspired the following screed:

A Christmas Present

Most of us have had the rather dubious pleasure of having unacceptable customers in our stores, and we on the Western Slope have managed to 86 most of them. Our esteemed colleague, Ann Devere had an encounter with one of our 86ees, which resulted in the following review posted on Google. Be warned, dear reader, this is an early Christmas gift for all the Bookmen in town, and in view of Ann's almost unlimited patience, an especially good gift for her! The solecisms and  errors in the text below were committed by it's original writer. By the way,if you have frequented Plaza Books, I would encourage you to provide your own review.
Review Plaza Books Here

Who do You Want to to Be Like ?

There is a huge difference between being a bookseller and being a Bookman - a term that applies equally to men and women. For example, most Internet book dealers are book sellers, dealing in a commodity, not the invaluable resource book truly are. That’s why customers quite often do not get the book they ordered on-line: they usually get a book in lesser condition, or a book that is not the listed edition, or a book that’s completely different from the one they purchased.

We Can No Longer Recommend First's Magazine

First's Magazine has been having problems with their guest authors for some time now, and I've generally ignored them. However, the errors contained in this month's issue are so egregious that I am compelled to advise against subscribing, reading, or recommending the magazine any more.  Greyhound's Books has been advertising in the magazine for quite some time, but will do so no longer. An article by an individual named Evan Klein is extremely poorly  researched and misleading as he  feebly attempts to provide values of the science fiction Hugo Award winners. Below are some examples, with 3 prices from reputable dealers, and Klein's guesses: