“BOOKS FOR THE BLIND”
"Books for the Blind. Bob." Followed by a phone number. Very many of the phone messages taped to my office doorjamb... Read More
Wonder Book Blog
Life of a Bookseller
A Bookseller’s Week
Millie, Mickey, Wallpaper, the Doctor, DC and Downsizing: A few of the stories of people and books at Wonder Book in the last week... Read More
A Country Auction, the Muse, and the Bard
"Who you?" I knew who he was. He was from down in the city and the top book dealer in the region. I was just a newbie book guy... Read More
Johnny Appleseed
This story is all legend and faded memory... Almost immediately after entering the book business, I began hearing stories of Johnny G... Read More
First Books
It seems appropriate for this first blog post to pull one of my "first books" off the shelf and write about the memories holding it again conjures... Read More
Author Column: The Current Outlook—The Collectors Golden Age?
In 2006, the book trade including collectors, dealers, librarians and the book-scouts (what few are left) has changed radically with the introduction of the internet and the large search services. These changes have happened over just the last eight years... Read More