Wonderings, wanderings and waffle
Posted in books on Jan 4th, 2010
Some lessons:
1. Modern fiction is worthless as soon as it’s purchased.
2. Modern first-editions won’t become really valuable for a long time.
3. Make sure your book is worth more than it costs to post it. Significantly more.
4. Try and describe all the main flaws with a book’s condition.
5. Find a niche market.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2009
Maybe things are starting to pick up a little bit for independent booksellers, according to Bookseller. Lots of them have been put out of business by Oxfam’s book-selling. Quite a quandary – support your local economy and businesses or give to charity, for other countries?
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2009
It’s been raining since Saturday. Yesterday was a brief respite, but only for a while.
Made a nice £16 profit on one of my books that I sold – my site is almost ready to open; I’ve got Google Checkout working, though my only worry is that most people trust Paypal – would you buy something [...]
Posted in books on Jun 5th, 2009
I might be getting somewhere with my second-hand book selling venture. I’ve got relatives searching through their attics and hopefully I’ll be able to get some stock together, to get started.
Need to get my other website set up with SSL, Paypal/Google Checkout, and get my company registered.
Posted in books on May 13th, 2009
I’m in the process of setting up a business (sole-trader probably) to sell second-hand non-fiction books. This’ll be run from home (once I get one), probably using Amazon Marketplace to start with, along with my own new domain.
The economy is in no fit-state to be looking for work, nor will it be for ages. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2008
Exciting to hear that Day of the Triffids is going to be re-made. I was nine when the original series was on, though it wasn’t as good as the book.
Currently reading – Tricks of the Mind, by Derren Brown (check out some of his caricatures on his website). An excellent read! Magic tricks, memory techniques, NLP (neuro linguistic programming), self-confidence tricks (reason I bought the book), how to spot lies…. haven’t quite finished yet. I would recommend this book wholeheartedly.
Currenly listening to – [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2008
One of my favourite books ever – Elfstones of Shannara, is currently in production as a film. I hope it gets the same TLC as Lord of the Rings.
IMDB.
It’s a shame Terry Brooks quite literally lost the plot, after The Wishsong of Shannara, with the Word and the Void series. I might go back and [...]
Posted in books on Apr 9th, 2008
I’ve started reading – On Photography, by Susan Sontag. First off – one thing that surprised me is that there aren’t any photos in the book. The first chapter has been really interesting about the first photography taken. It’s something that I’ve noticed a lot travelling – that tourists all have cameras, taking pictures [...]
Posted in books on Apr 4th, 2008
Just finished The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas. Not the most cohesive of reads, but reasonably easy to read. Dips in and out of existentialism, in an understandable form, unlike trying to read Being and Nothingness by Sartre – which requires a dictionary and headache tablets.