Bookseller Blogs
I’ve run across a number of new (or previously unknown to me) bookseller blogs in the last few weeks. So I’ve put together a list. Our bookseller blogosphere is comprised of owners of open shops, basement sellers, rare book dealers, dedicated handsellers at chain stores, and the giant Powell’s City of Books. Some write about the business of bookselling, everyday aspects of a bookseller’s life, others gush about their favorite books, track general book news, or wander off to non-book topics. (I’ll also point out that most of the blogs are more interesting and more consistently updated than the Using Books Weblog. I’ll take that as inspiration.)
Here’s the list:
- Anodyne
- The Bedside Crow
- Bibliophile: “Stories from a lifelong book lover and neophyte owner of a used and antiquarian bookstore.”
- Bibliophile Bullpen: Commentary and a roundup of links from the Bibliophile Mailing List.
- Bookdwarf
- BookFinder.com Journal: The source of many of these links.
- The Bookologist
- Bookseller Chick
- Bookseller to the Stars
- Bookselling Online
- BriteDay Books
- casa malaprop: bookselling and maple syrup
- Crockatt & Powell Booksellers: Two former Waterstone’s employees who opened a shop in London.
- Cup O’ Books
- Downtown Books
- Foggy Gates: Well researched pieces on the stories behind his books.
- Fraubucher: Mindful Marginalia
- Lorem Ipsum Books
- Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis
- Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller
- Necessary Acts of Devotion
- PowellsBooks.BLOG: constantly updated
- Rare Book News
- Rebel Bookseller
- Sarah’s Books
- Selling Books
- Shelf:Life: “What’s new in the world of books and book collecting, links to the news stories that matter, and occassional comments by TheBookGuide.”
- The Written Nerd
Two lapsed bookseller blogs:
Do you know of others?
thanks for this! i have added your blog to our blogroll.
what fun. am always looking for blogs that talk about books that AREN’T new.
Thank you, Joyce!
Notes from all over…
Bookselling news: The San Jose Mercury News reports that deals at local bookstore sales can be even cheaper than prices online The story of yet another textbook swapping site (every……
Elaine’s eBay Bookseller Blog
publishes a top ten children’s list each month.
http://sell-books.blogspot.com/2006/06/top-ten-valuable-childrens-books-sold.html
Thanks for the list!
Thanks, Elaine.
Blog? well maybe, you decide
http://www.whiteunicornbooks.com/home/ramblingandotherstuff.html
Buchhändler-Blogs…
Zur Übung der englischen Zunge gibt’s viel Lektüre aus dem Buchhändleralltag: in der Liste englischsprachiger Buchhändler-Blogs findet sich das eine oder andere Lesenswerte….
Greetings Jeff from a chilly Hakatere Beach, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand. I have just started blogging and my efforts can be seen at http://booksellersdog.blogspot.com
Lots of wags, Goldie
May I offer up the Book Trout http://booktrout.blogspot.com/
the blog for our open shop in upstate New York?
-Rachel
Old Saratoga Books
I’d like to offer up my own. Just started last month, run by a Clicks and Bricks owner (myself) and meant to help out book dealers.
The Bookshop Blog
http://www.BookshopBlog.com
..and thanks for the list. I’m always looking for more good info. You almost make it too easy..