Book Collecting Clubs and Associations
americanaexchange.com 10/7/2009 — Look out upon the fields of book, manuscript and ephemera collecting and from a distance you can see generations of amber waves of grain, a seamless continuum extending in memory from Gutenberg out into a never-ending future of collectors yet unborn ...

The Future of Book Collecting and The Private Library
privatelibrary.typepad.com 10/7/2009 — Since the advent of the Internet (more specifically, the advent of graphical browsers that made it easy for the average Joe and Jane to actually use the Internet), copious quantities of ink (traditional and electronic) have been spilt over the impending death of the book --which, of course, ...

Collecting Literary Tattoos
mediabistro.com 8/7/2009 — Readers around the world have references, illustrations, and quotes from their favorite books tattooed on their bodies, and a new collection will create an imaginary library of literary tattoos. According to the LA Times , bloggers Justin Taylor  ...

Japanese Literature Challenge 3
japlit3challenge.blogspot.com 7/30/2009 — Welcome to the Japanese Literature Challenge 3! It is with great anticipation that I have been waiting for this day. I've been collecting prizes, collecting literature and even collecting queries as to when it will start. Three years ago, when I ...

Collecting Ephemera - The Fine Books Blog
finebooksmagazine.com 7/15/2009 — I've spent the past few weeks trying to learn more about collecting and selling ephemera. While my primary focus is books, I'm also interested in the way ephemera can be used to complement a book collection or can form its own stand-alone collection. ...

Collecting books is awesome, part two: a Q&A with Vanessa Brown
network.nationalpost.com 7/3/2009 — Meet Vanessa Brown, who finished in second place in Canada’s first national book-collecting contest . Last Wednesday, Brown was presented with a $1,000 cheque for her collection The L.M. Montgomery Collection in the Forest City . The contest, which ...

Collecting History: Area resident save images of region's past
thevalleyadvantage.com 22 days ago — A book recently hit store shelves that offers a glimpse into the history of the Lackawanna Valley area, and while it's interesting to read about the past, nothing can beat the immediacy of an acutal photo of the place and time being described. But finding them is sometimes difficult.

Pulitzer Prize First Edition Collecting Guide
pprize.com 4/15/2009 — PPrize.com - First Edition Points for Pulitzer Prize Book Collectors Welcome to the Pulitzer Prize First Edition Collecting Guide. This site provides all the details necessary to help you identify first edition Pulitzer Prize for Fiction books. We ...

Self-Publishing: Great Idea... or Worst Idea Ever?
pimpmynovel.blogspot.com 9/2/2009 — Well, it really depends on why you want to self-publish. In my humble opinion, self-publishing is great if: • You have an idea for a book that would only be targeted at an extraordinarily small "market," i.e. your family. If you want to bind your ...