by Ian C. Ellis
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An updated edition of the essential insider's resource.
For the experienced collector or someone embarking on a new hobby, this newly revised and updated edition of Book Finds reveals the secrets of locating rare and valuable books. Includes information on first editions and reader's copies, auctions and catalogs, avoiding costly and common beginner mistakes, strategies of professional "book scouts," and buying and selling on the Internet.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Great Book, 2009-10-24
I have been selling for a few years and this book opened my eye's to so much more. I have learned more in reading this book then i could have learned on my own i 5 years of selling.
Todd
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 Nice Overview, 2009-10-06
This book gives a nice overview of the used book/collectible book market. I am sure there is more to learn but if you want to know the basics this book does a nice job of doing that. Some reviewers have said that earlier versions did not talk about the internet well this on does. Although a big part of the used book market is dealing with people face to face and handling the books something you obviously can not do on the internet. Other reviewers have criticized the author for talking about money. The man is entitled to make a living he loves books anyone can see that from reading the book so leave him alone if he actually likes to make some money from it. Theres no way he would do this if money was all he cared about. I can't wait to begin trading my own books.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Good Book for Average Book Seller, 2009-10-04
I purchased this book thinking it would help me become a better seller of new and used books. This book is more for average sellers or new sellers looking to get in the only used or rare book selling arena.
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Helpful for most readers, 2009-09-06
For long time bibliophiles and booksellers, I doubt if there's much you'd find new or clever in this book. But for most people considering at least a part of a life involved with good books, this is an excellent volume. There's a bit about everything in this book; but fortunately each bit is robust enough to get a good overview of the various topics whether they be the history of the book, the traditional means of book collecting, i.e., auctions, scouting, estate sales, etc., and a good overview of the on-line world of book selling. If you find a one or two star review here, it is probably written by an old-timer in the realm of book collecting and selling. I might give a one-star review to a book about surfing the internet because I know how. That doesn't mean someone new to the process wouldn't benefit from it. And it doesn't mean they're dumb or clueless. The only deficit I'd say this book has is the list of collectible books. Not only are many of them not worth much. I own about 10 of them and they are sold for just $1 to $10 on the internet, but there errors in the names of titles and authors. Come on. A book about books should spell Nabokov correctly, don't you think?
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Worth reading but needs an update on internet selling, 2009-05-19
First, I really enjoyed this book. I sell books and the author has likely forgotten more about bookselling and collecting than I'll ever know. For both sellers and collectors getting into the field I would highly recommend BOOK FINDS. That said, I haven't been able to duplicate some of Ellis' techniques for buying, selling and trading. Much of this may be my own inability to wheel and deal, but I'd like to think I can now recognize a prize when I see one, and get my hands on it. The author's chapter on book trading--which seems to be the centerpiece of his strategy--has not worked for me in the least, although it sounds good in theory. Perhaps it is because the book buying venues in my town have become far too savvy about their stock to put a high dollar book on their shelf for a couple bucks. Likewise, his list of collectible authors has not--when I can get my hands on them--resulted in sales (good reading, but not money in the bank). Fiction, for me, does not sell, or sell readily. Even "collectible" fiction. Finally, although Ellis has a short chapter on the changing nature of the business, he clearly comes from a brick and mortar background, and while the book has a 2006 copyright, it does not delve deeply into the vast world of internet bookselling, which has changed all the rules regarding selling. Ellis, in fact, seems to not want to go there, although "there" is already here. I think his methods probably can and do work for many--just not me, in my community, using my model of selling and what I choose to sell. Nevertheless, I have read and reread this book, because it is still useful, and because it is charming. Read it, judge for yourself. And good luck selling and collecting!
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