Wednesday Links
For Tight Times, Office Space on Flexible Terms [NY Times] PS 29 Improvises to Watch Inauguration [NY Times] Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks [NY Times] East River Bridges Hazardous for Biking, Walking [NY Post] ‘This Old House’ Makes Debut in Brooklyn [NY Daily News] City Planning Certifies Coney Island Plan [Brooklyn Eagle] Lots…
For Tight Times, Office Space on Flexible Terms [NY Times]
PS 29 Improvises to Watch Inauguration [NY Times]
Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks [NY Times]
East River Bridges Hazardous for Biking, Walking [NY Post]
‘This Old House’ Makes Debut in Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
City Planning Certifies Coney Island Plan [Brooklyn Eagle]
Lots of Laptop Thefts in Park Slope [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Josh Derr on Flickr
OMG, twofer deals like that could hasten the death of books-as-physical-objects.
mopar, I’m a reader and collector, I sell books as part of these activities. If, as a collector, I find a book for a buck I know is worth fifty, I look to defray my other purchases by selling it. I don’t sell dozens of books a day.
And on the contrary, the fact that the physical object is no longer made is what collecting is all about!
I just sent a letter to FSG suggesting they allow downloads of books for a buck extra if you buy the physical book. Be nice to have the option of owning the book but reading it with a Kindle or similar.
Oh, well, MY bf’s listings don’t say “like new” on ex-lib! You do this in your spare time? (Because the monthly Amazon charge isn’t a lot if you’re selling dozens of books a day.)
Ditto, you have a good point. Though I am not sure what market there will be for “used” books if the physical objects are no longer made. Maybe everyone will just illegally download them.
Mopar, due to tax laws and other considerations, it is almost impossible to buy new hardcovers more than a year old, so one has to buy used.
The main online sites are Alibris, AbeBooks, and Biblio, with Biblio being the smallest but the best for small sellers (like me) cuz they don’t charge monthly fees for listing. There are other smaller sites but these are the big ones.
Of course there’s Amazon, but no one who cares about books should buy there as most used sellers seem to not know a damn thing about what they are selling.
Your best bet is to buy from someone who is a member of the ABAA or at least the IOBA. They speak the language of book dealing, unlike Amazon sellers who say ‘like new’ and when you get the book it turns out to be ex-lib.
But when looking for used books instead of searching sites individually go to addall.com/used. That searches ALL the sites simultaneously and allows you to sort the results in numerous ways.
BTW the NY Post is fos, or at least TA is being a bit perfectionist today. I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, the Manhattan today, it was easily walkable, and fairly rideable if you take it easy.
DIBS – thanks for the quote. Glad to know someone reads my comments, even though I always post near the end of the day because I don’t have time (or easy internet access) where I teach.
I hope not mopar. I love books- the parint, the paper, snuggling down for a good read. Kindle or the computer just doesn’t replace them. Although I think I’m in the dwindling majority on that.
Much obliged 11201.
Rob–ALL of the laptop thefts mentioned in the above article were BREAK-INS. Thieves entered apartments and houses and stole the computers from inside the home! They were NOT unattended laptops in coffee shops.
YngPlnr–
It’s an HDR photo. Multiple exposures of the same shot. Pretty easy to do if you have a tripod and Photoshop.