Slog - Comments on Bookselling is Sexy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy One of the more interesting bits of working in a used bookstore is the opportunity to make house calls to look at people's entire collections. Generally, someone has died or there's been a divorce or a major move, and people want to unload thousands of books at one time. It's a great way for a bookstore to start a collection, or to drastically change the flavor of their bookstores. Bookride, an antiquarian book blog, is currently running a series of posts with some of the weirder book buying house calls: A pal of mine, now ennobled, was called to a... Copyright 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 -0800 Thu, 22 May 2008 18:58:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by missing you Paul, where's your lunch date? It's been weeks. Don't make a good book cry.

-Stood up

]]> missing you http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030287 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 15:16:01 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways sigh...i wish someone would invite ME to a book orgy.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030291 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 15:18:48 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn That makes bookselling almost as sexy as being a cougar-hunting pizza delivery guy.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030303 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 15:31:30 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Hey @1: did this one not count because it was a funny book? It was an effin' great funny book:

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/lunch_date_the_explainers

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030342 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 16:12:00 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Sounds like it's saying bookselling ISN'T sexy -- that guy can't even get laid at an orgy!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030424 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 17:23:25 -0800 Comment by Irena Maybe "tread" means something different to him?

Ah-ha! According to dictionary.com, "tread" can also mean: "(of a male bird) to copulate."

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/bookselling_is_sexy#c1030468 Books Thu, 22 May 2008 18:58:58 -0800