I have neglected this journal, mostly because entries here tend to be longer and more detailed so I can’t type one out during a lull in my work day. But I tend to have an entry on YA horror collecting soon. For now please take a look at what has been blogged about around the biblio-blogs in the past month of July.

Chark Blog - Publishers’ Returns, Richard Charkin takes on book returns and publishers. And I have been thinking about this lately. If publishers hate this practice why not just tell booksellers that 1. Return the books in good condition to get a refund, or 2. You cant’ return them so buy what you think you can sell then come back for more.

Reading Copy » You are what you read, or an how-to on how to build a good library.

Reading Copy » Chicago PD we got a code 451 in progress, for some reason I can’t even figure out what the hell is going on with people sometimes.

Reading Copy » Stephen King coming soon to an office near you, Author talks at work? Better than those team building exercises where your weak, overweight co-workers have to catch you when you fall back.

Bookride: Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations 1776. collecting link. Excellent post about this world changing volume.

Now we have two parts to a post about celebrities collectors. I don’t know if all of them are a surprise but I figured a few would be into books. Bookride: Celebrity Book Collectors. Part One. Bookride: Celebrity Book Collectors. Part Two.

PhiloBiblos: Book Collector Murdered,just sad. But, not to sound too heartless, I wonder where is library is gonna go.

And in the “Why not me?” files we have a first edition Dracula found in an attic. Rare Book News.com

More on the collecting craft. How to collect Agatha Christie. Rare Book News.com

PhiloBiblos: “Is Little Nell Dead?”, and finally a post about when books were the release s that were eagerly anticipated. This Harry Potter phenom is nothing new. People just think it is because they’re idiots.

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