The value of second hand bookshops
Haven't blogged for a little while as I have been involved in judging the excellent #AurealisAwards. This turned out to be a bigger task than I imagined, and as the awards have yet to be announced, I can't comment further on them now.
One of the things I did recently while holidaying in Port Fairy (Victoria) was to visit the excellent #TheBookwormGallery in Koroit.
This store is a mix of second hand books and paintings, but mainly books. My other half did as he always does and searched the shelves for old copies of #TheKiraChronicles. I had the rights reverted to me in 2013 but its still out there in digital land and print copies also turn up in odd places such as in second hand book stores--never the whole trilogy though.
I imagine having incomplete trilogies is a commercial nuisance for second hand bookstores, but when the owner, Dennis Melbourne, realised I was an author, he made feel anything but a nuisance. His warmth, enthusiasm and interest in my works was genuine. One of the advantages of having #TheEmeraldSerpent book trailer on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpKx... was that I was able to bring it up on my phone to show him.
Very occasionally I have gone into bookshops to search for my books, and dealt with people who might just as well have been selling potatoes, but this experience is rare. Most times there is genuine pleasure and excitement in meeting an author, and a very real wish that your books do well.
I finished my visit by #TheBookwormGallery by buying a beautiful, colour-plated recipe book by Mary Berry ( of The Great British Bake-off fame), at $5:00 and in as new condition, a great bargain. If you visit Koroit, drop in to Dennis's store and have a chat.
One of the things I did recently while holidaying in Port Fairy (Victoria) was to visit the excellent #TheBookwormGallery in Koroit.
This store is a mix of second hand books and paintings, but mainly books. My other half did as he always does and searched the shelves for old copies of #TheKiraChronicles. I had the rights reverted to me in 2013 but its still out there in digital land and print copies also turn up in odd places such as in second hand book stores--never the whole trilogy though.
I imagine having incomplete trilogies is a commercial nuisance for second hand bookstores, but when the owner, Dennis Melbourne, realised I was an author, he made feel anything but a nuisance. His warmth, enthusiasm and interest in my works was genuine. One of the advantages of having #TheEmeraldSerpent book trailer on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpKx... was that I was able to bring it up on my phone to show him.
Very occasionally I have gone into bookshops to search for my books, and dealt with people who might just as well have been selling potatoes, but this experience is rare. Most times there is genuine pleasure and excitement in meeting an author, and a very real wish that your books do well.
I finished my visit by #TheBookwormGallery by buying a beautiful, colour-plated recipe book by Mary Berry ( of The Great British Bake-off fame), at $5:00 and in as new condition, a great bargain. If you visit Koroit, drop in to Dennis's store and have a chat.
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