Buying and selling books to bookstores is something I’ve mentioned briefly before. I went over it pretty quickly though, so lets take a little bit of a deeper look into exactly why I do it and how it works. I am fortunate to live the SF Bay Area. There’s still some bookstores left around here [...]
Selling used books, like any other specialized pursuit, requires the knowledge of a lot of industry specific terms. No idea what a “desiderata” is? Not quite sure what it means to when people say they sell “antiquarian” books? Don’t be intimidated by the jargon and acronyms. The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) has a great list of Book Terminology that they have graciously allowed us to reprint here. Spend a little time familiarizing yourself with this list and you’ll be throwing around terms like “colophon” and “whipstitching” in no time.
