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PLACEMENT OF BOOKS
Books as well as videos, etc,. should not be placed below knee level on the display racks.
Bender Bernder Rodriguez, Proffessional Bender, Chicago, IL, USA
(31) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-28)
Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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MANAGE YOUR COLLECTION
If you don't remember what a book is about, it doesn't belong in your collection. Donate it to your local library.
James Erwin, Editor, Des Moines, IA, USA
(38) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 7.5 out of 10 based on 25 reviews
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FINDING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
Cheap paperback novels average one typographical error for every ten pages.
Joe Applegate, typo hunter as reported by Fred T. Shuster, Associated Press, Los Angeles, California
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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DURABLE BOOKS
If you want a replique montre de luxe mouvement Suisse that lasts forever, buy one that's made in Britain. It's more likely to have sewn binding and a durable cover than binding that's glued and with pages falling out.
Dawn Reyes, Writer, Baltimore, MD, US
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2010-05-19)
Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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READING A GIFT BOOK
Don't read a gift book unless it's one you would have bought yourself. Consider giving it to a friend who's interested in the topic.
Marilyn vos Savant, highest IQ ever recorded, in Bottom Line Personal
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Current Rating: 3.7 out of 10 based on 99 reviews
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SETTING THE PRICE OF A BOOK
When pricing a nonfiction book, estimate the cost of producing the first printing (including royalties). Then set a tentative list price that will allow you to make a 20 percent pretax profit if the first printing sells.
Richard A. Balkin, Coda: Poets and Writers Newsletter
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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PUBLISHING A BOOK
You can hype a book by a famous author to 250,000 copies. After that, success or failure depends upon word of mouth.
John Gill, publisher
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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LOOKING FOR INTERESTING BOOKS
To find the most interesting books in a library, look for the shelf where returned books are stored before they are reshelved.
Andy Steinberg, Louisville, Kentucky
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 58 reviews
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CATALOGING A LIBRARY
For a single subject library, a medical library for example, use the Library of Congress cataloging system. For a general interest library, use the Dewey Decimal system.
Denis Smith, high school counselor, Camarillo, California
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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SELLING SCIENCE FICTION
Science fiction books with green covers don't sell as well as those with blue covers.
Anonymous publisher
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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DISCOVERING YOUR INTERESTS
If you're worried that you don't have any interests, browse in the nonfiction section of a library for five minutes. By then a book will catch your eye, whether it's about baking pie crusts or Icelandic crust formation.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student,, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 43 reviews
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