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STOCKING A BOOKSTORE
A bookstore needs to stock a minimum of 10,000 books to have any hope of having what people ask for.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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PLANNING AN INDEX
Allowing space for an index in a book is no problem once the type has been set and the indexing has been done. But with a new manuscript, you can only guess. As a rule of thumb, allow 1 page of index to every 40 pages of manuscript with average copy, 1 to 30 for a manuscript with a lot of names or technical terms, 1 to 50 for a book with comparatively few. Check your guess with the editor and use his figure if it differs from yours.
Marshall Lee, bookmaker
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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SPOTTING A GOOD BOOK
You can tell a book by its cover. The nicer the cover, the better the publisher and the more experienced the author.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 3.2 out of 10 based on 57 reviews
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SELLING BOOKS
Ten percent of bookstore customers buy 90 percent of the books. Ten percent never buy anything.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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SIFTING THROUGH BOOK PROPOSALS
Nearly half of all unsolicited proposals for novels will be about disasters.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 32 reviews
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LIGHTING A BOOKSTORE
One continuous strip of fluorescent tube eight feet high above the center of the aisle is enough light for a bookstore.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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DETERMING IF A BOOK IS GOOD
You should give a book 50 pages, and if you don't like it, don't bother. If you're over 50, subtract your age from 100 and read that number of pages.
Trevor Diamond, Integrated Systems Librarian, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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ESTIMATING LENGTHS
Most books average 5 letters per word, 10 words per line, and 40 lines per page.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 32 reviews
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STOCKING A BOOKSTORE
If you stock six of any bookstore item, you'll sell three in one week, two more in one month, and still have the last one when you retire.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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BUYING A GOOD BOOK
If you're considering buying a book, open it at random and read a page. Do this three times. If you haven't stumbled onto a vital part of the story at least once, don't buy the book.
Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 31 reviews
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LOOKING AT BOOKS IN BOULDER
In any batch of fiction books, there will be more books by authors whose last names begin with "M" than any other letter. "S" will be second.
Ellen Klaver, musician, Boulder, Colorado
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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