num_pages: 306
description: Newly revised, updated and expanded-with two new chapters on book collecting and the Internet...Collecting books today can be surprisingly easy-and surprisingly profitable. This insider's guide to the world of the used and rare book market shows how to find the best deals. It's everything the novice or the expert needs to know, • A new chapter on buying and selling books on the Internet• First editions and reader's copies• Auctions and catalogs• Finding valuable books and selling them for the highest price• What's going up in value and what's going down• Avoiding beginner's mistakes• What bookstore buyers look for• The secrets of professional "book scouts"With tricks of the trade and a revised index of over 1,000 "most collectible" books and authors, anyone can learn to find hidden treasures on the bookshelves.
language: English
title: Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books
titlecomplete: Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books (Revised)
genres: How To, Books About Books, Reference, Business, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 282
publisher: Perigee