http://bookthink.com/wordpress BookThink NewsBlog Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I meant to post this article when it first appeared, in late may of this year, but it is still relevant today. And, sadly, will probably remain so! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124329230494652391.html "Online merchants are fighting a surge in so-called friendly fraud, as more consumers try to get out of paying for their Internet purchases ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/PnbuEscMyQ8/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=882 Start here: "The Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera market at auction, as evidenced by both declining prices and percentage of lots sold, continues to be under extreme pressure." http://lnk.nu/americanaexchange.com/xva.asp Continue here: "The title of Americana Exchange's latest analysis of the book auction market succinctly sums up what those in the trade have been feeling for ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/HhzqK8kPi80/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=881 At last! http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=25 Manage Orders Enhancements: Concessions and Seller Memos Posted: Jul 10, 2009 7:23 AM Today, we are launching two new features in Manage Orders to enhance the range of seller tools available for tracking and resolving order issues. Sellers will be able to issue concessions to buyers for amounts in excess ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/B_fF991CIhY/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=880 http://www.kirtasbooks.com/ KirtasBooks has an Invest in Knowledge program. Here's how it works: Invest in Knowledge is a new and innovative (patent pending) program that allows anyone to subsidize the digitization of the world’s knowledge one book at a time and to receive 5% of all future sales of that book through Kirtasbooks.com. ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/KPRNCSrTaII/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=879 http://significantobjects.com/about/ This is fun and creative - check it out! About the Significant Objects project THE IDEA A talented, creative writer invents a story about an object. Invested with new significance by this fiction, the object should — according to our hypothesis — acquire not merely subjective but objective value. How to test our ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/-KbY0-C7Ywg/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=878 The former home of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and the inspiration for one of her most famous books is on the market for nearly £2 million. The seaside property was home to the Rebecca author between 1942 and 1943 and was used as the fictional setting for her novel Frenchman's ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/de5qmbZ3c9g/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=877 The Bound for Success exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford (until 1 August) showcases the 117 shortlisted submissions in the first Designer Bookbinders International Competition, in which entrants from 29 countries offer their interpretations of the theme of water: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2009/jun/25/1?picture=349345876 Have a quick peek; words can't do these justice. Karin Isgur Bergsagel, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/DC4yl-xo10o/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=876 "The table in the Feedback Manager now includes 3 (three) new columns that indicate whether or not your buyer was satisfied with the service you provided for their order: Arrived on Time, Condition Described, and Courteous Service. The buyer’s answer to each question is indicated in the corresponding column. A “Yes” ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/I3RSah-Gmt0/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=875 Quite a lot. A fellow bookseller directed me to this overview of the economic concept of creative destruction, first introduced by the Austrian School economist Joseph Schumpeter. "In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Schumpeter popularized and used the term to describe the process of transformation that accompanies radical innovation. In Schumpeter's vision of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/xO9ftlXW_-A/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=874 "The San Diego Comic-Con International is full up. With every inch of the San Diego Convention Center booked for the show years ago, and every ticket gone and hotels sold out months in advance this year, the annual comics-themed pop culture extravaganza has gotten as big as it can physically ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BookthinkNewsblog/~3/9EwulXRuktA/ http://bookthink.com/wordpress/?p=873