Excuses abound for another late entry in “Bookman’s Log.” Got caught up this week in Mike Bloomberg’s presidential nomination run in Massachusetts. Having worked for him as an Everytown volunteer since 2014, I’ve come to respect his beliefs and his approach. As far as I’m concerned he ought to buy the whole damned election right […] More >>
Archives for January 2020
California Dreamin’
Sorry for the late post this week. I’ve been completely caught up in preparations for the 53rd California International Antiquarian Book Fair I mean, seriously. For a week or ten days I was unable to do anything else but fret over what I’d be bringing to the fair. Finally, this past weekend I took the […] More >>
A few thoughts on this past weekend’s Papermania show in Hartford, CT…
Poor old Papermania has been shrinking for years. John Hendsey used to have a stand here This was Paul Murray’s aisle. Robin’s, too Received wisdom has it that Gary, son of Paul Gipstein, the show’s original promoter, has simply been “mailing it in” – relying on the reputation of this once-magnificent event to bring customers […] More >>
2019 – The Year in Review
Jan 7 – Purchase a very cool whaling log at Papermania. Jan 10 – Gather financial documents for Jan 15th tax filing and discover Ten Pound Island Book Co netted minus $7500 in 2019 Jan 28 – Complete work on “The Survivor Apocalypse Manifesto” and Survivor Apocalypse Facebook page Feb 11 – Skip the 52nd […] More >>