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Used book
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A used book or secondhand book is a book which has been owned before by an owner other than the publisher or retailer, usually by an individual or library. Some new book shops also carry used books, and some used book shops also sell new books, though the original authors or publishers will not benefit financially from the sale of a used book, it helps to keep old books in circulation. Sometimes very old, rare, first edition, antique, or simply out of print books can be found as used books in used book shops. A reading copy of a book may be well-used, may include highlighting or marginalia, and is suitable for reading, a reading copy is typically less expensive than a collectible copy. A number of towns have become centres for used book sellers. They act as a magnet for buyers, and are located in areas of great scenic beauty. List of used book conditions Book town Bibliophilia Bibliomania Book swapping
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Used bookstore
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Used bookstores buy and sell used books and out-of-print books. A range of titles is available in used bookstores, including in print and out-of-print books, book collectors tend to frequent used book stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too, used bookstores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles. They may be brick-and-mortar stores, internet-only stores, or a combination of both, a book town is a locale where numerous bookstores are located and serve as the towns main attraction to tourists. Bookstore tourism is a type of tourism that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. It started as an effort to support locally owned and operated bookshops, many of which have struggled to compete with large bookstore chains. The most famous tourism destination is Hay-on-Wye in Wales. In 2007, The New York Times argued that the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, is the most author-saturated, bookstore tourism is encouraged by organizations such as the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers. Antiquarian book trade in the United States List of used book conditions Brown, Richard & Brett, pinner, Middlesex, Private Libraries Association,1977 ISBN 0-900002-23-9 Chambers, David. Pinner, Middlesex, Private Libraries Association,2010 ISBN 978-0-900002-18-2
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Bookselling
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Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookwomen, or bookmen, the founding of libraries in 300 BC stimulated the energies of the Athenian booksellers. In Rome, toward the end of the republic, it became the fashion to have a library, and Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade. The spread of Christianity naturally created a demand for copies of the Gospels, other sacred books. The modern system of bookselling dates from soon after the introduction of printing, in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries the Low Countries for a time became the chief centre of the bookselling world. Modern book selling has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet, with major websites such as Amazon, eBay, and other big book distributors offering affiliate programs, book sales have now, more than ever, been put in the hands of the small business owner. Bookstores may be part of a chain, or local independent bookstores. Stores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles and they may be brick-and-mortar stores or internet only stores or a combination of both. Sizes for the larger bookstores exceed half a million titles, bookstores often sell other printed matter besides books, such as newspapers, magazines and maps, additional product lines may vary enormously, particularly among independent bookstores. Another common type of bookstore is the used bookstore or second-hand bookshop which buys and sells used, a range of titles are available in used bookstores, including in print and out of print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used book stores, large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. In the book of Jeremiah the prophet is represented as dictating to Baruch the scribe and these scribes were the earliest booksellers, and supplied copies as they were demanded. Aristotle possessed an extensive library, and Plato is recorded to have paid the large sum of one hundred minae for three small treatises of Philolaus the Pythagorean. When the Alexandrian library was founded about 300 BC, various expedients were used for the purpose of procuring books, in Rome, toward the end of the republic, it became the fashion to have a library as part of the household furniture. Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade and their shops were chiefly in the Argiletum, and in the Vicus Sandalarius. On the door, or on the posts, was a list of the books on sale, and Martial. In the time of Augustus the great booksellers were the Sosii, according to Justinian, a law was passed granting to the scribes the ownership of the material written, this may be the beginnings of the modern law of copyright. All references had to be certified by the local mayor, if the application was accepted, the bookseller would have to swear an oath of loyalty to the régime
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Bibliophilia
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Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books, and a bibliophile or bookworm is an individual who loves books. The classic bibliophile is one who loves to read, admire and collect books, often amassing a large, Bibliophiles do not necessarily want to possess the books that they love, an alternative would be unusual bindings, autographed copies, etc. The New York Public Library follows the same practice, according to Arthur H. Minters, the private collecting of books was a fashion indulged in by many Romans, including Cicero and Atticus. The term bibliophile entered the English language in 1824, lord Spencer and the Marquess of Blandford were noted bibliophiles. J. P. Morgan was also a noted bibliophile, in 1884, he paid $24,750 for a 1459 edition of the Mainz Psalter. Antiquarian book trade in the United States Book collecting The Book Club of Detroit Caxton Club The Club of Odd Volumes Grolier Club Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles Merriam-Webster, a Gentle Madness, Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, Henry Holt and Company, Inc. The love of books, The Philobiblon translated by E. C. Thomas, london, Frances Lincoln ISBN 0-7112-2685-7 Thomas Frognall Dibdin. The Committed Reader, Reading for Utility, Pleasure, and Fulfillment in the Twenty-First Century, forbes article on bibliomania by Finn-Olaf Jones, December 12,2005
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Hay-on-Wye
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Often described as the town of books, it is the National Book Town of Wales. The annual Hay Festival is a literary festival. The settlements name is first referred to between 1135 and 1147 as Haya, in 1299 the name of La Haye is used, by the 16th century it was simply called Hay, and the use of the river as a suffix is a later addition. In 1215, a Welsh name, Gelli was recorded, and Gelli gandrell in 1614, the two names may have been used concurrently in 1625. The English language name, Hay, is derived from Old English hæg, possibly meaning a fenced area, the Welsh word celli has a range of meanings including wooded areas of various extents. The town lies on the south-east bank of the River Wye and is within the north-easternmost tip of the Brecon Beacons National Park, the town is just on the Welsh side of the border with Herefordshire, England, here defined by the Dulas Brook. Where the brook joins the River Wye just north of the town, the Wye was the boundary between the former counties and districts of Radnorshire and Brecknockshire. The adjacent village of Cusop lies on the English side of the Dulas Brook, the nearest city is Hereford, county town of Herefordshire, some 22 miles to the east. The Royal Mail depot in Hay is a sub-office of Hereford, Hay-on-Wye is a Welsh community with a Town Council. From this point, it follows the National Park boundary to the River Wye, the Town Council consists of a Mayor, Deputy Mayor and eight councillors. Hay also participates in the election of a councillor to Powys County Council as part of a county division. The B4350 runs through the town and the B4351 links it with the main A438 from Brecon to Hereford, the town was formerly served at Hay-on-Wye railway station by the train services known as the Canney Creeper, which closed in 1963 under the Beeching Axe. First held in 2010, HowTheLightGetsIn is a philosophy and music festival, billed as The Worlds Largest Philosophy and Music Festival, it attracts over 35,000 visitors to its programme of 450 events of music, comedy and philosophy. In 2015 the festival was held from the 21st to the 31st of May, acts included Mike Skinner, Simon Blackburn, Jamie Woon, Lawrence Krauss, Natalie Bennett and the IAI School, aimed at 16- to 18-year-olds, presented by New College of the Humanities. Hay Golf Club was founded in 1903, the club continued on its nine-hole course until the onset of WW2. The towns football club is called Hay St. Marys, Hay was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017. Hay-on-Wye, like Builth Wells, has two Norman castles within a distance of each other. It seems likely that Hay was first fortified by William Fitz Osbern during his penetration of south-east Wales in the summer of 1070, lying close to St Marys Church on the western edge of Hay-on-Wye is a small but well-preserved motte
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Redu
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Redu is a village in the municipality of Libin, in Luxembourg province, Belgium. The village is twinned with Hay-on-Wye in the United Kingdom and it is one of the very first book towns, the ESTRACK Redu Station for the European Space Agency is located about a kilometre away. It has also a park in the nearby village of Transinne, one of the few in Europe devoted to space and astronautics. Redu village website Euro Space Center
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Montolieu
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Montolieu is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Sometimes referred to as Village of Books, Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops, mostly specializing in second-hand, many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops and galleries of painters and sculptors and three photographers studios. It also contains a substantial garden, the Cactuseraie dEscaïre-Figue. In 1989, Michel Braibant, a bookbinder in Carcassonne, initiated the Village of the Book in Montolieu and he created the Association « Montolieu Village du Livre », and founded the Arts and Crafts Museum of the Book. -Starting in 1991, bookshops and craftpersons of the such as bookbinders and calligraphers set up shop in Montolieu. -A museum is created, le Musée des Arts et Métiers du Livre -The Paper Mill in Brousse is restored and reactivated, -In 1992, Montolieu reopened its primary school. Each year, -Montolieu welcomes over 52000 visitors, -2,000 students from primary and high schools discover our workshops. Today, Montolieu offers the following, -Used and antiquarian bookshops -Working craftspeople of books, -The Arts and Crafts of the Book Museum. -Graphic and plastic art galleries and expositions, -Educational activities around the Book and its craft. -Many artists, sculptors, painters, photographers and musicians, -A heritage classified as historical monument. -An intermunicipal tourism office, from the Cabardes to the Canal du Midi, since its creation, Montolieu Village du Livre has facilitated the continuation and development of many shops and services, allowing its economy and employment to thrive. These include, Bars, restaurants, coffee shops and bed-and-breakfast places, a market place, a tobacco/newspaper store, a baker, a hairdresser. A pre-school and a primary school, a swimming pool, a campsite, tennis courts, and a soccer field. Some organic farmers, and an organic vegetable vending machine, and fifteen bookstores, seven artists workshops and seven craftspeople of the book. The population of the village is eight hundred, list of medieval bridges in France Communes of the Aude department INSEE Official website Association Montolieu Village du Livre et des Arts Graphiques Street map with addresses
