Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Well it has certainly been a while!
Hugh Hollowell from Midtown Books in Memphis has inspired me to get back at this. His blog is just getting off the ground but already has a crisp cool look to it. I'm still not convinced that anyone but my mother will find this interesting but who knows? The big project that I've been involved with lately is the World Book Market. In fact, I gave it it's name and designed the website. The brains behind the group though is Guy Weller of Mr. Pickwick's Fine Old Books in Australia. He had an idea to find book dealers of a certain standard, with a bit of vision on what the Internet can do for us in the future and who aren't afraid to try and create a new dynamic in bookselling, pull them together and create a new co-operative entity. Well that entity has been born. It has barely begun to crawl but surely will one day lead the pack in modern bookselling services.
We've got 8 members so far, perhaps 10 by this weekend. I can see us reaching 40+ members by the end of the year. So far it's been a blast and I am very much looking forward to it's growth and maturity.
Check out the site and feel free to leave some comments or shoot me an email if you have any questions about the group.
Hugh Hollowell from Midtown Books in Memphis has inspired me to get back at this. His blog is just getting off the ground but already has a crisp cool look to it. I'm still not convinced that anyone but my mother will find this interesting but who knows? The big project that I've been involved with lately is the World Book Market. In fact, I gave it it's name and designed the website. The brains behind the group though is Guy Weller of Mr. Pickwick's Fine Old Books in Australia. He had an idea to find book dealers of a certain standard, with a bit of vision on what the Internet can do for us in the future and who aren't afraid to try and create a new dynamic in bookselling, pull them together and create a new co-operative entity. Well that entity has been born. It has barely begun to crawl but surely will one day lead the pack in modern bookselling services.
We've got 8 members so far, perhaps 10 by this weekend. I can see us reaching 40+ members by the end of the year. So far it's been a blast and I am very much looking forward to it's growth and maturity.
Check out the site and feel free to leave some comments or shoot me an email if you have any questions about the group.
