Observations on Trade Book Sales
Title | Observations on Trade Book Sales PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 172 |
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Markets in Profile
Title | Markets in Profile PDF eBook |
Author | James F. Dalton |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2011-01-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781118044643 |
Markets in Profile explores the confluence of three disparate philosophical frameworks: the Market Profile, behavioral finance, and neuroeconomics in order to present a unified theory of how markets work. The Market Profile is an ever-evolving, multidimensional graphic that gives visual form to the market's continuing auction process, revealing the myriad underlying dynamics that influence market activity. Behavioral finance posits that investors are driven more by emotional factors and the subjective interpretation of minutia than by "rationality" when making investment decisions. And neuroeconomics is the study of how investor psychology permeates and affects the financial markets. Mr. Dalton explicates the ways in which irrational human behavior influences the market's natural auction process, creating frequently predictable market structure, which results in opportunities for investors to ameliorate risk. The book will improve investors ability to interpret change in markets, enabling better, more confident investment decisions.
The Last Bookseller
Title | The Last Bookseller PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Goodman |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2021-12-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1452966915 |
A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store’s new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesota—the early struggles, the travels to estate sales and book fairs, the remarkable finds, and the bibliophiles, forgers, book thieves, and book hoarders he met along the way. Here we meet the infamous St. Paul Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg, who stole 24,000 rare books worth more than fifty million dollars; John Jenkins, the Texas rare book dealer who (probably) was murdered while standing in the middle of the Colorado River; and the eccentric Melvin McCosh, who filled his dilapidated Lake Minnetonka mansion with half a million books. In 1990, with a couple of partners, Goodman opened St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater, one of the Twin Cities region’s most venerable bookshops until it closed in 2017. This store became so successful and inspired so many other booksellers to move to town that Richard Booth, founder of the “book town” movement in Hay-on-Wye in Wales, declared Stillwater the First Book Town in North America. The internet changed the book business forever, and Goodman details how, after 2000, the internet made stores like his obsolete. In the 1990s, the Twin Cities had nearly fifty secondhand bookshops; today, there are fewer than ten. As both a memoir and a history of booksellers and book scouts, criminals and collectors, The Last Bookseller offers an ultimately poignant account of the used and rare book business during its final Golden Age.
Dark Observation
Title | Dark Observation PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Cavendish |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2022-09-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1787586847 |
With dark secrets underground and hints of the occult, this is a must for readers of Adam Nevill and Susan Hill. "[...]if there is a crown of queen of gothic horror, [Catherine Cavendish] should be wearing it." — Modern Horrors Eligos is waiting…fulfil your destiny 1941. In the dark days of war-torn London, Violet works in Churchill's subterranean top secret Cabinet War Rooms, where key decisions that will dictate Britain’s conduct of the war are made. Above, the people of London go about their daily business as best they can, unaware of the life that teems beneath their feet. Night after night the bombs rain down, yet Violet has far more to fear than air raids. A mysterious man, a room only she can see, memories she can no longer trust, and a best friend who denies their shared past... Something or someone - is targeting her. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
The Art of the Sale
Title | The Art of the Sale PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Delves Broughton |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-03-26 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0143122762 |
From the author of Ahead of the Curve, a revelatory look at successful selling and how it can impact everything we do The first book of its kind, The Art of the Sale is the result of a pilgrimage to learn the secrets of the world's foremost sales gurus. Bestselling author Philip Delves Broughton tracked down anyone who could help him understand what it took to achieve greatness in sales, from technology billionaires to the most successful saleswoman in Japan to a cannily observant rug merchant in Morocco. The wisdom and experience Broughton acquired, revealed in this outstanding book, demonstrates as never before the complex alchemy of effective selling and the power it has to overcome challenges we face every day.
Modern Book Collecting
Title | Modern Book Collecting PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Alfred Wilson |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1602399859 |
A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.
Life's Little Instruction Book
Title | Life's Little Instruction Book PDF eBook |
Author | H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson Inc |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Conduct of life |
ISBN | 1558531211 |
A collection of advice on how to live a happy and rewarding life.