mutterings and ravings no. 93
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:36:03 -0500
Sender: Bibliofind News and Views <NEWS@BIBLIO.BIBLIOFIND.COM>
From: Harry Nudel <nudel-soho@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: AB one, 2, three...
After the first three cups of coffee....it's fun to beat the dead
horse,,whips anyone...Remember yesterday that Well in the Red Books of Fork Lift
Montana/Idaho was searching for a Taylor Caldwell book for his NICEST
customer Ms Ida Dunne Never GrownUp...he made 6.50..the book trade at min.
wage lost x...now let's try it again at real wages....to prove again why no
one in the Book Trade is listed among the Forbes 400..
1) Min wage in N.Y..Cleaning Person/ Babysitter 10 to
15 an hour...(no benefits)..the trade loses app. 10 dollars per book
2) mid level worker Teacher..with benefits... 50 an
hour..trade loses...
3) higher mid level stage worker at metropolitan opera
120 an hour...trade loses a 110 per book per a thousand books an issue..
4) little higher...tax or divorce sleeeeeze lawyer
200-300..per hour...trade loooses....300 per book..
5) higer level...carpet cleaner....he was just here
straight out of the Israeli Army...quoted price 500 per hour...trade looses
500 per book..
Ave and Atque good riddance to the Antiquarian Bookman...which
if it hired Migrant Workers..would have solved any border problems...no
self respecting wet-back WOULD EVER WORK FOR THESE WAGES....just IDIOT
booksellers....
&&&&&&& the William Morris award for aesthetic book cataloguing
goes to:JAMES HENRY-79 TIPPED-IN-PLATES-ENGLISH
HOURS-H.M.-1905-BTN-RIVERSIDE PRESS BOOK,IS VG+IN CLOTH OVER BOARD DUST
JACKET IS POOR (LOSS TO SPINE, COVER, LIMITED ED. 1ST (8vo) POOR 336 PAGES,
MANY PAGES UNCUT, 79 TIPPED IN PLATES BY JOSEPH PENNELL, BOOK DESIGNED
BRUCE ROGERS, 242/400, LARGE-PAPER, GOOD SLIP-CASE JACKET IS BROWN WITH
BLACK LETTERING ON
SPINE....BOOK.............................................................
yes, Virgina it's all in CAPITALS AND IT LOOKS MUCH WORSE IN PERSON....and
then again mayber bookselling is a notch below babysitting...the proof is
in the description..DRn...
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