TY - BOOK AU - Browne,Murray TI - The book shopper: a life in review SN - 9781589880566 U1 - 028.9 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PB - Paul Dry Books KW - Browne, Murray KW - ARMARC KW - Libros y lectura KW - Estados Unidos N1 - Incluye índice; Part 1: The principles of book shopping. About the author : an introductory memoir. -- How I became a reader. -- A reviewer's lament. -- Book lovers are not necessarily people lovers. -- Amazon uncovered. -- Master control : the influences of a book shopper friend. -- Part 2: Acquisitions. Prerequisites : what every good bookstore should have. -- Growing old with the new journalists. -- Big social book shopping novels. -- Humorists : being funny can be such a chore. -- Larry McMurtry : patron saint of book shoppers. -- Part III: What next? Read, store, or sell? Books as gifts. -- The classic book group. -- Managing the personal library. -- Parting words. -- Acknowledgments for troblemakers. -- Index of authors and titles ER -