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Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 17:46:40 -0600
From: "Hugh J. McKell" <hjmckell@xmission.com>
Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Additional bookselling humor

At 03:06 PM 1/8/2001 -0800, Dennis wrote:

> Too bad, Hugh, you have personal boundaries, or you could
>probably sell more books by telling such
>people that you had a private meeting with the brethren in the temple and
>they affirmed how vital and important
>whatever book you are selling at the time is.

Hummmmm. That wouldn't be wrong would it?? <g>


Hugh

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Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 17:51:16 -0600
From: "Hugh J. McKell" <hjmckell@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Additional bookselling humor

At 01:13 PM 4/8/2001 -0700, Mark wrote:

 "much, much higher level of
>piety, bigotry and naivete which I have not pursued" 

Mark, I am shocked (or perhaps flattered) that you would think that I have
already reached that higher level aforementioned!

Hugh 

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Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 17:53:40 -0600
From: "Hugh J. McKell" <hjmckell@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Additional bookselling humor

At 02:34 PM 4/8/2001 -0700, Phil wrote:.....


.........  My experience has been that once these people seek
>you out for your professional care, they frequently expect considerations
>with your professional fees, time, advice, and generally make much more
>after hour demands that quickly become obtrusive.  Then when you accommodate
>their every whim, they are frequently the ones with which you have
>collection problems.

This is so true I could write a book about it.

Hugh

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:53:58 EDT
From: RickBook@aol.com
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Humor #3

More bookselling humor;  other Bookshelfers can probably tell similar stories.

Some of you may have noticed that I sold a nicely re-backed first-edition 
Doctrine and Covenants, with facsimile title page, on eBay last week.  Here 
is the receipt confirmation e-mail from the satisfied customer, telling the 
not-so-unusual tale [name deleted to respect privacy].  This e-mail was sent 
today, Monday . . .

<< Rick,
    Believe it or not, the post office arrived Friday with the package, they
 had my 10 year son who was playing basketball in the front of the house sign
 for it, not knowing what it was, he promptly put it down and continued
 playing basketball.  This morning while backing out of the driveway, I saw
 the package laying next to the garbage cans.  Since his name is [    ] (JR.) 
I
 am sure they thought he was the designate signer.  Anyway, can you imagine
 them letting a 10 years old sign for a $25,000 package???   The book is
 perfect, and I am satisfied.  Thanks for the great service and care.  If you
 get a chance, post a positive feedback on ebay.  I will do likewise.
 [    ] >>

It was a registered package, and wrapped against moisture and impact.  I 
don't know if it would have survived being run over by a car tire,  - 
possibly.  Think of an alternate scenario, at the town dump, a hundred ward 
members turning out to help in a messy treasure hunt.  Or a court case, the 
D&C (now reduced to the thickness of a zip disk by giant trash compressors) 
on the bench as Exhibit A.  "But Your Honor, the kid looked to be 12, and 
seemed very responsible."

Still chuckling (a nervous laugh?),

Rick Grunder

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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:52:44 -0700
From: "Steve Eccles" <seccles@gte.net>
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Obit

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Interesting obit in the L.A. Times today. It is 1/8 of a page in the =
Metro section and the largest obit of the day.
=20
Stella N. Patri, Restorer of Books & Manuscripts was the headline.
=20
She was the founder of Hand Bookbinders of California.
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her. I don't recall reading many obits on bookpeople.
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 20:36:08 -0700
From: Keith Irwin <irwinkw@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Obit

The SF Chronicle and San Jose Mercury also did obituaries on her.  She was 
frequently at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

At 04:52 PM 4/9/01 -0700, you wrote:

>Interesting obit in the L.A. Times today. It is 1/8 of a page in the Metro 
>section and the largest obit of the day.
>
>
>
>Stella N. Patri, Restorer of Books & Manuscripts was the headline.
>
>
>
>She was the founder of Hand Bookbinders of California.
>
>
>
>It was an interesting article, but I was surprised at the interest in her. 
>I don t recall reading many obits on bookpeople.
>
>
>
>--Steve


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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:54:23 -0600
From: "Dennis C. Davis" <Perooz@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Only Two Books

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    I found this saying in an old 3-ring binder of mine:

        "One guy said there were only two books that did him any good.  =
One was his mother's cookbook, and the other was his father's check =
book."

    It would be interesting to hear if any of you have a book or two =
that has done you "any good".    =DC

    Two come to mind for me.  The first one I read back in 1972:

            WILFORD WOODRUFF--History of His Life and Labors As Recorded =
in His Daily Journals, by Matthias F. Cowley, The Deseret News, SLC, =
First Edition, 1909, 702 pp.

    This one boosted my spiritual insight by several degrees.

    The other one was:

            THE SEER, by Orson Pratt, Liverpool England Edition, =
1853-1854, 320 pp.

    This book propelled me into the realm of deeper thought.

    Dennis "C" Davis
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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:07:32 -0600
From: John Hatch <jphatch@freeport.com>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Only Two Books

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Two books that have influenced me more than I imagined when I started
reading them:

1.  In Sacred Loneliness - This book introduced me to the "New Mormon
History" and taught me that my greatest passion in life (aside from my
family) was Mormon history.

2.  A Rational Theology - As "The Seer" influenced Dennis, this book
influenced me much the same way.  It taught me how to think on a
different level and analyze things in a deeper way.

I too would appreciate hearing from others what two books did them "some
good".

John


>     It would be interesting to hear if any of you have a book or two
> that has done you "any good".    Ü

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Two books that have influenced me more than I imagined when I started reading
them:
<p>1.&nbsp; In Sacred Loneliness - This book introduced me to the "New
Mormon History" and taught me that my greatest passion in life (aside from
my family) was Mormon history.
<p>2.&nbsp; A Rational Theology - As "The Seer" influenced Dennis, this
book influenced me much the same way.&nbsp; It taught me how to think on
a different level and analyze things in a deeper way.
<p>I too would appreciate hearing from others what two books did them "some
good".
<p>John
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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:04:32 -0600
From: "Morgan Adair" <MADAIR@novell.com>
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Mormon Publishing Comes Into Its Own

Mormon Publishing Comes Into Its Own

http://www.publishersweekly.com/articles/20010404_95095.asp



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:21:12 -0700
From: Keith Irwin <irwinkw@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Book database

Morgan,

Do you have an update on your experience with Readerware?

I'm still using Excel and my patience is wearing thin.


>Morgan wrote:
>I'm experimenting with an eval copy of Readerware (www.readerware.com), 
>but haven't tried out the Palm add-on yet. The nice thing about this 
>product is how easy it is to capture data for book that have ISBNs 
>(published since 1970). You enter the ISBN, then the program searches 
>Amazon, B&N.com, or the Library of Congress web sites for title, author, 
>publisher, pages, even a picture of the cover. It can read a list of ISBNs 
>from a file and import a ton of books automatically. It also supports bar 
>code readers, including the CueCat (which you can get free from Radio 
>Shack). There are versions of the program for Windows, Linux, and Solaris 
>($40), a Palm add-on (+$10), and Mac under development. There is also a 
>client-server version for $450 (bookstores or maybe small libraries).


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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:45:42 -0700
From: "Steve Eccles" <seccles@gte.net>
Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Book database

Has anyone tried HomeBase from ABE? I'm downloading it and will take a =
look. Their new version, 2.1 has ISBN look up. The program is free for =
home users, although it's a 7.52 mb download.

Keith -- why don't you like the Excel program? What about Access with =
their pre-defined template or using MS Works which also has a predefined =
template for book collecting?

- --Steve

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[mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Keith Irwin
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:21 PM
To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Book database

Morgan,

Do you have an update on your experience with Readerware?

I'm still using Excel and my patience is wearing thin.


>Morgan wrote:
>I'm experimenting with an eval copy of Readerware (www.readerware.com),
>but haven't tried out the Palm add-on yet. The nice thing about this
>product is how easy it is to capture data for book that have ISBNs
>(published since 1970). You enter the ISBN, then the program searches
>Amazon, B&N.com, or the Library of Congress web sites for title, =
author,
>publisher, pages, even a picture of the cover. It can read a list of =
ISBNs
>from a file and import a ton of books automatically. It also supports =
bar
>code readers, including the CueCat (which you can get free from Radio
>Shack). There are versions of the program for Windows, Linux, and =
Solaris
>($40), a Palm add-on (+$10), and Mac under development. There is also a
>client-server version for $450 (bookstores or maybe small libraries).


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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:00:09 -0700
From: "Phil" <pbradford@earthlink.net>
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Readerware

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Morgan:

I'm at Phil Bradford's home, and we are playing with ReaderWare and a =
CueCat scanner.

When we scan the barcode, all it seems to do is take us to the website =
for the publisher. Is there a way for us to scan a barcode and have it =
autocomplete the form?

We are trying this out for 30 days. I love the capability of using it =
with my Palm for a mobile catalogue.

I played with the ABE software, and think it's great, if you are a =
dealer. I"m sure it can be adopted for home use, but ReaderWare seems to =
be just as good and if you use a Palm, superior.

- --Steve

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I'm at Phil Bradford's home, and we are playing =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>When we scan the barcode, all it seems to do is =
take us to=20
the website for the publisher. Is there a way for us to scan a barcode =
and have=20
it autocomplete the form?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>We are trying this out for 30 days. I love the =
capability=20
of using it with my Palm for a mobile catalogue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I played with the ABE software, and think it's =
great, if=20
you are a dealer. I"m sure it can be adopted for home use, but =
ReaderWare seems=20
to be just as good and if you use a Palm, superior.</FONT></DIV>
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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 11:15:32 -0500
From: "Mick Reasor" <mreasor@it.cc.mn.us>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Max Adeler Book Report

A while back I queried the list about a Max Adeler title.  My curiosity =
was raised due to a few mentions of his name in connection with Ward and =
Twain as an American humorist who dealt with Mormons.  The two Adeler =
titles that are most commonly referred to are "Bishop Potts" and "The =
Tragedy of Thompson Dunbar; a Tale of Salt Lake."  Here's what I found.  =
"Bishop Potts" is a short story within a story included in a book called =
"Out of the Hurly Burly; or Life in an Odd Corner.1879(?)"  The story has =
polygamist Bishop Potts going off to San Francisco to buy Christmas =
presents for his 15 children.  When he returns he finds Brigham Young has =
been told in a vision to seal the wives and children of a recently =
deceased man to Potts in his absence.  Finding he needs more Christmas =
presents he heads back to San Francisco and the same thing happens again.  =
Potts asks that Young not sleep while he's gone because he can't afford =
any more visions.  Eventually Potts heads for San Francisco with no =
intention of returning.

The Tragedy of Thompson Dunbar is included in "Random Shots" another =
collection from the late 1870's.
Thompson Dunbar vies with a another suitor for the affections of an entire =
boarding school.  He spirits the girls away in the night to Ogden where =
they are sealed to him.  He is later shipwrecked for 15 years and his old =
rival has his wives sealed to him.  Then the mothers-in-law start moving =
in.=20

Both stories are mildly amusing and fairly benign. The premise must have =
been common enough for him to discuss them as his "Mormon stories."  They =
generally rely on wordplay between singular and plural for their humor.  =
"His wife sat in a circle around him."   In both cases the illustrations =
by A.B. Frost are more interesting than the writing.  Both books seem to =
be fairly common with a copy (old, but not a first) of Hurly Burly selling =
recently on ebay for under $7.00 and what appears to be a first for about =
$10.  Is anyone collecting 19th century Mormon or Anti-Mormon fiction?  =
Anyone aware of studies other than "The Viper on the Hearth"  that address =
the treatment of Mormon themes in fiction of the time?=20

Mick  =20



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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 20:35:28 EDT
From: RickBook@aol.com
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Max Adeler Book Report

In a message dated 04/14/2001 11:36:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mreasor@it.cc.mn.us writes:

<< A while back I queried the list about a Max Adeler title.  My curiosity 
was raised due to a few mentions of his name in connection with Ward and 
Twain as an American humorist who dealt with Mormons.  The two Adeler titles 
that are most commonly referred to are "Bishop Potts" and "The Tragedy of 
Thompson Dunbar; a Tale of Salt Lake."  Here's what I found.  "Bishop Potts" 
is a short story within a story included in a book called "Out of the Hurly 
Burly; or Life in an Odd Corner.1879(?)"  The story has polygamist Bishop 
Potts going off to San Francisco to buy Christmas presents for his 15 
children.  When he returns he finds Brigham Young has been told in a vision 
to seal the wives and children of a recently deceased man to Potts in his 
absence.  Finding he needs more Christmas presents he heads back to San 
Francisco and the same thing happens again.  Potts asks that Young not sleep 
while he's gone because he can't afford any more visions.  Eventually Potts 
heads for San Francisco with no intention of returning. >>


This rang a bell when I read the post, so I checked my old catalogs and yep!  
sure enough -found the following in Mormon List 57 (June, 1997), entry 10 . . 
.

[CLARK, Charles Heber ("Max Adeler")]  "BISHOP POTTS OF UTAH."  Lengthy, 
humorous Mormon fiction, in THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE  (Portsmouth) for 
Saturday, January 11, 1873 [CXVII:13].

Folio, [8] pp.  Moderate wear.  $100

This substantial story fills nearly two columns of the second page (35 inches 
of text).  It is attributed to "Max Adeler," but appears here AT LEAST A YEAR 
BEFORE IT CAME OUT IN BOOK FORM -see Flake 2383a (Out of the Hurly-Burly . . 
.  1874).  This is a fun story about a hopelessly over-married Mormon to whom 
is assigned a seemingly endless succession of widows and their countless 
children.  Each time Bishop Potts returns to Utah, he discovers his family 
further enlarged . . .

  "What!" exclaimed the Bishop, "you don't mean to say that-"
  "Yes, love.  Our husband, William Brown, died on Monday, and Thursday 
Brigham had a vision in which he was directed to seal us to you;  and so he 
performed the ceremony at once by proxy."
  "Th-th-th-th-under!" observed the bishop, in a general sort of way.
  "And, darling, we are all living with you-we and the dear children."
  "Children!  children!" exclaimed Bishop Potts, turning pale, "you don't 
mean to say that there is a pack of children, too?"
  "Yes, love, but only one hundred and twenty-five, not counting the eight 
twins and the triplet."

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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:04:15 -0600
From: Kendall Gubler <kgubler@netutah.com>
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Re:Breakfast invitation

I tossed this invitation out a couple of months ago, and had a few
takers.  Any shelfers attending MHA in Cedar in May.  I would like to
invite you and your partner to breakfast on Saturday Morning of the
conference. Please email me off-line.
all the best
Kendall


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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:08:58 -0600
From: "Hugh J. McKell" <hjmckell@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Re:Breakfast invitation

Don't miss the opportunity to taste the cinnamon rolls.  Hugh and I can't
make it this year but if the rolls are as good as Kendall's caramel corn,
its worth the drive to Cedar City.

Sandi

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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:15:55 -0600
From: "Morgan Adair" <MADAIR@novell.com>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Readerware

>>> pbradford@earthlink.net 04/14/01 03:00PM >>>
>
>When we scan the barcode, all it seems to do is take us to the website=20
>for the publisher. Is there a way for us to scan a barcode and have it=20
>autocomplete the form?

Here's the procedure that works for me, YMMV:

1. From the Web pull-down menu, select "ISBN/Bar Code Search and Import"
A browser window open.

2. From the URL pull-down menu, select the web site you want to search for =
book data=20
(Amazon, B&N, etc).

2. Scan a book barcode with the CueCat scanner. The browser goes to the =
page for=20
the scanned book, if it exists, and a database entry page opens with =
extracted data=20
for the scanned book. Edit the extracted data as desired, then click the =
Add button=20
to add the new entry to your database.

I finally decided to pay the registration fee for Readerware, but I'm not =
totally committed=20
to it. I like being able to scan barcodes and autocomplete forms, but I =
don't like the data=20
entry view. Readerware was written in Java, so it has a non-standard =
(i.e., non-Windows)=20
look and doesn't follow all of the Windows program conventions. Being able =
to export my=20
database and want list to my Palm will be great.=20

I'm not sure what to do about reporting, though. I designed about a dozen =
report formats=20
for my Access database for want lists (by author, priority, publisher); =
for insurance; for=20
book series, showing which books in each series that I own and which I'm =
still looking for,=20
etc. I'll experiment with designing HTML reports, but I may end up =
exporting the Readerware=20
database to a CSV fie, reading it into Access, then using Access to =
generate reports.

MBA



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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:25:51 -0800
From: "Dennis Nelson" <zoot@ev1.net>
Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Readerware

Is there any rhyme or reason as to why a few entries provide pictures of the
cover while most, even recent titles,
do not? So far, FARMS and Signature titles seem the most likely to pull up a
cover picture.

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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:16 PM
To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Readerware


>>> pbradford@earthlink.net 04/14/01 03:00PM >>>
>
>When we scan the barcode, all it seems to do is take us to the website
>for the publisher. Is there a way for us to scan a barcode and have it
>autocomplete the form?

Here's the procedure that works for me, YMMV:

1. From the Web pull-down menu, select "ISBN/Bar Code Search and Import"
A browser window open.

2. From the URL pull-down menu, select the web site you want to search for
book data
(Amazon, B&N, etc).

2. Scan a book barcode with the CueCat scanner. The browser goes to the page
for
the scanned book, if it exists, and a database entry page opens with
extracted data
for the scanned book. Edit the extracted data as desired, then click the Add
button
to add the new entry to your database.

I finally decided to pay the registration fee for Readerware, but I'm not
totally committed
to it. I like being able to scan barcodes and autocomplete forms, but I
don't like the data
entry view. Readerware was written in Java, so it has a non-standard (i.e.,
non-Windows)
look and doesn't follow all of the Windows program conventions. Being able
to export my
database and want list to my Palm will be great.

I'm not sure what to do about reporting, though. I designed about a dozen
report formats
for my Access database for want lists (by author, priority, publisher); for
insurance; for
book series, showing which books in each series that I own and which I'm
still looking for,
etc. I'll experiment with designing HTML reports, but I may end up exporting
the Readerware
database to a CSV fie, reading it into Access, then using Access to generate
reports.

MBA



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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "EDLUND,MARK JAMES" <medlund@ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Re:Breakfast invitation

Kendall, 
	I would like to come.  Could I bring my father also?

Mark Edlund


On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Kendall Gubler wrote:

> 
> I tossed this invitation out a couple of months ago, and had a few
> takers.  Any shelfers attending MHA in Cedar in May.  I would like to
> invite you and your partner to breakfast on Saturday Morning of the
> conference. Please email me off-line.
> all the best
> Kendall
> 
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: "EDLUND,MARK JAMES" <medlund@ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Re:Breakfast invitation

Sorry about the previous post, which should have been only to Kendall.  My
enthusiasm, fueled by Sandi's glowing recommendation of Kendall's culinary
ability, made me act too hastily.


Mark Edlund


On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Kendall Gubler wrote:

> 
> I tossed this invitation out a couple of months ago, and had a few
> takers.  Any shelfers attending MHA in Cedar in May.  I would like to
> invite you and your partner to breakfast on Saturday Morning of the
> conference. Please email me off-line.
> all the best
> Kendall
> 
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