Purchased more Art & Military books.
Packed the online orders, although they won't go out until Saturday.
Answered some emails.
Bestsellers of the day = Music.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Pouring rain all day, and the roof's leaking down the center isle. Not badly, but dripping constantly all the same. Thankfully not on the books, just in the center of the isle, so buckets were sufficient.
Hubbell was here, sent him up onto the roof to find the leak, but it wasn't obvious.
Processed 2 or 3 small boxes.
Bestsellers of the day = Mystery.
Hubbell was here, sent him up onto the roof to find the leak, but it wasn't obvious.
Processed 2 or 3 small boxes.
Bestsellers of the day = Mystery.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Shelved a stack of Signed Sue Grafton mysteries H, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, & U.
Shelved 2 boxes of magazine.
Hubbell was here.
2 small boxes processed.
Shelved 2 boxes of magazine.
Hubbell was here.
2 small boxes processed.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Best Used Bookstore redux

Packed online orders - just a few, x-mas rush may be over already.
Bestsellers of the day = Fiction.
Went to the Sue Grafton autograph signing.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Have a Good Thanksgiving
Shelved more as new role-playing games.
Packed the online orders.
Closed a bit early.
Packed the online orders.
Closed a bit early.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween!
Bestsellers of the day = Fiction hardcover 1st editions.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved more uncommon/collectable non-fiction books: RPG game books, woodworking books, How-to, engineering, and a stack of Modern fiction 1st editions in VG to Fine condition.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved more uncommon/collectable non-fiction books: RPG game books, woodworking books, How-to, engineering, and a stack of Modern fiction 1st editions in VG to Fine condition.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
4 boxes of mass market paperback books shelved, filled in the spin racks with newer stuff.
Hubbell was here.
Fencing.
Hubbell was here.
Fencing.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
A Castle of Books picked Best Used Bookstore in OC!
A Castle of Books has been picked as the Best Used Bookstore in Orange County! In today's OC Weekly, their annual 'Best of OC' issue, A Castle of Books was the editors choice for best used-book store. "What this store lacks in space, it makes up for in, oddly enough, books." - OC Weekly.
Bring in the article, clipped or the whole issue, and GET A FREE BOOK from the outside carts, (one book per visit) until the end of October!
Bring in the article, clipped or the whole issue, and GET A FREE BOOK from the outside carts, (one book per visit) until the end of October!
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
WE WILL NOT BE PURCHASING ANY BOOKS UNTIL MONDAY
WE WILL NOT BE PURCHASING ANY BOOKS UNTIL MONDAY the 5th.
Packed the online orders.
Bestselling category today = Fantasy fiction.
Packed the online orders.
Bestselling category today = Fantasy fiction.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Looked into going to the new Long Beach Comic-Con.
Searched for a freeware simple program to add images together, could do it with Gimp but takes too much effort, looking for a simple program to do just the one thing. Amazon complaining about embedded links to images, so need to make them into just one, as uploading multiple images takes too long. Eventually found something, still more robust than needed but should work.
Packed the online orders, but finished late, too much messing about online.
Searched for a freeware simple program to add images together, could do it with Gimp but takes too much effort, looking for a simple program to do just the one thing. Amazon complaining about embedded links to images, so need to make them into just one, as uploading multiple images takes too long. Eventually found something, still more robust than needed but should work.
Packed the online orders, but finished late, too much messing about online.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
It's nice to sell some Manga, but why can't anyone put them back on the shelf right side up?
Purchased some VHS, classic cartoon & anime still sealed.
Then purchased a computer book.
And at the end of the day purchased 6 boxes of classics and kids books and a few easton press titles, in only 90 minutes.
Packed the online orders.
Purchased some VHS, classic cartoon & anime still sealed.
Then purchased a computer book.
And at the end of the day purchased 6 boxes of classics and kids books and a few easton press titles, in only 90 minutes.
Packed the online orders.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Dropped of the recycling in the morn, and picked up a nail in the tire, thankfully tires were still covered and got that fixed without much hassle.
There were too many useless parents with bratty kids in the store today, kids just pulling books off the shelves thrashing them and stuffing them back anywhere, while their parents ignore it and wander about.
Computer's being especially slow after upgrading to firefox 3.5, may have to try and remove it.
Purchased a vintage book.
Amanda was here.
1 box of mass market paperbacks shelved, lots of romance.
Diamond order processed.
There were too many useless parents with bratty kids in the store today, kids just pulling books off the shelves thrashing them and stuffing them back anywhere, while their parents ignore it and wander about.
Computer's being especially slow after upgrading to firefox 3.5, may have to try and remove it.
Purchased a vintage book.
Amanda was here.
1 box of mass market paperbacks shelved, lots of romance.
Diamond order processed.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Did the online orders, and caught back up.
Purchased 2 boxes of Anime DVDs and Manga.
Spent an hour and a half going through piles of gardening books, but he declined.
Traded some Manga.
Started sorting stuff from the con, some freebies on the free shelves.
Purchased some autographed items, Rollie Fingers.
Purchased 2 boxes of Anime DVDs and Manga.
Spent an hour and a half going through piles of gardening books, but he declined.
Traded some Manga.
Started sorting stuff from the con, some freebies on the free shelves.
Purchased some autographed items, Rollie Fingers.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Packed the online orders.
Had a return due to an error, but fixed the shipping system so it shouldn't happen again.
Purchased a large collection of CD's and put most of them online already.
Everyone trying to sell stuff at the end of the day, barely closed in time.
Purchased some kids books, nothing special, and traded for some paperbacks.
Had a return due to an error, but fixed the shipping system so it shouldn't happen again.
Purchased a large collection of CD's and put most of them online already.
Everyone trying to sell stuff at the end of the day, barely closed in time.
Purchased some kids books, nothing special, and traded for some paperbacks.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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