Purchased 2 small and 1 larger collections of books.
Did some accounting.
Bestsellers today = Romance mass market paperbacks.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Donated kids books to a college project.
Packed online orders.
Sent Diamond comics order in.
Bestselling category for today: Westerns.
Packed online orders.
Sent Diamond comics order in.
Bestselling category for today: Westerns.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sorted and cleared out the front isle some.
Shelved 2 boxes of hardcover/trade paperback books.
David was here.
Bestselling category today: Mystery mass market paperbacks.
Shelved 2 boxes of hardcover/trade paperback books.
David was here.
Bestselling category today: Mystery mass market paperbacks.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Packed online orders.
Accounting tax stuff.
Bestseller for today = Military History.
Accounting tax stuff.
Bestseller for today = Military History.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Added images to some eBay listings.
Picked up a donation of kids books.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved some collectable books.
Purchased an art book, this one
Pic of the day:
Top selling category for today: Fiction mass market paperbacks.
Picked up a donation of kids books.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved some collectable books.
Purchased an art book, this one
Pic of the day:
Wang Lan Chinese Opera Watercolors

Friday, September 25, 2009
Sorted boxes all over the place, but managed to clean some room out, and get at some of the better books that were buried in the boxes.
Hubbell was here.
Top selling category today: Romance mass market paperbacks.
Hubbell was here.
Top selling category today: Romance mass market paperbacks.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Checked a stack of boxes.
Packed the online orders.
Sorted more boxes, stuff left over from the previous months...
Packed the online orders.
Sorted more boxes, stuff left over from the previous months...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Finished sorting all the boxes of donations/purchases from the last week, well all but the 5 boxes of records.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Purchased some SF mass market paperbacks & some kids books.
Packed the online orders.
Sorted more boxes of books.
Paid some bills.
Packed the online orders.
Sorted more boxes of books.
Paid some bills.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sorted boxes of donations.
Took in some kids books for trade.
David was here.
Took in some kids books for trade.
David was here.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sorted and culled some boxes in the front isle.
Sorted and repacked some boxes of comics so you can (barely) get to the toys & DVDs again.
Packed the online orders.
Fixed some more emails.
Sorted and repacked some boxes of comics so you can (barely) get to the toys & DVDs again.
Packed the online orders.
Fixed some more emails.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Fixed more emails.
Hubbell was here.
Donation of 3 boxes.
Donation of 25+ boxes books & toys.
Sorted 4 or 5 boxes.
Picked up yet another donation.
Hubbell was here.
Donation of 3 boxes.
Donation of 25+ boxes books & toys.
Sorted 4 or 5 boxes.
Picked up yet another donation.
Friday, September 18, 2009
More accounting.
Took a few mass market paperbacks in trade, then later a few bags of SF.
Didn't purchase a pile of ratty playboys.
Continued to fix emails that directnic messed up.
Purchased some books, some CDs and some more books.
Took a few mass market paperbacks in trade, then later a few bags of SF.
Didn't purchase a pile of ratty playboys.
Continued to fix emails that directnic messed up.
Purchased some books, some CDs and some more books.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Purchased some business books.
Packed the online orders.
Accounting 'til late.
Found out that the domain provider suddenly stopped forwarding emails. Don't know how long it's been going on, but if you've sent an email and didn't get a reply in the last few months, try it again.
Packed the online orders.
Accounting 'til late.
Found out that the domain provider suddenly stopped forwarding emails. Don't know how long it's been going on, but if you've sent an email and didn't get a reply in the last few months, try it again.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
So tired of people smoking right out side the open door, finally made a sign.
Received a very unwelcome letter from the IRS.
Received a very unwelcome letter from the IRS.
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
David was here.
Robin was here.
Lots of stuff sorted, and cleared out in the main isle.
Robin was here.
Lots of stuff sorted, and cleared out in the main isle.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Loaded some boxes of books & toys to take to storage.
Packed the online orders.
Took in a stack of RPG books for trades.
Packed the online orders.
Took in a stack of RPG books for trades.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Hubbell was here.
Sorted and organized the closet a bit, sorted more of that donation from the other day, and finished sorting the purchase of kids and classics for several days ago.
Refilled the $1.00 cart with a lot of medical & self-help titles.
Sorted and organized the closet a bit, sorted more of that donation from the other day, and finished sorting the purchase of kids and classics for several days ago.
Refilled the $1.00 cart with a lot of medical & self-help titles.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Answered emails, added images online.
Someone left their phone, but called back about it.
Pics:
Someone left their phone, but called back about it.
Pics:
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Packed the online orders.
USPS came to get the orders from the other day, silly holidays...
Traded for 7 boxes of comic books.
Did some repairs.
Answered some emails.
Pics:
USPS came to get the orders from the other day, silly holidays...
Traded for 7 boxes of comic books.
Did some repairs.
Answered some emails.
Pics:

Monday, September 07, 2009
Spent the day sorting a large donation.
David was here.
David was here.
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
Lots of Plays.
Hubbell was here.
Purchased some medical books, that later turned out to have been stolen from a library, so dumped them in the book drop.
2 boxes of mass market paperbacks shelved.
Hubbell was here.
Purchased some medical books, that later turned out to have been stolen from a library, so dumped them in the book drop.
2 boxes of mass market paperbacks shelved.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Researched and priced some of the vintage books purchased yesterday.
Purchased a collection of modern plays and writing.
Purchased a collection of modern plays and writing.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Spent around an hour going through a load of books, purchased about 4 boxes, some nice vintage items, hopefully some will be shelved soon.
Packed the online orders in good time.
Packed the online orders in good time.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Culled the Medical and Health bookcase, pulled 7 boxes for the $1.00 carts, and marked just about everything left to $3.95.
Shelved that stack of 6 boxes of Religious books which had been sitting in front for a month or so.
Purchased a small stack of books, and a couple of textbooks.
Shelved that stack of 6 boxes of Religious books which had been sitting in front for a month or so.
Purchased a small stack of books, and a couple of textbooks.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Ash dusting over the car in the morning, smoke and ash making the sky dark orange on the way in to the store.
Purchased a collection of Metaphysical books.
Purchased some self help relationship books.
Packaged the online orders.
Orders from Sunday were picked up late.
Purchased a collection of Metaphysical books.
Purchased some self help relationship books.
Packaged the online orders.
Orders from Sunday were picked up late.
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