Buyer Stories
Diane in Maynard, Massachusetts – an AbeBooks customer since
1999
"My mother taught me how to read when I was a little
girl from a book that she learned from when she
was little. Her book was very worn and torn as she had taught our whole
family. I have loved the book, School Friends,
ever since. When I found out about AbeBooks.com I thought it would be nice to
have the book in my collection and was reunited with the book." |
Seller Stories
Susan from Judith Eardley Books in Healesville, Australia
"I love e-mails which give positive feedback
or those which tell you a story behind their book purchase
or the occasion they want the book for. That makes
selling online rewarding. I get to keep all the valuable
books at my home and having a ‘personal library’ is
another joy."
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Chuck in Monument, Colorado - An AbeBooks customer
since 1996
"In January, 2006, I, quite by chance, found on the Internet a reference
to a scientific paper that I had never heard of, did not have a copy of, and
needed very badly. Through AbeBooks.com, I found that a seller called A Double
Set of Books in San Francisco had a copy of the March, 1929, American Journal
of Botany. I ordered it, at a very reasonable price. Now I have a copy of a botanical
paper that was written, before I was born, by my father! Isn't technology wonderful?" |
Lloyd Jeck of Majeck Books, in Oliver in British
Columbia, Canada
"My ‘life-before-AbeBooks’ had very little to do
with books - with one exception - I wrote and published
a book of memoirs and family history. Trying to cover the
period of 1892 to 1979 was a daunting task for a neophyte
writer, but reader comments were encouraging enough that
I continue to write short articles."
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Story] |
Wendy Smith in Weston-super Mare, UK - An
AbeBooks customer since 1998
"I have been a fan of Bill Mauldin for many years and managed
to find some of his work on my trips to the USA. AbeBooks
has helped me complete my collection. His cartoons are important
as they bring back memories of my military service, even though the times
are different many of the emotions and incidents are the same." |
Peter O’Brien in Foxboro, Massachusetts
"My AbeBooks experience has enriched my retirement
way beyond what I ever anticipated. I never planned to
be a bookseller and now; having met the most interesting, and supportive
customers and colleagues in this exciting world-wide
enterprise, I regret that I didn’t
get into it long before I retired."
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Deb in Alabama – An AbeBooks customer
since 1996
"I started using AbeBooks when I was searching
for an old copy of 9
North Frederick Street for a surprise for my husband. It is
an old paperback from the 1950's that was considered
a "sizzler" to
the young boys of that era. I found it here and bought
it for him. You cannot image his surprise and delight
when I presented him with the exact copyrighted edition.
It was well used and fell open at the exact pages that
were considered 'racy'!
This was two years ago and it is still a story that we
tell since it is in a shadow-box in a prominent place
on our bookcase."
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Lisa Morton, manager of the Iliad Bookshop in
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
"Fifteen years ago I had achieved
a measure of success as a screenwriter...and hated it.
I wasn't one of the lucky few who coped well with no structure
and too much solitude. I was missing being around other
people, but I knew I couldn't settle for an office job..."
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