The host of Behind the Blog shares personal anecdotes about rare book collecting and his own experiences buying out-of-print books through online sellers. The host has bought over 100 rare books, with many being limited editions or unique copies. He mentions a Substack blog he started to write about behind-the-scenes aspects of publishing, including a bibliography of the books he referenced in one of the posts.
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Jason Koebler, author of a book that was published a few years ago, started a short-lived Substack blog to share behind-the-scenes stories related to his publication. On this blog, he posted a bibliography of books he used as references, including many rare and out-of-print titles that he obtained through online used book sellers.
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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together.
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This week, we discuss cool old books, new toys for ICE, and Flamin' Hot Slop.
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On the podcast last week, we had what I thought was a pretty nuanced and interesting conversation about the "rare books" discourse (although I'm biased; listen and let me know).
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I mentioned this in the episode but it all makes me think about all the rare books I've bought over the years — these are rare by any definition of the word in that they're usually limited or out of print and I got them through used book sellers online where only one copy was often available.
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When my book launched a few years ago, I started a very short-lived Substack blog to write about some of the behind the scenes stuff happening around publication.
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One of those posts is a bibliography, including a lot of the books I sourced and references for my own.
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