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Book Collecting 101: Graphic Novels

THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Graphic novels are best defined as book-length comics. They are often a single storyline, flowing from first page to last, and sometimes they are collections of short stories. Graphic novels, like the comic books they parallel, rely to a high degree...

John Deaver Audio Interview

Modern Signed Books – Jeffery Deaver Talks about His New Book, The Burial Hour Click here to listen to Jeffery Deaver Talk about The Burial Hour About “The Burial Hour” by Jeffery Deaver Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme is back with his most...

Book Collecting 101: Part Six

Book Collecting 101 – Part Six John Hutchinson, VJ Books February 29, 2016 Loving Books Book collecting is one of the most rewarding of all hobbies, and whether you build a modest library or become a biblioholic, it helps to have the skills that will help you...

Book Collecting 101: Part Five

Book Collecting 101 – Part Five John Hutchinson, VJ Books February 29, 2016 Signed or Author Autographed Books You are now more active, and your book collection has begun to grow. You are adding shelves where once stood empty walls. Armed with your newly found...

Book Collecting 101: Part Four

Book Collecting – Part Four John Hutchinson, VJ Books February 23, 2016 How to Identify a First Edition Now that you are a “book collector,” it is probably time for you to become more discriminating in the volumes you add to your shelves. What book collectors...

John’s Favorite Books – Part 1

John’s Favorite Books – Part 1 One of our customers recently asked John about the picture on our home page (see picture at left).  She wanted to know if there was any significance as to why John chose them.  Below is John’s response about those...

A Note from John about Author Paul Lindsay

A Note from John about Paul Lindsay (aka Noah Boyd) In the fall of 2011 I was saddened by the death of Paul Lindsay, the FBI agent who went on to write a series of successful thrillers. Paul was a terrific writer who was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star...