> To suggest that
> booksellers ought to "go to the . . . trouble" to take the listing of all the
> email addresses of exlibris participants and send out unsolicited, commercial
> email (SPAM) is a terrible idea. I'd would hate to see it happen, and suspect
> that Mr. Powers mentioned this alternative with "tongue in cheek."
Paul is right. I have never bothered to go to this much trouble, and I
hadn't even thought of it until this controversy broke out.
There ARE two lists that I know of where bookseller's catalogues and book
fairs can be announced without anyone squinching their faces--Biblio and
the Rare Books List. The former is clogged with e-bay announcements about
Stephen King novels (or so goes my impression--I don't subscribe)/.
The latter, which I think is a very good list, used to cost significant
money if you wished to post announcements and items for sale (and still
might; I haven't been billed since my initial sign-up a few years ago).
But it costs nothing to subscribe. And since the postings are restricted
to books for sale and relevant announcements, there are far fewer posting
per day than on ExLibris.
I don't know subscription info for Biblio, but information about
subscribing to the Rare Books List can be had of Forrest Proper of Joslin
Hall Rare Books, jhall@tiac.net.
Cheers to all,
Greg Powers
Powers Rare Books (formerly Phillips Hill Books)