Blog addendum...

As always, I forgot some sites that I greatly enjoy and must make amends for this gross oversight:

PhiloBiblos: Well written and fun...strong news and reviews and a wonderfully voyeuristic peek into his library (courtesy of LibraryThing...I think I may have to do this too, it is strangely entertaining).

Cuppa Joad: This Alibris sponsored blog is heavy on reviews and TWELVE contributors...an interesting one to watch for evolution. [Full disclosure: CJ recently said very nice things about this site in a post titled: Book Blogs for Bibliophiles to Pour Over, this apparent lack of judgment should not weigh against an otherwise very strong site.]

I'm certain I have still forgotten others...Please feel free to email me a quick poke with a sharp stick if I have forgotten (and/or never seen) your blog.

Apropos of nothing, I am thinking of trying to mount a web client screen in my bathroom for blog reading purposes...though clearly just for frivolous news and culture blogs...not the *important* blogs 'o books.

Also, Hugh has a great post on "Buying Books Online (Safely)". In summary, he says the same thing that ASWR said in Books & Bidders in 1926. To paraphrase both: If you want to buy books with confidence, buy from a reputable bookdealer. As I have said (ok, ranted about) before, Hugh notes that the web has made this more complex, as the "egalitarian" nature of the web makes it very difficult to tell the difference between Peter Stern, Maggs, Borders, Good Cheap Books and Devil Dan's House 'O Stolen Books when scanning the offerings of the aggregators. It is a subject that I am certain I will rant about again sometime soon...but really appreciate Hugh's eloquent analysis.