Quick Grolier Club Conference follow-up and Pictures in the Portland Press Herald from the Portland Fair

The Press Herald posted a few pictures from the fair. It would have been nice if the image of Moby Dick had been properly cited, but it is close enough... Full report on the fair with added pictures to follow...a two day trip to NY immediately following the fair has thrown all things askew.

The mini-conference on "Books in Hard Times" at the Grolier Club was outstanding. It was the best one day event I've ever attended. The sessions were interesting, the crowd engaged and inquisitive...just as good as can be. My only...minor...complaint is that the panel of booksellers might have benefitted from a "younger/hungrier/less-well-capitalized" voice. The three dealers (Bill Reese, Priscilla Juvelis, and Tom Congalton), while representing radically different genres of the trade, all all "elite" dealers and, one might reasonably surmise, somewhat insulated from current "hard times." That said, their session was just great and very informative...so who knows...