2008-09-20UTC09:20:11Susie Dent's coming to FolkestoneSusie Dent of Countdown's "Dictionary Corner" is coming to Folkestone as part of Folkestone Literary Festival 2008. At least I hope it's the same Susie Dent. We watch Countdown every day on 40D, so this will be nice.She has a regular publication call... 2008-09-14UTC11:13:23More Terry PratchettThat signed copy of Nation is riding high at over a hundred quid today. Just having a browse around ABE Books at more Terry Pratchett, someone's selling an ex-library copy of The Light Fantastic for £500, that's what I've got. Nice to have an origina... 2008-04-17UTC11:47:03RE: Good to knowHa! That's a a lot of Robbie Williams! Textbooks are always growing as a segment, so that's something to look at. We're featuring Wind in the Willows right now, so that can mean some big ticket items where people are looking for firsts. As the Olympi... 2008-04-16UTC06:55:53Good to knowNow to pimp some Harry Clarke original artwork or something, get my commission up. What do you recommend, what is hot at ABE Books these days?Thanks for keep coming back here btw, I've not had this level of service from an affilliate manager before, ... 2008-04-15UTC05:42:47RE: abebooks.co.uk are still recommending I join commission junction on their siteThe AbeBooks.co.uk program is staying with Commission Junction for the time being, so you're good to stay there.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Patrick Armstrong<br />Affiliate Manager<br />AbeBooks.com2008-04-15UTC06:05:52abebooks.co.uk are still recommending I join commission junction on their site<a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1574635-5435717?url=http://www.abebooks.co.uk%2Fdocs%2FAffiliateProgram%2F">So, am I safe to stay where I am</a>?2008-04-14UTC06:48:55RE: ABE Books also leaving Commission JunctionHello Pauly,I will totally agree with you that change CAN be a nightmare, especially for the little guy, but we're going to do our best to make the migration to Performics as painless as possible! All I can really say is that if you experience any is... 2008-04-08UTC06:34:20ABE Books also leaving Commission JunctionHmm, ebay recently quit Commission Junction (an affiliate company, who make it easy for small fry like me to refer you to a company who pay a commission), and now ABE Books are off too, I wonder what's going on? There are millions of companies out th... 2008-02-01UTC08:48:05RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. MackieI don't know about the "low price" bit, but it's easy to get one from ABE Books, it'll cost up to one hundred pounds, though there's one here for less. I didn't yet buy one, even though I said two years ago that I definitely would. I'm still looking ... 2007-10-27UTC07:47:42TFI The WeekendBit of a choppy working week, but now two days respite. Which is nice. So, off to see the family in a few minutes, hence being up and about at this time.Quiet night in last night, Brand new Rebus on TV, lots of swearing for an ITV show I thought, the... 2007-03-08UTC03:45:51How I am the best at IPOD / genres / tagging / etc...A valued chum just posed these questions by email, and it fired me off in a huge response, so I thought I'd whack it up here too...1. When you have a CD what are you using to rip the CD, what bitrate and what codec are you using?2. what is the minimu... 2007-01-28UTC12:13:05RE: I knew thathi allthis is for all those interested in the windebanks of wield. i was passed the info by susan knight and i have comfirmed it via the wield parish records.the following are in susans own words:***************************************Note: There are... 2007-01-28UTC11:47:38RE: Windibankthe following info is for all who are interested in the windebanks of wield.i was passed this info by susan knight and has been checked via the wield parish records.the following is in susans own words: **********************************************N... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2007-01-16UTC08:31:14Tales of mystery and imaginationNo family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o... 2006-09-12UTC09:45:53Another Harry Clarke on EbayThis signed copy of Faust just went for $600 - copies do go for thousands on ABE.I didn't mention it as I was thinking of bidding on it, but it got a bit rich for me.... 2006-09-12UTC04:23:10Original Harry Clarke artworkI was just browsing ABE Books for Harry Clarke, as I knew they had some signed first editions and things, albeit at high prices. So what's the most expensive thing on there I wondered? Only this original water colour of The Emperor's New Clothes, thi... 2006-09-12UTC03:21:35WintersmithI see not only that there's a new Terry Pratchett book out, but that Amazon have changed their URLs, so they now have the author and title at the beginning of them... this is GOOD for them, for getting a page listed higher in some search engines etc,... 2004-05-17UTC12:50:35What I done on my holidaysWell, that was the holiday then. A fantastic 168 hour long boozy lunch, we didn't do much more than get up for a big breakfast, sit snacking and drinking by the pool while waiting for our big boozy lunch, then eat and drink until it was time for a bi...