Salty Sea Puppy

My life is literally a bookshop AU, but with less romance and more Bernard Black. I really love books, especially ones with retro and vintage scifi/fantasy covers. I'm not a corgi, nor am I Welsh, it's simply a nickname for a favourite character. Currently Reading: Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder

[unicornicopia-deactivated201210]

Pet peeve time: for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at their core, represent selfless sacrifice for the greater good, and who justify their contempt by saying, oh, it’s so unrealistic, no one would ever be so noble… grow up. Seriously. Cynicism is not maturity, do not mistake the one for the other. If you truly cannot accept a story where someone does the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, that says far more about who you are than these characters.

Greg Rucka (via unicornicopia)

[moluskette]

Oops, I did it again 😁

[saltywelshcorgi]

Phone: rings

Me: [bookstore name], this is [my name] speaking, how may I help you?

Customer: doyouhaveanynigellalawsonbooks?

Me: Pardon me? I didn't quite catch that.

Customer: *irritated sigh, speaks very slowly* Dooo yooooou have any Nigellaaaaaa Laaaaawwwwson books?

Me: Please hold, I'll check the shelves for you.

Customer: OK

I go and check cooking, nope, no Nigella.

Me: I'm sorry, but we don't have any Nigella Lawson books at the moment.

Customer: You do know who Nigella Lawson is, don't you?!

Me: Yes, she's the chef. We have had her cookbooks in the past, but none at the moment. We're only secondhand.

Customer: Good, I was making sure you knew where to look. Can you order any in? Can you tell me when you'll get more?

Me: As a secondhand bookshop, we do not have control over our stock supplies, I'm afraid. You might have better luck at [other nearby bookshop].

Customer: Fine.

Me: Have a nice day, bye~!

Customer: *huffs and hangs up*

[b00kstorebabe-deactivated201709]

I hate color coded bookshelves because I feel like people who color code them don't really care about books, they just want to decorate their house with them. Real book lovers organize books by author so they can find the books they want to read.

The only criteria for being a book lover is loving books, get outta here with your snobby attitude. 

Why do you care so much about how other people arrange their books? Does it physically hurt you to see rainbows? 

[saltywelshcorgi]

They’ve probably spent enough time to make the rainbow that they recognise their favourite books by colour, and remember where they are. Just because it’s not a “practical” manner of arranging books, it doesn’t mean that they don’t love books. You can like your shelves rainbow AND still love to read.

[charleevale]

‘Books are expensive’ has always been my least favorite of the excuses people use when they pirate books. 

Books are, in fact, the most cost effective form of entertainment we have today. In our economy, it’s frequently said that time equals money. If that’s true then let’s break it down. 

Concert Tickets = $120/Concert Time = 3-4 hours – $30-40/hour

Broadway Tickets = $50/Show Time = 2 hours – $25/hour

Movie Tickets = $15-20/Running Time = 1.5-2 hours –$7.50–13.50/hour

Cup of coffee at starbucks = $4.50/drinking time = 1 hour –$4.50/hour

One Young Adult Book (300 Pages) = 17.99/Reading time 5-10 hours – $1.80–3.60/hour

Plus, you get to keep a book forever. If you read it more than once the cost per hour goes down even more. 

So don’t complain that books are expensive. We drop money on these things that expire hours after we buy them and cost much more without a thought. So why do books take the bad rap? Don’t pirate. Buy your books. 

[jessethereader-deactivated20160]

or use the library, because hello free books. 

[bettieleetwo]

or download those out-of-copyright classics you’ve always been meaning to read FOR FREE FROM GUTENBURG!!

[saltywelshcorgi]

Or buy secondhand! Keep those small businesses running!

[saltywelshcorgi]

I bought a new small shelf (the last two pictures) to ease the weight off my large shelf.

[b00kstorebabe-deactivated201709]

My beautiful bestie @55595472 got me this adorable teapot for my birthday ☕️☺️

[saltywelshcorgi]

Today's fucked up request: How to poison dogs with strychnine

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

[scificovers]

If vol 15 no 1, January 1965. Cover by Gray Morrow illustrating “Starchild” by Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl.

[saltywelshcorgi]

1960s Book Token. Redeemed.

[aliteraryloveaffair]

I got some Persephone book tokens for my birthday, so now I have the incredibly satisfying task of looking through the catalogue and choosing the books I want! (If you aren’t aware of Persephone Books as a publisher then you absolutely should check them out. They are dedicated to bringing forgotten female authors from the 20th century back into print. Oh, and their editions are heavenly!)

[illustrationexhilaration]

Day 127: Alex T. Smith

Alex T. Smith (born Coventry, England in 1985) is an author and illustrator of several children’s books, including Primrose, Egg, Ella and the Claude series of books. He was announced as the illustrator for World Book Day 2014 in September 2013.He graduated in 2006 from Coventry University with a degree in illustration.His books have been published in several languages including Welsh,French,  German, Swedish,Italian, Hungarian, and Chinese.Claude was chosen as one of Clara Vulliamy’s five favourite fictional characters and appears on gift cards produced by National Book Tokens. The sixth book in the Claude series, Claude on the Slopes was released in October 2013 and is the first Claude book in hardback. In October 2013, it was announced that Claude had been optioned by Sixteen South for television aimed at boys and girls aged 4–6.

When not working Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea. He lives with and under the constant ‘supervision’ of his canine companions - two very tiny, very naughty chihuahuas (Coco and Mr. Bongo) and an ancient and very bossy Yorkshire Terrier - Lucy Locket.

[mydarlinglittlesunbeam]

Vintage Book Token

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

art nouveau original cloth bindings - three volumes from the series of 21 in the Talwin Morris Roxborough design binding - c1900 

Morris was a friend and contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and was a prolific book cover designer 

[saltywelshcorgi]

A little boy came into the shop on Saturday with his mum and he very carefully picked out two Barbie books for himself, and his mum didn't event bat an eyelid. That's some good parenting right there.

[dailydoseofstuf]