Bibliophile essay contest

Okay you win, we got 1 vote for auction and 12 for contest. RULES. • 250-500 original words on any bookselling topic : why you want to be a bookseller when you grow up, why you like being a bookseller, why a brick and mortar store is better than an online store, why being a bookseller is better than being a fireman etc . . .etc . . . • essay must not have appeared elsewhere • entrant must include contact information • email to bibliophilebullpen@gmail.com DEADLINE. I should have started this a week ago, but I didn't so I am picking April 9th. If enough people ask me to, I could extend it to April 30, but I figure I won't get all that many responses. JUDGING. All reasonable entries will be posted to the Bullpen as they arrive. Judging will be completely arbitrary depending on my whim and reader responses. I may not like something and if enough readers do that will count much more. PRIZE. The winner gets the aforementioned copy of 'Book Shops, how to run them' by Ruth Brown Park. Doran & co. 1929. The copy is in reasonable shape, a good solid copy with a large stain on the top right corner that extends to the first 8 leaves, and a smaller top stain deeper into the text block - it looks like someone splashed it with a cup of tea to me. Let's not even discuss what's left of the dust jacket, but is looks well loved. Contents: Book Shop Orientation Stocking The Book Shop Store Arrangement And Display Window Display Buying Notes On Selling, Suggested By G. R. Turner Advertising The Employer And His Employees A Chapter For Your Clerks The Buying And Selling Of Children’s Books Accounts And Records, By Cedric R. Crowd The Rental Library The Tools Of The Trade Code Of Ethics For The American Booksellers Association, May 1927. DOOR PRIZES. All the entrants will get something just for entering, I haven't decided on what yet. A plastic razor blade for scraping stickers or an eraser - depends on how many entrants I get and what I have lying around. Let me know if I missed or misjudged something J- www.sicpress.com book repair and cleaning supplies.