The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

August 31, 2015

August 31, 1999

Twice Sold Tales is the name of a bookstore in Seattle. It is listed as an abebooks bookseller since August 31, 1999.

You can see pictures of their book store cats here, but their sign is a standalone charmer:





Used books, twice sold tales, mean worn bindings, penciled comments, the chance for random treasures like bookplates or tickets to exotic locales falling out of the pages. 

You cannot share your Electronic Book, you cannot resell such books; heck you don't even really own your ebook. And you are helpless to monitor the unavoidable future changes to the text in your ebook, modifications meant to protect, hide, change, everybody's past. On the pleasant side, no one is interested in digitizing many of the books which interest people like us, the most.

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