Book Barterer Gifts

'I have no money to pay my tab, but I will give you a free reading of my novel.'

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

"Do you have any of those books that understand men?"

Blue Stockings - Female poet who has not sold any of her books

Books: The Wit and Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge

"My husband is taking me on a cruise, so I’m looking for a book that will help me forget that I’m on a cruise with my husband."

Sue the Author 3PM

"Author does not do tricks."

In a world where spelling doesn't count.

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

Spiritualism: Meet the Authors.

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

Sign in a bookshop window offers chance to meet the narrator of the audio book.

"There are those who write books to be read and other who write novels for bookshelves."

'The Lemming Book Store'

'Zeb, don't you reckon it's time you took that pig into town and traded him for some decent Wi'-Fi?'

"Mommy, look! Tablets from olden days!"

'Oddly enough you're the third person to buy that today!'

Crime in bookshop

Books - Cartoon Collections: HumorGraphic NovelsBlasphemy.

Gallery book shop - Rodin's Browser

Non-Fiction / Nun-Fiction

A Specialty Bookstore Chain that Failed, 'Untitled Books.'

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

'What's the point of a bookmakers if there's nowhere left that sells books?'

"We'd like to publish it, do nothing to promote it, and watch it disappear from the shelves in less than a month."

'Do you have this in a smaller size?'

Meet the author Billy Bovine.

'Why am I not surprised that this section is always the most disorganized?'

Getting the bus back into town from the Bologna Children's Book Fair...