Can Books Beat the Stock Market?

On radio 4's The Open Book there was a feature on Books and prices, and Books as an investment.

Mariella Frostrup interviewed Richard Davies from Abebooks about Books as an Investment. Interesting feature but no real revelations - Buy Books Because You Like Them, Buy 1st Editions, Buy Hardbacks, Must be in Mint Condition, and Signed.

View the web site for The Open Book
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/openbook/openbook.shtml

You can listen to the feature on the site (starts about 20 miniutes into the show)

Twilight and Stephenie Meyer

With the release of the Twilight film in the US I throught I would have a look at some of the prices that the Stephenie Meyer books are selling for.

There have been four books released in the series so far with Twilight being released in 2005 also New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), Breaking Dawn (2008)

Looking at Abebooks there are a number of 1st editions available including at the highest end the first three books in the series 1st Editions / 1st Printings at US$ 6500.00 £4500

Wow!

Not sure if anyone will pay that but it shows that if you hit on the right title at the right time small fortunes could be made.

Anyone got any tips on what will be the next hot title????

You can visit Stephenie Meyer links, book sales links and details below

http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/stephenie%20meyer/

Page Updates and Flat Signed Books

We have been adding new content to our author information pages and are gradually building up a sales database of actual results.

http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/patricia%20cornwell/
http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/j%20d%20salinger/
http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/stephen%20king/

We have also added links to Flat Signed Books and their ebay auctions for first editions on al the author information pages.

There current and completed listings section make interesting viewing. This edition of The Catcher in the Rye sold by Flat Signed Book in November 2008 for $1780 - J.D. Salinger "The Catcher in the Rye" (Little Brown, 1951) 1st Edition 1st Printing

Click here to view Flat Signed auctions and results

Jurassic Park author Crichton dies at 66

Michael Crichton, the bestselling author behind the Jurassic Park films and the long-running television series ER, has died unexpectedly in Los Angeles at the age of 66.

A statement released by his family said that the author died after a "courageous and private battle against cancer". He leaves behind his wife, Sherri, and Taylor, his daughter from a previous marriage.

Crichton was a prolific writer whose books spawned numerous film adaptations. More than a dozen of his novels, including Rising Sun, Congo and Twister made it on to the big screen, but it was Jurassic Park, his scientific thriller about the botched creation of a dinosaur theme park, which made him a household name. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and won three Oscars for its special effects.

Visit http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jurassic-park-author-crichton-dies-at-66-994915.html for more details