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Mind’s Eye
2012
Newsletter No.1
2012
Minds I Books
Newsletter
January 2012
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Contents So what’s new? ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
“Not another bookstore!” ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Getting that book .................................................................................................................................................... 6
More about Mind’s I ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Delivery .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Contact Details: ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Current Titles ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Have a cerebral year!!!! ......................................................................................................................................... 15
‘We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap’ Kurt Vonnegut
From BrainyQuotes
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So what’s new?
An interesting list of books compiled by Ed Grabianowski on Howstuffworks.com:
The 21 Best Selling Books of all time
And here’s the opinionated blog of Rick Gekoski. Called
‘Finger on the page’, you can check it out on the in the
Guardian’s Book page.
‘Finger on the page’
‘Still and all, why bother? Here's my
answer. Many people need
desperately to receive this message: I
feel and think much as you do, care
about many of the things you care
about, although most people do not
care about them. You are not alone.’
Kurt Vonnegut
From BrainyQuotes
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Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia
Author Min. estimated sales Genre or title
William Shakespeare 2 billion Plays and poetry
Agatha Christie 2 billion[3] Detectives, Marple,
Poirot
Barbara Cartland 500 million[4] Romance
Harold Robbins 750 million[6] Adventure
Georges Simenon 500 million[8] Detectives, Maigret
Sidney Sheldon 370 million[10] Suspense
Enid Blyton 300 million[12] Children's literature,
Noddy
Danielle Steel 500 million[14] Romance
Dr. Seuss 100 million[16] Children's literature
Gilbert Patten 125 million[18] Adolescent adventures
J. K. Rowling 350 million[20] Harry Potter
Leo Tolstoy historical fiction,
philosophy,
Anna Karenina, War
and Peace
Jackie Collins 250 million[23] Romance
Horatio Alger, Jr. 200 million[25] Dime novels
R. L. Stine 100 million[27] Goosebumps series
, Fear Street series, Horror, Comedy
Corín Tellado 400 million[29] Romance
Dean Koontz 325 million[31] Thriller
Stephen King 300 million[33] Horror, Fantasy
Louis L'Amour 230 million[35] Western
Erle Stanley Gardner 100 million[37] Mystery, Perry Mason
Jin Yong 100 million[39] Wuxia
Jirō Akagawa Mystery
Janet Dailey 300 million[42] Romance
Nora Roberts 145 million[44] Romance
Edgar Wallace Detective
Robert Ludlum 110 million[47] Espionage
Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia cont.……
Author Min. estimated sales Genre or title
Frédéric Dard 200 million[49] Detective, San Antonio
Stan and Jan Berenstain 200 million[51] Berenstain Bears
John Grisham 100 million[53] Legal thriller
Zane Grey Western
Irving Wallace Suspense
J. R. R. Tolkien 200 million[57] The Lord of the Rings,
The Hobbit, classical fantasy
Jeffrey Archer 120 million[59] Crime thriller
Karl May 100 million[61] Western, Adventure
Mickey Spillane 100 million[63] Detective, Mike
Hammer
C. S. Lewis 100 million[65] The Chronicles of
Narnia, Fantasy and popular
Theology
Kyotaro Nishimura Mystery
Charles Dickens Literature
Ann M. Martin 172 million[69] The Baby-sitters Club
Ryōtarō Shiba Historical
Arthur Hailey 150 million[72] Thriller
Gérard de Villiers Detectives, SAS
Beatrix Potter 100 million[75] Peter Rabbit
Michael Crichton 150 million[77] Techno Thriller
Richard Scarry 100 million[79] Illustrated children's
books
James Patterson 100 million[81] Thriller
Clive Cussler 40 million[83] Adventure, Dirk Pitt
Alistair McLean Adventure, Thriller
Wartime stories
Astrid Lindgren 100 million[86] Children's literature
Debbie Macomber 60 million[88] Romance
Dan Brown Thriller
Fiji Yoshikawa Mustachio
Catherine Cookson 100 million[92] Romance
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Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia
cont.……
Author Min. estimated sales Genre or title
Norman Bridwell 100 million[94] Clifford the Big Red
Dog
Paulo Coelho 92 million[96] Literature, The
Alchemist
Roald Dahl 100 million[98] Children's literature
Evan Hunter 100 million[100] Detective (Ed McBain)
Andrew Neiderman 100 million[102] V. C. Andrews, The
Devil's Advocate
Roger Hargreaves 100 million[104] Children's literature,
Mr. Men
Anne Rice 75 million[106] Thriller, vampires
Robin Cook 100 million[108] Medical Thriller
Wilbur Smith 80 million[110] African Adventure
Erskine Caldwell 80 million[112] Literature
Eleanor Hibbert 100 million[114] Romance, historical,
suspense
Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland,
nonsense literature
Xueqin Cao Dream of the Red
Chamber
Ian Fleming 100 million[119] James Bond
Hermann Hesse 100 million[121] Literature
Rex Stout 100 million[123] Nero Wolfe
Anne Golon 100 million[125] Angélique
Ken Follett 90 million[127] Spy Thriller, Historical
Thriller
Frank G. Slaughter Medical
Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 million[130] Tarzan, Barsoom,
Pellucidar,
other science fantasy
John Creasey Crime thriller
James Michener Historical
Yasuo Uchida Mystery
Seiichi Morimura Mystery
Mary Higgins Clark Thriller
Stephenie Meyer The Twilight Saga The
Host, Romance
“Not another bookstore!”
Compliments of the season to you and yours .
In many ways the last year has been a truly historic one
where globally ordinary people made their discontent
with various institutions both economic and political,
heard. And why not? In so many ways the old
traditions and certainties seemed to have failed,
exposed as grossly inadequate to tackle present day
challenges.
We have also witnessed a deepening recession
worldwide that doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime
soon.
Why then would anyone start up yet another
bookstore in this chilly monetary climate not being a
sure bet as a business in the best of times
In the same way as people have expressed
dissatisfaction with the old ways of doing things, and
come onto the streets to protest, Mind’s I also wishes
to change the way things have been done in the past.
We are annoyed that reading is an alien pastime to
many in this country and that those that do wish to
read are often cash-strapped and unable to obtain
books at affordable prices.
We are annoyed that public libraries are not
adequately subsidized by the government.
We are annoyed that Tertiary Institutes have a
monopoly on setting textbooks that are overpriced and
constantly being reprinted as new editions which have
to be bought anew each year – a great financial burden
to many students
We are annoyed at all the factors that historically have
made books expensive in this country, and those that
monopolise the market.
Despite dire predictions - including the end of the
world itself - Minds_I has been launched as an act of
faith by out-of-work (yet optimistic) individuals, who
don’t subscribe to myths – Mayan or other – and who
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try to stay in step with current times despite
advancing age.
We do so by finding new ways to do business, ways
that benefit ordinary people and the environment. For
one thing, we want to spread a culture of reading far
and wide by contributing books to those that don’t
have access to them: youngsters who study at cash
strapped schools and in environments that do not have
libraries. We also want to help local public libraries
that have had funding reduced or withdrawn but who
service large populations. We want to do that by
donating a portion of every book sold to a fund that
will then be used to buy books.
By selling used books we also recycle books rather than
having people buy new ones and thus also reducing the
need to reprint popular books. In
addition and to further this aim, we also intend at a
later stage to exchange books of equal popularity and
condition.
There are many more reasons why Minds_I is a
refreshing and affordable alternative which time and
forthcoming newsletters will reveal, but at this
juncture we wish you all a prosperous and fortuitous
New Year and hope that you will finds Minds_I a
refreshing and affordable way to satisfy your noble
cravings for the written word and that in so doing we
in turn will grow from strength to strength benefitting
all the while not only yourselves but others.
Yours, Maxwell the Cat
Getting that book
Request titles
1. Request the catalogue by email or go to our website to find the books you want
2. Send an email or SMS giving the book number and your street or postal address.
3. We reply confirming the availability and price of the book
4. You give us the go-ahead and we send you the book
5. If you live in one of the suburbs listed, we will deliver to your door otherwise we send you the book via the post office. We track the parcel and you know when it has arrived.
Payment
6. You pay us COD or deposit the money into the Minds_I account.
7. Books are sent only when you send us proof of payment by fax or email
Delivery
8. At this time we deliver either by hand locally or counter to counter using the South African Postal Service. The parcel is registered and insured but you only pay a flat R10.00 fee for the service. The item can be tracked
9. The book should take about 5-7 days to reach you. If for some reason your book is misplaced you will of course be immediately reimbursed.
10. If your book is damaged in transition, we will try to replace it at no cost to you. Otherwise send it back to us and we will reimburse you for the original price as well as the cost for ordinary postage.
Returns
11. If you are in any way dissatisfied with your book, please send it back in the original packaging (if possible) and, if it is in the same condition we sent it to you we will reimburse you fully
More about Mind’s I Welcome to a lush new world of wonderful, quality
books. Welcome to Minds_i Books.
Minds_i is more than a repository of good books and
titles , it is an expression of the desire to make books
available to all, to stimulate literacy and a culture of
reading while conserving the printed word and
reducing the need to reprint books.
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We do this by selling well preserved used books at very
reasonable prices. Prices that consistently beat the
lowest prices in the market - and then get them to you
as quickly and as painlessly as possible Just because we
are in a recession doesn’t mean you have to deprive
yourself of a good read.
As our stock builds up we will let you know when we
start paying you up to 40% on returns on selected titles
and on books that you return in ‘good nick’. This keeps
books in circulation for longer and reduces the need
for endless reprinting
For every book you buy we
pay 1.5% into a fund to buy
books for cash-strapped
public and school libraries.
We also intend partnering
with charities to sell books
on their behalf so that they
get a better prices than they
would if they sold their books
from thrift shops or at
markets.
We are always available to search for that elusive book
that you simply must have. And if you choose to be on
our mailing list, we will keep you informed about new
acquisitions, while keeping a lookout for books in the
areas you tell us you are interested in.
At various times we may also suggest books that are
particularly interesting or popular with reviews by
those who have already read the books
“We try to help you as
expeditiously as is
possible, finding those
elusive titles and striving to provide
you with a reliable and efficient
service and a wide variety of
literature for all ages and tastes”
Maxwell
Grading New Self Explanatory As New Second Hand but you wouldn’t know the difference Excellent One, two or three of the following Very light creases or marks on the cover. Pages lightly scuffed and minor marks or fraying of the jacket V Good One, at most two of the following:
1. Minor creases or marks on the cover/spine
2. A few pages may be lightly scuffed or have signs of having being earmarked.
3. slight discoloration of pages due to ‘aging’.
4. Previous owners name on title page or a few marks on other pages,
5. Minor fraying of jacket Binding tight
Good Still neat looking Three or four of the following:
1. Minor creases or marks on the cover/spine
2. More pages scuffed or have signs of having being earmarked.
3. Discoloration of pages due to ‘aging’. Light stains.
4. Previous owners name on title page more marks on other pages
5. Greater fraying of jacket, maybe a small tear
but slight increase in condition1,2 more severe condition Fair A ‘well read book’ Poor V Poor
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Delivery
At present, Minds_i exists solely in the ‘cloud’ and in
your mind. At present we deliver free of charge to
Central and Eastern Johannesburg and deliver to these
areas within two days
Anywhere else in South Africa you will need to pay a
flat R10.00 fee on each book unless otherwise
stated, to have it delivered via the Post Office.
Delivery takes up to a week depending on how the
South African Post Office feels at the time and the
parcel is insured and tracked. Pick it up at a Post Office
counter near you.
Anywhere else in South Africa you will need to pay a
flat R10.00 fee on each book unless otherwise stated.
Delivery takes up to 1 week depending on how the
South African Post Office feels at the time and the
parcel is insured and tracked.
Pick it up at a Post Office
counter near you.
Please Note!
We are a small yet growing concern
that is running in effect a ‘mail order’
business and therefore we need to resort
to the Post Office to keep our prices low
(we only ask our clients for a flat
delivery fee of R10.00 per book ).
Soon we will have our own website and
this will make the whole ordering
process a lot less painful.
In addition we hope to offer a range of
delivery options including expedited
delivery.
So please bear with us as we work at
making this a great resource for you
‘True terror is to wake up one morning and
discover that your high school class is
running the country’
Kurt Vonnegut
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We deliver free of charge to the following suburbs:
Berea Cyrildene Linksfield Parktown
Bertrams Hillbrow Marshalltown Sydenham
Bez Valley Houghton Norwood Sandringham
Braamfontein Jeppestown Observatory Troyville
Bruma Kensington Orange Grove
Contact Details:
Peter: Cell: 0845253872
Email: [email protected]
Machik: Cell:
Email: the [email protected]
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Current Titles Categories:
FICTION...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Action/Adventure .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Crime ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Drama .................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Fantasy ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Historical Novel ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Humour .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Science Fiction ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Suspense ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Thriller .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Other ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Non-Fiction ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Animal Behaviour .................................................................................................................................................. 13
Antiques and Collectibles ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Biography ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Political .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Instructional .............................................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Memoirs ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Philosophy ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Popular Science ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Psychology ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Reference ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Travel ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Wildlife ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
‘Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a
person who has put on full armour and attacked a hot fudge sundae’. Current Stock
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FICTION
Action/Adventure 63 Wilbur Smith The Leopard Hunts in Darkness Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 64 Wilbur Smith Elephant Song hardcover R 50.00 V Good
Classic Literature 66 Franz Kafka The Trial Paperback R 60.00 V Good
129 Jane Austen Northanger Abbey Paperback R 50.00 Excellent
Crime
49 Faye Kellerman The Forgotten Paperback R 48.00 V Good 50 Clare Francis Keep me Close Paperback R 45.00 Fair 58 Elmore Leonard Three Complete Novels Hardcover R 30.00 V Good 94 C.J Samson Revelation Hardcover R 30.00 Excellent 95 Barbara Vine Asta's Book Hardcover R 50.00 V Good
128 Faye Kellerman Grievous Sin Hardcover R 50.00 V Good
Drama
24 Yukio Mishima The sailor who fell from grace with the sea Paperback R 30.00 Fair 25 Anne Michaels Fugitive pieces Paperback R 42.00 V Good 57 Sebastian Faulks On Green Dolphin Street Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 61 Michael Ondaatjie Anil's Ghost Hardcover R 60.00 V Good 84 Arturo-Perez-Reverte The Queen of the South R 100.00 V Good 85 Paul Golding The Abomination Paperback R 100.00 V Good
Fantasy
15 Yann Martel Life of Pi: a novel Paperback R 64.13 As New 32 William Horwood Duncton Wood. Paperback R 23.00 Good
Historical Novel
56 Joseph Heller Catch 22 Paperback R 35.00 Good 68 Margaret Xezar-Thompson The true history of paradise Paperback R 60.00 V Good 87 Marianne Fredriksson Simon & The Oaks Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 59 Colleen McCullough Morgan's Run Hardcover R 20.00 V Good
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111 Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Paperback R 50.00 Excellent 135 David Guterson Snow falling on cedars Hardcover R 50.00 As New 22 Andrew Brown Inyenzi: a story of love and genocide Paperback R 36.00 V Good
Humour
11 Lynne Truss Talk to the hand Hardcover R 51.00 Good
Science Fiction
62 Peter F. Hamilton Fallen Dragon Paperback R 50.00 V Good
Suspense 2 Jonathan Kellerman Twisted Hardcover R 35.00 Excellent
Thriller 1 Jack Higgins Without mercy Paperback R 42.84 Excellent 3 Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland The girl with the dragon tattoo Paperback R 54.00 As New 6 Thomas Harris Hannibal Paperback R 39.27 V Good 6 Thomas Harris Hannibal Hardback R 41.77 Excellent 7 Robert Harris The ghost Paperback R 47.74 V Good 8 Robert Harris Imperium Paperback R 60.00 V Good 31 William Goldman Marathon man Hardcover R 23.00 Good 34 Robin Cook Vector Paperback R 56.00 V Good 38 Dan Brown The Da Vinci code Paperback R 41.00 Good 96 Louise Welsh The bullet trick Paperback R 50.00 V Good 97 Simon Kernick The Murder Exchange Paperback R 50.00 V Good
112 Robert Ludlum The Aquitaine Progression Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 113 Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 127 John Le Carre A Most wanted man Paperback R 50.00 V Good 75 Jonathan Raban Old Glory Hardcover R 40.00 Excellent 33 Peter Benchley Jaws Hardcover R 25.00 Fair 51 Ken Follett Hornet Flight Paperback R 49.00 Good
Other 65 Karel Schoeman Na die Geliefde Land Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 80 Jim Corbett Jim Corbett Omnibus Hardcover R 60.00 Fair
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NON-FICTION
Animal Behaviour 70 Sue Savage-Rambaugh and Roger Lewin Kanzi - the ape at the brink of the human mind Hardcover R 25.00 Excellent
Antiques and Collectibles 83 Denis Godfrey Antiques and Bygones Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 88 Giovanni Mariacher Glass Hardcover R 30.00 V Good 89 Massimo Carra Ivories of the West Hardcover R 30.00 V Good 90 Franco Monti Precolumbian Terracottas Hardcover R 150.00 Good 91 Alberto Cesase Ambesi Oceanic Art Hardcover R 50.00 V Good
Biography 19 Sebag Montefiore Young Stalin Paperback R 46.00 V Good 23 Sylvia Nasar A beautiful mind Paperback R 60.00 V Good 27 Simon Winchester The man who loved China Hardcover R 79.00 As New 52 Peter Ackroyd T.S. Eliot Paperback R 30.00 Poor 77 Peter Schickele Biography of Bach Paperback R 60.00 Good
Political 60 Joseph Lelyveld Move Your Shadow Hardcover R 40.00 Excellent
History
8 Gavin Menzies 1421 : the year China discovered America Paperback R 60.00 V Good
39 Basil Davidson Africa in history : themes and outlines Paperback R 41.00 Fair 46 Ken Follett A Place called Freedom Paperback R 44.00 Fair 48 Graham Hancock Fingerprints of the Gods Paperback R 33.00 V Good 54 Dava Sobel To Father Paperback R 50.00 Good 74 Arthur Fitzgerald Royal Thoroughbreds Hardcover R 30.00 V Good
How-to
29 Philip Ramsden Finance for non-financial managers Paperback R 50.00 As New 69 AJ Venter South Africa's Second Underwater Handbook Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 73 Keith Kirsten Garden Plants and Flowers Paperback R 50.00 Excellent 81 Harold Oldroyd Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects Paperback R 50.00 V Good
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How-to 10 Mike Gerrard; Donna Dailey Paris Paperback R 28.92 Excellent
Memoirs 4 Frank McCourt 'Tis, a memoir Hardcover R 40.00 As New 5 Jon Krakauer Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster Paperback R 26.78 Fair 12 Jim Carroll The basketball diaries. Paperback R 30.00 V Good 13 Joe Simpson Touching the void Paperback R 44.63 Good 16 Joanne Fedler; J Holliman When hungry, eat Paperback R 50.00 Good 17 Sally Brampton Shoot the damn dog : a memoir of depression Paperback R 40.00 Fair 82 Jon Krakauer Into thin air Paperback R 50.00 Excellent 30 Richard Branson Screw it, let's do it : lessons in life Paperback R 45.00 As New
Philosophy 72 Alain De Botton The Architecture of Happiness Paperback R 45.00 As New
Popular Science 26 Philip Ball Critical mass : how one thing leads to another Paperback R 48.20 Excellent 18 Ben Goldacre Bad science Paperback R 48.00 Excellent
Psychology 21 Philip Zimbardo The Lucifer effect : how good people turn evil Hardcover R 20.00 V Good
Reference 71 Kriel and Van Wyk Pukuntzu Woordeboek. N.Sotho - Afrikans Hardcover R 50.00 V Good 78 n/a Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Hardcover R 50.00 V Good
Travel 35 Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, pray, love Paperback R 60.00 Good 37 Pete McCarthy McCarthy's Bar: a journey of discovery in Ireland Paperback R 40.00 V Good
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Wildlife 9 Bookey Peek Wild honey: more stories from an African wildlife sanctuary Paperback R 65.00 Excellent 45 Bookey Peek All the way home Paperback R 39.00 V Good
Have a cerebral year!!!!
‘I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation’. George Bernard Shaw
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