Mind’s Eye 2012
Newsletter NewsletterNo.1 No.1 2012 2012
Minds I Books Newsletter January 2012
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?
‘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
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’
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Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia
Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia cont.……
Author
Author
Min. estimated sales
Frédéric Dard
200 million
[49]
Detective, San Antonio
Plays and poetry
Stan and Jan Berenstain 200 million
[51]
Berenstain Bears
Detectives, Marple,
John Grisham
[53]
Legal thriller
Min. estimated sales
William Shakespeare
2 billion
Agatha Christie Poirot
2 billion
Barbara Cartland
500 million
Harold Robbins
750 million
[3]
Genre or title
[4]
Romance
[6]
Adventure
100 million
Genre or title
Zane Grey
Western
Irving Wallace
Suspense [57]
The Lord of the Rings,
Detectives, Maigret
J. R. R. Tolkien 200 million The Hobbit, classical fantasy
[10]
Suspense
Jeffrey Archer
120 million
[59]
Crime thriller
[12]
Children's literature,
Karl May
100 million
[61]
Western, Adventure
[63]
Detective, Mike
Romance
Mickey Spillane Hammer
100 million
[14]
[16]
Children's literature
100 million
[65]
[18]
C. S. Lewis Narnia,
Adolescent adventures
The Chronicles of Fantasy and popular Theology
[20]
Harry Potter
Kyotaro Nishimura
Mystery
historical fiction,
Charles Dickens
Literature
[8]
Georges Simenon
500 million
Sidney Sheldon
370 million
Enid Blyton Noddy
300 million
Danielle Steel
500 million
Dr. Seuss
100 million
Gilbert Patten
125 million
J. K. Rowling
350 million
Leo Tolstoy philosophy,
Ann M. Martin
172 million
[69]
The Baby-sitters Club
Anna Karenina, War Ryōtarō Shiba
and Peace Romance
Arthur Hailey
[25]
Dime novels
Gérard de Villiers
Goosebumps series
Beatrix Potter
100 million
[75]
Peter Rabbit
Michael Crichton
150 million
[77]
Techno Thriller
Richard Scarry books
100 million
[79]
Illustrated children's
James Patterson
100 million
[81]
Thriller
Clive Cussler
40 million
250 million
Horatio Alger, Jr.
200 million 100 million
[27]
, Fear Street
series, Horror, Comedy
Corín Tellado
400 million
Dean Koontz
325 million
Stephen King
[29]
Romance
[31]
Thriller
[33]
300 million
150 million
Thriller Detectives, SAS
Horror, Fantasy [83]
Adventure, Dirk Pitt
[35]
Western
[37]
Mystery, Perry Mason
Alistair McLean Wartime stories
[39]
Wuxia
Astrid Lindgren
100 million
Mystery
Debbie Macomber
60 million
[42]
Romance
Dan Brown
Thriller
[44]
Romance
Fiji Yoshikawa
Mustachio
Louis L'Amour
230 million
Erle Stanley Gardner
100 million
Jin Yong
100 million
Jirō Akagawa Janet Dailey
300 million
Nora Roberts
145 million
Edgar Wallace Robert Ludlum
[72]
[23]
Jackie Collins
R. L. Stine
Historical
Adventure, Thriller
[86]
[88]
Children's literature Romance
Detective [47]
110 million
Espionage
Catherine Cookson
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100 million
[92]
Romance
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Best Selling Authors of all time from Wikipedia cont.…… Author
“Not another bookstore!”
Min. estimated sales Genre or title
Norman Bridwell Dog
[94]
100 million
[96]
Paulo Coelho Alchemist
92 million
Roald Dahl
100 million
Evan Hunter
100 million
Andrew Neiderman Devil's Advocate
100 million
Roger Hargreaves Mr. Men
100 million
Anne Rice
75 million
Robin Cook
100 million
Compliments of the season to you and yours . Clifford the Big Red
Literature, The
[98]
Children's literature
[100]
Detective (Ed McBain)
[102]
V. C. Andrews, The
[104]
Children's literature,
[106]
[108]
Thriller, vampires Medical Thriller
[110]
African Adventure
[112]
Literature
Wilbur Smith
80 million
Erskine Caldwell
80 million
Eleanor Hibbert suspense
100 million
[114]
Romance, historical,
Lewis Carroll nonsense literature
Alice in Wonderland,
Xueqin Cao Chamber
Dream of the Red
[119]
James Bond
[121]
Literature
[123]
Nero Wolfe
[125]
Angélique
Ian Fleming
100 million
Hermann Hesse
100 million
Rex Stout
100 million
Anne Golon
100 million
Ken Follett Thriller
90 million
[127]
Frank G. Slaughter Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar,
[130]
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.
Spy Thriller, Historical
Medical 100 million
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.
Tarzan, Barsoom,
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
other science fantasy
We are annoyed at all the factors that historically have made books expensive in this country, and those that monopolise the market.
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
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 advancing age.
January 2012
times despite
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
service and a wide variety of literature for all ages and tastes” Maxwell
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Minds I Books Newsletter ‘True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country’
Kurt Vonnegut From BrainyQuotes
January 2012
De liv er y
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
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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: federlp@yahoo.co.uk
Machik: Cell: Email: the _owl@mail.com
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Current Stock ‘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 Kurt Vonnegut Read more at: Brainyquote.com
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
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Current Stock
FICTION
Action/Adventure 63 64
Wilbur Smith Wilbur Smith
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness Elephant Song
Hardcover hardcover
R 50.00 R 50.00
V Good V Good
The Trial Northanger Abbey
Paperback Paperback
R 60.00 R 50.00
V Good Excellent
The Forgotten Keep me Close Three Complete Novels Revelation Asta's Book Grievous Sin
Paperback Paperback Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover
R 48.00 R 45.00 R 30.00 R 30.00 R 50.00 R 50.00
V Good Fair V Good Excellent V Good V Good
Classic Literature 66 129
Franz Kafka Jane Austen
Crime 49 50 58 94 95 128
Faye Kellerman Clare Francis Elmore Leonard C.J Samson Barbara Vine Faye Kellerman
Drama 24 25 57 61 84 85
Yukio Mishima Fair Anne Michaels Sebastian Faulks Michael Ondaatjie Arturo-Perez-Reverte Paul Golding
The sailor who fell from grace with the sea
Paperback R 30.00
Fugitive pieces On Green Dolphin Street Anil's Ghost The Queen of the South The Abomination
Paperback Hardcover Hardcover Paperback
R 42.00 R 50.00 R 60.00 R 100.00 R 100.00
V Good V Good V Good V Good V Good
Life of Pi: a novel Duncton Wood.
Paperback Paperback
R 64.13 R 23.00
As New Good
Catch 22 The true history of paradise Simon & The Oaks Morgan's Run
Paperback Paperback Hardcover Hardcover
R 35.00 R 60.00 R 50.00 R 20.00
Good V Good V Good V Good
Fantasy 15 32
Yann Martel William Horwood
Historical Novel 56 68 87 59
Joseph Heller Margaret Xezar-Thompson Marianne Fredriksson Colleen McCullough
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Current Stock 111 135 22
Charles Frazier David Guterson Andrew Brown
Cold Mountain Snow falling on cedars Inyenzi: a story of love and genocide
Paperback Hardcover Paperback
R 50.00 R 50.00 R 36.00
Excellent As New V Good
Talk to the hand
Hardcover
R 51.00
Good
Fallen Dragon
Paperback
R 50.00
V Good
Twisted
Hardcover
R 35.00
Excellent
Paperback
R 42.84
Excellent
Paperback Paperback Hardback Paperback Paperback Hardcover Paperback Paperback Paperback Paperback Hardcover Hardcover Paperback Hardcover Hardcover Paperback
R 54.00 R 39.27 R 41.77 R 47.74 R 60.00 R 23.00 R 56.00 R 41.00 R 50.00 R 50.00 R 50.00 R 50.00 R 50.00 R 40.00 R 25.00 R 49.00
As New V Good Excellent V Good V Good Good V Good Good V Good V Good V Good V Good V Good Excellent Fair Good
Hardcover Hardcover
R 50.00 R 60.00
V Good Fair
Humour 11
Lynne Truss
Science Fiction 62
Peter F. Hamilton
Suspense 2
Jonathan Kellerman
Thriller 1 3 6 6 7 8 31 34 38 96 97 112 113 127 75 33 51
Jack Higgins Without mercy Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland The girl with the dragon tattoo Thomas Harris Hannibal Thomas Harris Hannibal Robert Harris The ghost Robert Harris Imperium William Goldman Marathon man Robin Cook Vector Dan Brown The Da Vinci code Louise Welsh The bullet trick Simon Kernick The Murder Exchange Robert Ludlum The Aquitaine Progression Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy John Le Carre A Most wanted man Jonathan Raban Old Glory Peter Benchley Jaws Ken Follett Hornet Flight
Other 65 80
Karel Schoeman Jim Corbett
Na die Geliefde Land Jim Corbett Omnibus
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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
Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover
R 50.00 R 30.00 R 30.00 R 150.00 R 50.00
V Good V Good V Good Good V Good
Paperback Paperback
R 46.00 R 60.00
V Good V Good
Hardcover Paperback Paperback
R 79.00 R 30.00 R 60.00
As New Poor Good
Hardcover
R 40.00
Excellent
Paperback Paperback Paperback Paperback Paperback Hardcover
R 60.00 R 41.00 R 44.00 R 33.00 R 50.00 R 30.00
V Good Fair Fair V Good Good V Good
Paperback
R 50.00
As New
Hardcover Paperback
R 50.00 R 50.00
V Good Excellent
Paperback
R 50.00
V Good
Antiques and Collectibles 83 88 89 90 91
Denis Godfrey Giovanni Mariacher Massimo Carra Franco Monti Alberto Cesase Ambesi
Antiques and Bygones Glass Ivories of the West Precolumbian Terracottas Oceanic Art
Biography 19 23 27 52 77
Sebag Montefiore Young Stalin Sylvia Nasar A beautiful mind Simon Winchester The man who loved China Peter Ackroyd T.S. Eliot Peter Schickele Biography of Bach
Political 60
Joseph Lelyveld
Move Your Shadow
History 8 39 46 48 54 74
Gavin Menzies 1421 : the year China discovered America Basil Davidson Africa in history : themes and outlines Ken Follett A Place called Freedom Graham Hancock Fingerprints of the Gods Dava Sobel To Father Arthur Fitzgerald Royal Thoroughbreds
How-to 29 69 73 81
Philip Ramsden Finance for non-financial managers AJ Venter South Africa's Second Underwater Handbook Keith Kirsten Garden Plants and Flowers Harold Oldroyd Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects
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Current Stock
How-to 10
Mike Gerrard; Donna Dailey Paris
Paperback
R 28.92
Excellent
Hardcover
R 40.00
As New
Paperback Paperback Paperback
R 26.78 R 30.00 R 44.63
Fair V Good Good
Paperback
R 50.00
Good
Paperback Paperback Paperback
R 40.00 R 50.00 R 45.00
Fair Excellent As New
Paperback
R 45.00
As New
Paperback Paperback
R 48.20 R 48.00
Excellent Excellent
Hardcover
R 20.00
V Good
Pukuntzu Woordeboek. N.Sotho - Afrikans Hardcover Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Hardcover
R 50.00 R 50.00
V Good V Good
Paperback
R 60.00
Good
Paperback
R 40.00
V Good
Memoirs 4 5 12 13 16 17 82 30
Frank McCourt 'Tis, a memoir Jon Krakauer Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster Jim Carroll The basketball diaries. Joe Simpson Touching the void Joanne Fedler; J Holliman When hungry, eat Sally Brampton Shoot the damn dog : a memoir of depression Jon Krakauer Into thin air Richard Branson Screw it, let's do it : lessons in life
Philosophy 72
Alain De Botton
The Architecture of Happiness
Popular Science 26 18
Philip Ball Critical mass : how one thing leads to another Ben Goldacre Bad science
Psychology 21
Philip Zimbardo The Lucifer effect : how good people turn evil
Reference 71 78
Kriel and Van Wyk n/a
Travel 35 37
Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, pray, love Pete McCarthy McCarthy's Bar: a journey of discovery in Ireland
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Current Stock
Wildlife 9 45
Bookey Peek Wild honey: more stories from an African wildlife sanctuary Bookey Peek All the way home
Paperback Paperback
R 65.00 R 39.00
‘I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation’. George Bernard Shaw
Read more at: Brainyquote.com
Have a cerebral year!!!!
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Excellent V Good