Neutral Good Books...Old Ones Welcome.

I have a deep respect and passion for the common paperback.
They are important to me as object and, at times, even outweigh the incredible words and imagery contained between their wrappers.

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Neutral Good Books began in Colorado, November 2013 as way for me to explore my obsession for paperback books, my passion for Sci-Fi / Fantasy and ultimately to open a used book store and share all those things with other like minded folks.

Unknowingly, this began an apprenticeship in a trade I hadn't realized existed.

My education began in early 2017 after reading Greg Gibson's specialty dealer speech that he gave at the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS) in 2009.

The speech entitled 'Don't Do It' is a personal account and cautionary tale of Greg's 40+ years in the book trade.

I was compelled to reach out to Greg and introduce myself and to thank him for the inspiration and guidance I had found within his words.

He wrote back and in part his response was that if I hadn't already done so that I 'Need to attend CABS'.

And so that summer I attended CABS 2017...it has been the singular best thing I have done since beginning this journey.

I am grateful to those fine booksellers who showed me the path and shared their knowledge.

In 2020 Neutral Good Books traded the high country for lake country and relocated to Detroit Lakes, MN...a town with no bookstore.

This appears to be a fortuitous situation as I'm a guy with a lot of books and no place to sell them.

I just need to move them off a mountain in Colorado first.