Coming August 13 at Rare Book Cafe

Here's news of our August 13 show. It runs live, 2.30-3.30 pm EDT, 6.30-7.30 GMT.

We launched the Rare Book Cafe Facebook page Tuesday. It's our new home for all kinds of collecting news. My colleagues and I will welcome you when you drop by and like/follow/share us.

Sponsored by the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association, Rare Book Cafe encourages viewer participation via its interactive features and video: if you've got an interesting book, join the panel and show it to us!

Regular co-hosts include Thorne Donnelley, owner of Liberty Book Store in West Palm Beach; Steven Eisenstein, longtime Miami-area dealer and appraiser and host of the weekly radio program Buck$ on the Bookshelf at wdbfradio.com; T. Allen Smith, retired journalist, bookseller, and photographer for the Florida book fair; and Lindsay Thompson, owner of Henry Bemis Books in Charlotte, North Carolina.

To access the show, look up blab.im on your browser. Sign in using your Twitter or Facebook account, and type "Rare Book Cafe" in the search box.

Past episodes of the Rare Book Cafe are archived at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair website, and on the Rare Book Cafe Channel at YouTube.