Announcement and a Question

[ChrisStufflestreet]

Hey, fellow hobbyists...

I have finally given in to myself and have resumed writing about the hobby. Some of you may have subscribed to my old newsletter back when I used to write one...I've decided to begin a blog about vintage sports cards. Here's the URL for that:

http://thevintagesportscards.blogspot.com/

I've already put four posts on the blog, and should have 3-4 posts every week. Right now, there's a post about the 1933 Sport Kings set, a picture of my beat-up E92 Bridwell seen in the new Collector magazine, and a couple of other things. Unlike my old newsletter, this time around I'll discuss cards from other sports and for the sake of defining "vintage" I'll likely stick to stuff that also appears on my website (currently, 1800s-1961). I also have 57 issues of that old newsletter to help me get some ideas for stuff to add for a while.

Check it out, and make sure you let me know how I'm doing. And if you have a topic I should write about, let me know.

Now...the question.

On my site, I've been building a page I call "The Hobby Bookshelf." It features links to as many hobby-related books as I could find on Amazon (one of my sponsors). I know there are a few hobby writers on this site; if I've missed something, please let me know. If you have a book that is available through Amazon...by all means, let me know so I can get it added.

Here's the link to that page:

http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/books.html

(Note: a redesign is in the works)

While it may look like I'm trying to get some sales through this post, that isn't the intention (although a few won't hurt either), what I'm trying to do is build a great place for hobbyists to go when they want to pick up some reading material.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give.