A group for collectors of Beat Generation and related books, to provide a forum for discussion of topics relevant to collecting Beat related books.

Appropriate posts for this group include, but are not limited to, biographical and bibliographical information, discussions of various publishers of Beat books, information on book signings readings, points for various books, methods of determining first editions, books you're looking for, authors collected, your latest acquisitions, amazing finds you've made ("brags"), ephemera, recommended bookstores, websites, other sources, and storage preservation issues.

Anything related to collecting Beat books is appropriate.

We invite you to visit the Beat Generation Book Collectors companion site and its sponsor, Beat Generation Books.com for more information.

Anyone with an interest in collecting Beat or related books is welcome to join. In order to prevent spammers from joining, new members will be approved. Those who do post SPAM will be immediately indefinitely removed from the group.

Those wishing to learn from or participate in this group are always welcome.

The photo of Michael McClure, Bob Dylan Allen Ginsberg in the alley behind City Lights Books, 1965, is by Larry Keenan. Visit Larry's vast (80+ pages!) Beat Generation and Counterculture gallery.