The Online Magic Store Blog: Magic Books
Card magic for intermediate magicians: a buyer’s guide
How to choose your next step in card magic once the basics feel easy, with four card books from working professionals and two free classics…
Card magic for intermediate magicians: a buyer’s guide
Magic tricks for parents to do with kids: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic to learn and perform with your kids, from easy kits you can learn together to tricks that happen in their hands and fre…
Magic tricks for parents to do with kids: a buyer’s guide
Magic tricks for scouts and youth clubs: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic for a scout troop or youth club, with two beginner kits, free ebooks and self-working tricks a whole group can learn.
Magic tricks for scouts and youth clubs: a buyer’s guide
What to buy after your first magic kit: a buyer’s guide
What to buy after a first magic kit: how to choose one direction, two props worth the step up, and three free classic books.
What to buy after your first magic kit: a buyer’s guide
Best magic books for beginners
Good first magic books for card magic, coin magic and general magic, compared side by side, including free classics you can download today.
Best magic books for beginners
Who was Robert-Houdin, the father of modern magic?
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin turned conjuring into elegant theatre in 1840s Paris and gave Houdini his name; here is his story, his famous ill…
Who was Robert-Houdin, the father of modern magic?
Who was S. W. Erdnase?
The 1902 card book The Expert at the Card Table is still in print, but nobody knows for certain who wrote it; here are the clues and the le…
Who was S. W. Erdnase?
