Editor's Notes - Shirley Bryant

Articles/Information
What's your best price? - Stuart Manley
Campaign to Amend USA Patriot Act Grows - Chris Finan
Advance Look at 2004's Big Bookselling Story AMEND SECTION 215 OF THE PATRIOT ACT - Phillip Bevis
eBay Bookselling - Rick Russell
Safe shopping on eBay? - David Holloway
Buying And Selling Autographed Books - Past, Present & Future - Tim Miller
New Age Book Sellers - Chuck Pierce
Ravings: Things You Don't Know Can Cramp Your Style - j. godsey
Searching for Ulysses in Greek Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation - Joe Perlman
Ain't No Gold in Them There Hills - Book Buying in Appalachia - Peter Tafuri
Libraries I Have Known and Loved - Ken Fermoyle

Reference Desk
Forgotten Americana - The Women's Suffrage Movement - Martha Kelly
Ephemeral Assays: George the First - Shawn Purcell
Current Stats for Used Book Market - Susan Siegel
Touring the Library of Congress - Madlyn Blom
Samuel T. Freeman's Catalog: Pros/Cons of CD vs. Print Version - Stan Gorski (ed. by Ken Fermoyle)

Reports from the Front Lines
15th NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo September 7, 2003 - Bob Riedel
31st Annual Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair September 13, 2003 - Bob Riedel
New York Is Book Country Fair - Shirley Solomon
Seattle Fair Continues Success in a Tough Economy and Looks to Future Additions - T.M. Fitzgerald
19th Annual Denver Book Fair - Julie Fauble
Sacramento Book Fair - Chris Volk & Shep Iams
Fall 2003 MARIAB Book Fair: Making a Regional Fair Work - Judith Tingley & Ken Haverly
Pasadena Book Fair - Vic Zoschak
25th Annual Colorado Book Market Seminar - Kathy Lindeman

Announcements
IOBA Search/Database - Maria Bustillos
Book Deodorizer - j. godsey
Walter Mosley, Sharan Newman And Monterey, Too! That's What Left Coast Crime 2004 Promises - Ken Fermoyle
Rozan's Winter and Night WinsTop 2003 Macavity Mystery Award - Ken Fermoyle
Hijacking Elvis Cole & Joe Pike Is a Crime, Claims Popular Mystery Author Robert Crais - Ken Fermoyle

Tool Box
The Alibris Pricing Tool - Dick Weatherford
Q & A - Jean S. McKenna
New Price Guide for Paperbacks Available - Martha Kelly
Trade Names - Stan Modjesky
Opening an Online Book Business - DeWayne White
BookWriter Professional: Flagship Software for Booksellers - Tom Sawyer

Author/Book Reviews
The Tattoo Encyclopedia: A Guide To Choosing Your Tattoo - Terisa Green
Postcards of Nursing: A Worldwide Tribute - Michael Zwerdling
A Michigan undertaker/poet deals with the humor and pathos of death - Ken Fermoyle
Burke's Dave Robicheaux Chases Demons Down Purple Cane Road - Ken Fermoyle

Database/Book Services News & Annoucements
Changes at TitlesDirect.com, Inc. - Robin Gutterman
New Features at TomFolio.com - Jim Arner
ChooseBooks.com Celebrates First Anniversary and continues to expand services - Kate Lindemann
Global Book Mart: New Fee Schedule in 2004 - Lisa Martin
Books & Collectibles Updated Services - Ann Brebner & Paul Anderson

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