A part of our collective knowledge comes from knowing how to makes use of the wide variety of resources that are now available on the Internet. This note will list some of those sources of information related to books and bookselling.

FEdPo.com: First Edition Criteria and Points for Book Identification. This site provides detailed information and images for the points that properly describe a first edition/first printing of a title. Only a limited number of titles are covered which generally represent the high points of modern fiction. http://www.fedpo.com/ 

ORDEROFBOOKS.COM: Complete List of All Book Series in Order, This site addresses at least principally authors of modern fiction. For the authors included it provides a reasonably complete listing of titles and years of publication. It is not indexed alphabetically; the simplest way to find a given author is to use the Search box provided.with their last and first names. http://www.orderofbooks.com/authors/ 

TomFoilo.com: A reference for Used and Rare Books, Periodicals, and Paper Ephemera courtesy of an International Co-Op of Independent Dealers. TomFolio was for many years operating as a cooperative group of booksellers with their own web site to promote sales. The sales site is no longer in operation, but they are continuing to maintain several features of interest. These include pages of Author Information, Author Signatures and Book Awards. The author information and signature pages focus on signatures of authors and form a collection of examples gathered over time by their members and believed to be genuine. The award pages list the winners of various book awards such as the Caldecott Medal and Pulitzer Prizes. http://www.tomfolio.com/index.html 

Deciphering Fraktur. The term Fraktur refers to the old form of the letters of the German alphabet. This font is seen in most German-language books dating from prior to World War II. These pages can be difficult to make sense of for English-language readers. One of our members, Alice Voith of My Wings Books, has created a page to describe how to make sense of these The page is linked <here></here>. Children’s Picturebook COLLECTING. Offering Information on Contemporary Illustrated Books. Offers first edition points and value estimates for a good many of the higher priced modern children’s books. http://1stedition.net/ 

MetroPostcard.com. Includes information about the history of postcards, lists of publishers and artists, guides to printing techniques, different kinds of real photo postcards and much more. http://www.metropostcard.com/index.html 

PublishingHistory.com. Offers series title lists, images and other publication details for a large number of publishers. Publishers are listed by country for the UK, US and the rest of the world. http://www.publishinghistory.com/ 

USPS International Shipping – Service Alerts. Details on service disruptions and other issues for shipping from the United States to each foreign country.

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm 

Book Sale Finder. A list of non-profit book sales, arranged by state.

https://www.booksalefinder.com/ 

Book Fairs, A list of book fairs arranged in chronological sequence. https://www.bookfairs.com/