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IOBA is happy to admit and welcome the following applicants to full membership:

Richard Erdmann, vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), tells me he’s been hearing of problems from members in the U.S. and abroad. Even when dealers correctly label a package as informational material, “the shipping companies are erring on the side of caution and labeling it as something other than just a book” — and tacking on extra charges.

Recent changes to U.S. trade policies have harmed the book trade. The IOBA has a duty to support its members–booksellers who are being negatively impacted. See the IOBA's official letter sent to U.S. Congress and Senate committees. We are doing what we can to advocate for our members.

Read all about the 2023 David Ruggles Prize winners here: https://rugglesprize.org/winners

As you may know, IOBA is now an affiliate of the Bibliographic Association of America, a wonderful organization promoting bibliography with a significant academic and professional audience. Please see the following notice from the BSA regarding upcoming events, and let me know if you have any questions about the BSA and/or want to get involved. Thanks. Join your friends and colleagues in bibliographical camaraderie this June and July at these BSA-sponsored events, in pers

I am pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of the CABS-Minnesota Diverse Voices Fellowship: Lise Childers of Native Books, Zakiya Collier of Shift Collective, Jeannine Cook of Harriett’s Bookshop, Francisco Hernandez of Leaves, and Phillip Richardson of Solitary Confinement. The Fellowship offers professional development on selling used and rare books for individuals from a variety of diverse backgrounds. Read more about the Fellows here:

Rare book seller and high school teacher Jeff Mezzocchi has spent the past 10 years compiling a Crime and Punishment “bookshelf”—a collection of nineteenth-century works of philosophy, science, and fiction that form the novel’s intellectual backdrop. He has generously agreed to share his catalogue of first editions with our readers. Read More here: https://bloggerskaramazov.com/2022/12/21/a-chat-with-jeff-mezzocchi-about-his-crime-and-punishment-bookshelf/

THE INDEPENDENT ONLINE BOOKSELLERS’ ASSOCIATION AIMS TO COMBINE TRADITIONAL BOOKSELLING BEST PRACTICES WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES OF ONLINE BOOKSELLING https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/caveat-emptor-or-some-thoughts-ethics-and-online-book-buying