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The IOBA Standard is the journal of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and covers the book world, with a special focus on the online used, out-of-print, and collectible bookselling markets.

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BEST OF: “What’s this Book Worth?”

“Is it a first?” “What are the points of…?” “I can’t find a price guide for…?” “No copy on the net, and need to know the value of…?” Such...

Vic Zoschak

Jun 7, 2011

BEST OF: Appraising for Booksellers

All of you have gotten the phone call. The person on the other end has inherited or been given or found at a garage sale a book/books...

Shirley Dyess

Jun 6, 2011

BEST OF: How, when and why to write a press release and what to expect if you do

How A press release has a standard format and should be as brief and to the point as possible. Think of how long it takes you to decide...

Sally Spooner

Jun 5, 2011

Vic Zoschak of Tavistock Books

Tell us a little about yourself. Bookselling is my second career. As a ’74 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy, I spent the first 23...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 3, 2011

BEST OF: Books About Bookselling: Seeing Shelley Plain

Seeing Shelley Plain: Memories of New Yorks Legendary Phoenix Book Shop, by Robert A. Wilson. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. Sell...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 1, 2011

Fall 2008 (Vol. IX, No. 3)

Table of Contents Foreword Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection Bookplates: Thomas Bird Mosher...

IOBA

Jan 1, 2009

Foreword

The Standard usually comes out on the first of January, April, July, and October, but here we are dropping the Fall issue down your...

Shawn Purcell

Jan 1, 2009

Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection

Back in 1891 a single press run of George Meredith’s Modern Love appeared from a totally unknown American press and publisher in...

Philip R. Bishop

Dec 31, 2008

Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection

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