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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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Alan Deffenderfer of ABD Booksellers

My interests in reading have changed over the years. When I was in middle school, my parents bought a set of encyclopedias. I used to...

Alan Deffenderfer

Jul 20, 2008

Golden Books Group of Devon, U.K.

An Anglo-American Dyslexic selling books from England 1991 – 2008. Being the great-grandson of Abner Wolf (American pioneer grocer) is a...

Ivan and Ann Golden

Jul 19, 2008

Letter to the Editor: Thank You

Dear IOBA, I am writing to thank you and the board members of IOBA once more for granting me a scholarship award to this year’s Colorado...

Copperfish Books

Jul 18, 2008

Yard Sale Tales

I had been selling books for just about a year, and was on a scouting trip. After a long unsuccessful, very hot morning of yard sales my...

Sharon Heimann

Jul 17, 2008

Happy Hits

Isn’t the internet wonderful? Received a call from a customer who told me that he’d just visited a London bookshop. He was in search of a...

Bronwyn Smith

Jul 17, 2008

Literary Pilgrimages: Patchin Place

From the Wikipedia entry on Patchin Place: “Patchin Place is a gated cul-de-sac located off 10th Street and Avenue of the Americas in New...

Shawn Purcell

Jul 16, 2008

A passion for books but not proofreading

Yesterday I received an email from AbeBooks which stated that I could save 48% on Stephan King’s Duma Key. Stephan King? It seems that...

Shawn Purcell

Jul 15, 2008

A passion for books but not proofreading

MacIntosh Books and Paper

MacIntosh Books and Paper 2365 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL http://www.beachhunter.net/advertising/Sanibel/macintosh_books_and_paper.htm...

Shawn Purcell

Jul 14, 2008

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