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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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Book Repair: Revelations, Decisions, and Disclosures

I recently did something I never thought I would do: I tore a book to shreds. When my children were little, they routinely received harsh...

Ellen Firsching Brown

Sep 9, 2007

Book Repair: Revelations, Decisions, and Disclosures

The Pros and Cons of Amazon.com for Buyers and Sellers

This is the third in a series of articles taking a brief look at the pros and cons of the various multi-dealer book-listing databases....

Chris Volk

Sep 8, 2007

The Pros and Cons of Amazon.com for Buyers and Sellers

Joe Orlando of Fenwick Street Used Books and Music

One chapter ends and another begins… While I am sure there are quite a few professors who left academe to open bookstores, I am not sure...

Joe Orlando

Sep 7, 2007

Bob Schilling of Schillingslist, Gresham, Oregon

I’m Bob Schilling, a 46 year old bibliophile living in Gresham, Oregon; a native of the Northwest, born and raised in Seattle, WA; and a...

Bob Schilling

Sep 6, 2007

Victor Goldring, Goldring Books, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

I am Victor Goldring and trade under the simple name of Goldring Books. Based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is operated...

Victor Goldring

Sep 5, 2007

Ye Olde Booksellers: Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms

Ye Olde Booksellers Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms by Guido Bruno (Detroit: The Douglas Book Shop,...

Shawn Purcell

Sep 4, 2007

Ye Olde Booksellers: Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms

Blurbettes: Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes

Blurbettes: Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes by Robert Kanigel (Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2007)...

Shawn Purcell

Sep 3, 2007

Blurbettes: Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes

Addenda

from The Delaware & Raritan Canal: A Pictorial History by William J. McKelvey, Jr The Delaware & Raritan Canal: A Pictorial History by...

Shawn Purcell

Sep 2, 2007

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