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Apply for the 2023 CABS Diverse Voices Fellowship on used/rare bookselling! Activities include a two-day field school in Atlanta; a week-long seminar in Minnesota; and virtual events. There will be an info session on October 11th at 5 PM EDT. More info at https://www.bookseminars.com/fellowship.php CABS-Minnesota / Antiquarian Book School Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2023 Diverse Voices Fellowship on used and rare bookselling. Fellowship activities i

The IOBA is offering up to six (6) scholarships for continuing education opportunities in 2022! Specifically, IOBA is offering: 3 scholarships open to all members for the 2022 CABS-Minnesota 2 scholarships open to all members for the non-CABS book school of their choice: RBS (Rare Book School in VA, USA) , CALRBS (California Rare Book School) , LRBS (London Rare Book School), and YABS (York Antiquarian Book Seminar). 1 International scholarship for use at YABS or LRBS Comple

March 21, 2022 By Greg Gibson Back in the old days, whether you were a catalog dealer or a brick & mortar seller, you probably worked with book scouts. These were people who haunted other shops, yard sales, auctions, and flea markets in search of what they knew to be desirable items, which they’d then pass on to those of us who had more elaborate means of marketing our wares – like in a shop window or on a catalog cover. Some of these scouts were brilliant at what they did. A

Discover 9 rare bookselling businesses owned by women. [NB: These women are not members of IOBA, but we celebrate them anyway!] These businesses owned and operated by women are located in the United States, Canada, the UK, Sweden and Germany. Discover how these rare booksellers launched their careers and their advice to young women wishing to enter the profession today. Read the full article on Abebooks.com

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Table of Contents Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS) IOBA Scholarship Contest Description 2016 CABS Report: Paul Shelley, Churchill Book Collector CABS Report: Mike Brenner, Brenner Books CABS Report: Edward Markiewicz, Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts On the Importance of Antiquarian Book Fairs Shop Cat – Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company

The Summer 2016 issue of The Standard features several pieces on the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), including an essay on the IOBA scholarship program, and accounts from three IOBA Scholarship attendees of the 2016 seminar. Rounding out the issue is a piece on book fairs by Jonathan Smalter, and a fluff piece (literally!) profiling Blake, shop cat at Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company. Paul Shelley of Churchill Book Collector attended the seminar as an I

Why does IOBA offer scholarships to seminars and classes for our members? Because IOBA wants all its member booksellers to be the best booksellers they can be. Their perspective on bookselling will have widened, they will have met a faculty whose bookselling knowledge is deep and varied, and they will have made friends with fellow seminarians who include librarians and book collectors, along with other booksellers. These are good relationships to forge! An application that wi