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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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Craig Horle and Laurie Wolfe of Classic Books and Ephemera

We are Craig Horle and Laurie Wolfe of Classic Books and Ephemera, which we run out of our home in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. When we began...

IOBA

Jun 20, 2007

Craig Horle and Laurie Wolfe of Classic Books and Ephemera

Nancy Johnson, Bookseller, Denver, CO

“I sell books about antiques.” “You sell antique books? I have an old school book that was my grandmother’s.” “No, I sell books ABOUT...

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Jun 19, 2007

Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, Monterey, CA

My first bookstore job was at Iowa City’s Prairie Lights. I was attending the University of Iowa Writers Workshop and working in a...

Jun 18, 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

Jun 17, 2007

Addendum

Happy Hits Excerpts from recent online book descriptions. -Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Heavy edge and cover wear, some...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 16, 2007

Spring 2007 (Vol. VIII, No. 2)

Table of Contents from the Editor From the President Interview with Paul Mills of AuctionExplorerBooks Book-Buying in Middle America, or,...

IOBA

May 5, 2007

From the Editor

Most of us love books for much more than their commercial value, but how did we go from appreciating them to selling them? In many cases,...

Shawn Purcell

May 4, 2007

From the President

Change, Challenge, and Response I had an article nearly finished for this edition of the Standard, and took the article to my “day job”...

Michael Watson

May 3, 2007

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