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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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Interview with Paul Mills of AuctionExplorerBooks

What is AuctionExplorerBooks, in a nutshell? AuctionExplorerBooks is an on-line auction site dedicated to the sale of rare and...

Shawn Purcell

May 2, 2007

Book-Buying in Middle America, or, A New York Dealer’s Visits to Three Middle American Cities

Born in New England, and a New Yorker by adoption, I have lived all of my life on the northeastern coast. I have flown across the country...

Joe Perlman

May 1, 2007

Ephemeral Assays: Jumpin’ Jehovah

Organizations often produce very dry and seemingly worthless records and publications. I remember an early book show where my young...

Shawn Purcell

Apr 30, 2007

Book review: Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co

Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co., by Lynne Tillman. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. Books & Co. was...

Shawn Purcell

Apr 29, 2007

Book review: Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co

Pros and Cons of AbeBooks.com for Buyers and Sellers

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

Chris Volk

Apr 28, 2007

Cathy Graham and Serena Wyckoff of Copperfish Books, LLC

Hi, we are Cathy Graham and Serena Wyckoff, owners of Copperfish Books, LLC, in sunny southwest Florida. Before going full time in...

Apr 27, 2007

Paul Mills of Clarke’s Africana & Rare Books

Booksellers in America sometimes ask me how we run a successful antiquarian and secondhand book business in “darkest Africa.” I usually...

Apr 26, 2007

Tami W. Zawistowski of Resource Books, LLC

I’m Tami Zawistowski of Resource Books, LLC, based in East Granby, Connecticut, USA. Resource Books offers its books almost exclusively...

Apr 24, 2007

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