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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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The Bookstores of Madison Wisconsin

Here is my long-promised review of book buying in and around Madison, Wisconsin. A few non-book – or nearly non-book observations: it is...

Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson

Apr 1, 2005

28th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair,

The 28th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, November 19-21, 2004, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA On Saturday,...

Lynn Naylor

Mar 31, 2005

28th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair,

Updated Edition of Children’s & Illustrated Books Price Guide & Bibliographic Check

Lee Baumgarten has updated the 1996 edition of his book and in the process has almost doubled its size from 10,405 to 18,150 entries. The...

Shirley Bryant

Mar 30, 2005

Beautifying the Tattered Book Jacket Cover

Your valuable just-purchased book has a tattered dust jacket with tears, chips, rips, and parts missing. You’re tempted to throw it away,...

Bern Marcowitz

Mar 29, 2005

A Comprehensive Guide to Book Listing Sites

Buying and selling books on the web is becoming ever more complex, with a bewildering range of sites available, all with different...

icc568

Mar 26, 2005

A Comprehensive Guide to Book Listing Sites

Why I Belong to the IOBA

In the quiet darkness of a late fall night, circa 1923, my grandfather Charlie and his family packed their belongings and quietly left...

David Friedman

Mar 25, 2005

Why a Successful Book Collecting Magazine Is Good for Your Business

One evening in late April, after a full day at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, I stepped into one of those famous newsstands in...

Scott Brown

Mar 24, 2005

Why a Successful Book Collecting Magazine Is Good for Your Business

The History of Abracadabra Bookshop

I went into the book business after having taught at a local college for a number of years and having seen that the future looked bleak....

Alan Culpin

Mar 23, 2005

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