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Book Selling at Genre Conventions
The first SF convention was held in 1936 in the United States (New York City), or in 1937 in England (Leeds) – a matter of debate that...
icc568
Jun 19, 2013
2013 IOBA Scholarship Announcement
The IOBA Scholarship Committee reviewed a number of worthy applications this year, and we have two very deserving winners. Before...
Jonathan Smalter
Jun 18, 2013
Squid Ink Books – Tucson, Arizona
I was always an avid reader: fiction, science fiction, natural history, dinosaurs, and on and on. I grew up in a dirty and dull steel...
Bob Maddox
Jun 10, 2013
Bungalow Books – Pueblo, Colorado
I fell into bookselling quite by accident. I had been a bartender in Toronto during the 80’s, but relocated to Southern California in the...
Mike Tuck
Jun 10, 2013
Warwick Books, South Pasadena, California
Being around books, and buying and selling them, makes me happy. I sometimes try to enumerate the reasons why. There are the obvious...
Suzanne Mantell
Jun 6, 2013
Spring 2013 (Vol. XII, No. 1)
Table of Contents From the Editor From the President “Don’t Do It!” A Small Association Building the World’s Best Collection of _________...
IOBA
Mar 10, 2013
From the Editor
Less than three weeks after assuming the position of Editor, I am pleased to present the first issue of The Standard for 2013, and to...
Howard Prouty
Mar 10, 2013
From the President
Traditionally, newly elected IOBA Presidents started out the year with a message to the members. I was going to do that in this issue,...
Chris Volk
Mar 7, 2013
