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A review of SIC Magazine, the world’s only magazine devoted to mockery of books, bookselling and the culture of books: a miscellany of bookish jokes, bad puns, fingerpointing, stories & satire. Spring 2003 and Winter 2002 now available. Cost is $6.25 each ppd US, Cash, Check, Paypal, MC, Visa, Amex. Published by J. Godsey Booksellers, 14 Pleasant St., Methuen, MA 01844, 978-725-0073, gods@attbi.com. By: Stephen Windwalker If there is an ordinary experience of reading, especia

Secondhandbooks.org is a new site created by UK web developer Tom Chadwin to allow non-book dealers to buy and sell second-hand and antiquarian books online. “I have always loved second-hand books,” says Tom Chadwin, “and long ago, I registered the domain secondhandbooks.org. Life got in the way of the project until December 2002 when I was able to construct the site.” The site charges no commission or advertising fee, and hence is ideal for the hobbyist. “Since the launch of

Is an online bookstore for you? Have you ever considered setting-up a website to promote your bookselling? Have you started building a website but found the task too time consuming? If you have your own website, would you like to add the ability for your visitors to search, browse, and securely order books? Do you want to build your online identity and your own base of customers? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then Chrisland.com may be able to help you. Wh

Currently, we are offering a free 3 month trial period for booksellers who would like to participate. There is no setup fee, and no obligation, and after the three months are over, we offer an outstanding guarantee for our members: monthly fees are based on the number of books listed with us, or 15% of monthly sales through us — whichever is less. For information on our services, fees, guarantee, or to sign up, please visit http://www.biblio.com/listing_info.php. In addition,

Table of Contents Free Trial Offer from the Americana Exchange Note from the Editor From the President Tom Sawyer – BookWriter Web Charles Vilnis – BookRouter & Allusive Information Systems Genuine Fakes: Mark Hoffman Godsey’s Ravings David Klappholtz, Book Collecting from a Collector’s viewpoint Collecting Lost Race Novels Six Crises and a Challenge The More Things Change . . . Where we have been and where we are going in the Online Book Worl Eloise Wilkin – author, illustra

The online library is a searchable database of the best-known Americana bibliographies as well as some not as well known resources. Among the best known are Sabin, Evans, and Church. Not as well known are Bradford and Pilling. Then there are other types of resources, like the catalogs of Thomas Streeter’s collection, the Maggs Brothers catalogs from the 1920’s, and many volumes from the Depression era American Imprints Inventory. And, the AE will continue to add new reference

This is quite an exciting issue, to me. We have the development of a wonderful new (and easy) way to show our books on the web and increase our customer base, several new and fascinating articles to add to our reference department ranging from mysteries to religious works to a new online Americana reference service to the Brittanica 11 to an exploration of Mark Hofmann’s forgeries. We have coverage of several book fairs, and announcements from and interviews with several comm

More Questions than Answers By: Julie Fauble President, IOBA URL: http://www.centurybooks.com I have more questions than answers these days. What will happen in this rapidly changing online used book market? How do I respond to these changes? What do I want my business to look like? What can I do to make my business better? So many questions and so many different answers, as many answers as there are booksellers. I’m not going to give you any answers here. Instead, I want to