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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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Genuine Fakes: Mark Hoffman

“In October 1985, three bombs exploded in Salt Lake City, killing two innocent people & injuring a third, Mark Hofmann. Subsequent...

Jim Arner

Nov 30, 2002

Godsey’s Ravings

I have been taking a look lately at how books & booksellers are portrayed in the pop culture….and it ain’t pretty folks. If you were to...

Joyce Godsey

Nov 29, 2002

David Klappholtz, Book Collecting from a Collector’s viewpoint

David, when did you start being a book collector? Was it a particular book or subject that got you started? At some point in the late...

Nov 28, 2002

David Klappholtz, Book Collecting from a Collector’s viewpoint

Collecting Lost Race Novels

The basis of the past popularity of Lost Race novels were the novels of H. Rider Haggard, whose excellence in such classic novels...

Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Nov 27, 2002

The More Things Change . . . Where we have been and where we are going in the Online Book World

(Keynote Speech from the Summer 2002 Colorado Book Seminar) First, the beginnings – at least for me. Dick Weatherford By the time this...

Richard Weatherford

Nov 26, 2002

The More Things Change . . . Where we have been and where we are going in the Online Book World

Six Crises and a Challenge

Among those who post regularly on the message boards of the various booksellers’ communities that I frequent, it is safe to say that the...

Stephen Windwalker

Nov 26, 2002

Eloise Wilkin – author, illustrator and doll designer

During the Gulf War it was said that folks were sitting down to watch the children’s television show, Mr. Roberts’ Neighborhood, with...

Ann McAllister Clark

Nov 25, 2002

Eloise Wilkin – author, illustrator and doll designer

Neglected Treasures – Overlooked writers and books

Part of the fun of being a bookseller is the never-ending opportunity to learn more about books and writers. I consider myself especially...

Judith Tingley

Nov 24, 2002

Neglected Treasures – Overlooked writers and books

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