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From: J. R. McWilliams Database URL: http://www.abooksearch.com What is your purpose in starting a online book database (i.e., to help online booksellers, to get a database that does what you think a book database should do, because it’s a good business to be in, all of the above, none of the above, or ????). ABooksearch.com was launched as a fee-based book listing service on the Fourth of July, 2002, after a long period of development and a month-long beta test. So we are st

The latest version of Popula’s combination auction and fixed-price marketplace boasts great price, simple user interface and irreverent atmosphere. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – August 1, 2002 Popula Company, Inc. has announced its release of PopShops, the fixed-price annex to its flagship auction product. Merchants on the new and improved Popula will enjoy the ability to reach a wide variety of collectors of rare goods, including rare and out-of-print books and ephemera, and vin

Database URL: http://www.myownbookshop.com Andy, when will MyOwnBookshop.com launch? Target launch date is set for November 15, 2002. What was your purpose in starting a online book database (i.e., to help online booksellers, to get a database that does what you think a book database should do, because it’s a good business to be in, all of the above, none of the above, or ????). We’ve been in the book business for over 17 years and absolutely love the business. One of the thi

Our initial interview was published in the May, 2002 edition of the IOBA Newsletter. We are thrilled to be able to give you, Gentle Readers, an update on our progress. We opened for dealer registration on 4/22/02 and file uploading was activated during the first week of June. We are very happy to say that currently we have 240 registered sellers (with more signing up daily), and a continuously growing database of over 1 million items. At ChooseBooks.com, everything we do is c

Database URL: http://www.bookavenue.com How did you originally get into the bookselling business, Rhett? It was my second job after getting out of the Army. Well, actually not a job, it became a career. I needed money, had plenty of books, so I went to the local bookstore and offered some of my books. I was offered a few cents a book, and I walked out thinking “What a thief.” So I went to the library, read some books, then read some more, and put out a list that I sent to a f

ANNOUNCEMENT (courtesy of Susan Siegel, BookHunter Press) Meet a 14-year-old book collector on C-SPAN’s Book-TV: September 14th, 8am and 12:00 noon (EDT) The two part Book-TV segment will include a video of the presentation the teenager, Basie Gitlin, gave at a Connecticut public library on the different types of books he collects and his views on how children’s fiction and non-fiction books have changed over the years. He also discusses why he usually prefers the older one

AUTHOR BOOK REVIEW: DEBRA L. WINEGARTEN Email/Contact Info: Sociosight@aol.com Current Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin, Texas PUBLISHED WORKS: “Strong Family Ties: The Tiny Hawkins Story” 1998, Sociosights Press. Hardcover, Memoirs. “Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl” 2001, Eakin Press, Hardcover, Biography. “Mum’s the Word: A Tribute to Ruthe Winegarten” 2001, Sunbelt Media, Hardcover, Memoirs/Biography. BOOK/SUBJECT SYNOPSIS: Katherine Stinson earned her pilot’s wings

Email: Kevin@krpaglia.net, or http://www.krpaglia.net Current Publisher: Publish America Published Work: “Exile”, published April 15, 2002, Publish America, trade paperback, Christian Sci-fi SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT BOOK/WORK Mathias is shaken from his chosen path when a dream sparks questions about the God his father died embracing. The same God was now asking Mathias to free His people, feed His people, and lead His people to a new life. Captured and imprisoned with them, Mathi