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PopShops, the new fixed-price/shopfront offering from Popula Auctions, will deliver booksellers a new and different customer base in a new and different kind of venue, according to Maria Bustillos, the company’s CEO. The new site is scheduled to launch on May 15. “Even the least tech-savvy Web user can create a PopShop in just a few minutes,” says Bustillos. “The cost is way less than setting up your own website: just $10 per month and 10% commissions on successful sales (you

From: Michael Tokman Web Site URL: http://www.choosebooks.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 ????). All of the above, to say the least. We have often have been struck by how varied the world of book selling is. There probably are as many business models as there are book

URL: http://www.tomfolio.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 ????). Over the last two years, the large book databases have increasingly changed their focus from serving book buyers to figuring out ways to make a profit off of book customers. The result has been extra fees

Manley: As of mid-March, we no longer mark-up the books of our U.S. and Canadian booksellers. We also reduced the mark-up on all other books. This April, we started displaying seller names and reliability ratings with book listings on our Web site, and enabled potential customers to ask sellers questions about their books. Sellers also started to ship books directly to the customer. These changes are great for our booksellers and book sales have skyrocketed as a result. We al

From: Brent James Interview submitted to ABE by Barbara Lightner A list of questions covering many aspects of the changes at ABE was submitted, including asking for written confirmations of many verbal assurances and commitments given by ABE representatives during their meetings with booksellers on their U.K. tour. As you’ll see below, none of these commitments made by ABE agents are confirmed or addressed in this response from Mr. James. We show the response from Mr. James f

When the announcement of the formation of http://www.BiblioDirect.com was made, Bibliophile Books,.Inc. vowed it would be a site with a difference. It is making good on that promise. BiblioDirect.com began with a new philosophy of only accepting dealers with at least a basic knowledge of the book trade and requiring all dealers to accept some form of easy payment. The overall approach for the site was developed by booksellers (Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson and Roger and Jan O’Connor

From: LEO HARRISON URL: http://www.biblion.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 ????). Biblion.com is a natural extension of our shop in London’s Mayfair, where some 100 dealers display their stock. When our site was first launched in April 2000, we wanted to offer booksel

Glendale, CA International Book, Print and Paper Fair May 18 & 19, 2002 American Book Fairs, Inc. will hold the Glendale International Book, Print and Paper Fair on May 18 & 19, 2002, at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 No. Verdugo Rd., Glendale, California. The hours are Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM, Sunday 11 AM – 4 PM. 110 fine local, national and international dealers will exhibit and sell collectible, antiquarian and rare books, maps and prints. For more information: Phone: