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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.

Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS)

The Summer 2016 issue of The Standard features several pieces on the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), including an essay on the...

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Aug 31, 20165 min read

Summer 2016 (Vol. XIV, No. 2)

Table of Contents Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS) IOBA Scholarship Contest Description 2016 CABS Report: Paul Shelley,...

IOBA

Aug 31, 20161 min read

Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS)

The Summer 2016 issue of The Standard features several pieces on the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), including an essay on the...

icc568

Aug 31, 2016

Summer 2016 (Vol. XIV, No. 2)

Table of Contents Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS) IOBA Scholarship Contest Description 2016 CABS Report: Paul Shelley,...

IOBA

Aug 31, 2016

IOBA Scholarship Contest Description

Why does IOBA offer scholarships to seminars and classes for our members? Because IOBA wants all its member booksellers to be the best...

Heidi Congalton

Aug 30, 2016

2016 CABS Report: Paul Shelley, Churchill Book Collector

Firstly, let me express again my thanks to the IOBA scholarship committee and to the membership at large for their support with the...

Paul Shelley

Aug 29, 2016

CABS Report: Mike Brenner, Brenner Books

Ok, clever titling aside, (and the humor doesn’t get any better I’m afraid), I wanted to take a moment to share what I got out of CABS....

Mike Brenner

Aug 28, 2016

CABS Report: Edward Markiewicz, Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts

As far as the faculty is concerned, we could not have been more fortunate to share in the wisdom and scholarship of the assembled. The...

Ed Markiewicz

Aug 26, 2016

CABS Report: Edward Markiewicz, Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts

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