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THE STANDARD

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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Greetings from the editor of the IOBA Standard

Timothy Doyle

Aug 31, 2016

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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Competitive Altruism in Book Selling (CABS)

Timothy Doyle

Feb 27, 2016

From the Editor – Tim Doyle

Welcome to the Spring 2016 issue of The Standard, the journal of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). One month ago,...

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Timothy Doyle

Jul 31, 2013

From the (Guest) Editor

The theme of this issue of The Standard is perhaps somewhat counter-intuitive for the journal of the Independent Online Booksellers...

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Howard Prouty

Mar 10, 2013

From the Editor

Less than three weeks after assuming the position of Editor, I am pleased to present the first issue of The Standard for 2013, and to...

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Brian Cassidy

Sep 30, 2011

The IOBA Standard 2.0

Welcome to the first all-new issue of The Standard in nearly three years. As I mentioned in our previous issue, The Standard, for a...

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Brian Cassidy

Jun 19, 2011

Looking Forward, Looking Back

With this issue, I happily and proudly assume the editorship of the IOBA’s (long neglected) Standard. And with our first new installment...

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Shawn Purcell

Jan 1, 2009

Foreword

The Standard usually comes out on the first of January, April, July, and October, but here we are dropping the Fall issue down your...

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Shawn Purcell

Jul 31, 2008

Foreword

In the online bookselling Dreamtime about a decade ago, there was Interloc (the larval stage of Alibris), Bibliofind (very clean of...

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Shawn Purcell

Apr 30, 2008

Foreword

As IOBAns on our internal Announce List know, I was recently elected president of the organization. The board of directors consists of a...

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Shawn Purcell

Sep 16, 2007

From the Editor

Feedback is usually a good thing if it is fair. Most of us engage in and are shaped by feedback in ways we don’t even realize. Evolution...

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Sharon Heimann

Jun 30, 2007

From the Editor

I recently received a review copy of Fairs, Markets and the Itinerant Book Trade (various editors and authors), hot off the Oak Knoll...

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Shawn Purcell

May 4, 2007

From the Editor

Most of us love books for much more than their commercial value, but how did we go from appreciating them to selling them? In many cases,...

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