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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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Sally Spooner

Jun 5, 2011

BEST OF: How, when and why to write a press release and what to expect if you do

How A press release has a standard format and should be as brief and to the point as possible. Think of how long it takes you to decide...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 3, 2011

Vic Zoschak of Tavistock Books

Tell us a little about yourself. Bookselling is my second career. As a ’74 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy, I spent the first 23...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 1, 2011

BEST OF: Books About Bookselling: Seeing Shelley Plain

Seeing Shelley Plain: Memories of New Yorks Legendary Phoenix Book Shop, by Robert A. Wilson. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. Sell...

IOBA

Jan 1, 2009

Fall 2008 (Vol. IX, No. 3)

Table of Contents Foreword Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection Bookplates: Thomas Bird Mosher...

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...

Philip R. Bishop

Dec 31, 2008

Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection

Back in 1891 a single press run of George Meredith’s Modern Love appeared from a totally unknown American press and publisher in...

Extra Binding and The Mosher Books—An Overview from the Bishop Collection

Philip R. Bishop

Dec 29, 2008

Bookplates: Thomas Bird Mosher

The bookplate Mosher used in books from his personal library was designed in 1897 by Frank R. Rathbun of Auburn, New York, with the...

Shawn Purcell

Dec 28, 2008

Philip R. Bishop of Mosher Books

Thanks for granting this interview Philip, on top of the considerable time you spent on the Mosher fine bindings article that also...

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