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Apr 30, 2008
Spring 2008 (Vol. IX, No. 1)
Table of Contents Live Free or Die: A Book Dealer’s Travels in New Hampshire Foreword Buying Inventory on the Internet from Overseas...
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...
Joe Perlman
Apr 29, 2008
Live Free or Die: A Book Dealer’s Travels in New Hampshire
When I was younger and in the throes of child-rearing, my typical response to most requests quickly degenerated into, “Do what you...
Ellen Firsching Brown
Apr 28, 2008
Buying Inventory on the Internet from Overseas Dealers
For many years, I was reluctant to purchase books from overseas dealers. Not speaking any foreign languages, I assumed it would be a...
Bob Maddox
Apr 27, 2008
Time and Again: A Fraudulent Book Purchase on Ebay
Jack Finney’s novel, Time and Again, subtitled An Illustrated Novel, is one of his fantasy-like visions of time travel. The book was...
Shawn Purcell
Apr 26, 2008
Bruce Gventer of B&S Gventer Books and Ephemera and babf Promotions
Hi Bruce. Thanks for discussing the ins, outs, ups and downs of organizing book fairs. Before we get into it, can you tell us a little...
Alice Voith
Apr 26, 2008
The Hard Way
There is a package on my desk, unopened. I know what’s in it. It weighs slightly more than a pound, and its cold, metallic heart holds my...
Ian J. Kahn
Apr 26, 2008
Insurance for Bookdealers
I decided a while ago that it was time to reconsider what I was doing with insurance for the company and began collecting information on...