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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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Jun 18, 2007

Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, Monterey, CA

My first bookstore job was at Iowa City’s Prairie Lights. I was attending the University of Iowa Writers Workshop and working in a...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 17, 2007

Ye Olde Booksellers : Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms

Ye Olde Booksellers Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms by Guido Bruno (Detroit: The Douglas Book Shop,...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 16, 2007

Addendum

Happy Hits Excerpts from recent online book descriptions. -Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Heavy edge and cover wear, some...

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May 5, 2007

Spring 2007 (Vol. VIII, No. 2)

Table of Contents from the Editor From the President Interview with Paul Mills of AuctionExplorerBooks Book-Buying in Middle America, or,...

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,...

Michael Watson

May 3, 2007

From the President

Change, Challenge, and Response I had an article nearly finished for this edition of the Standard, and took the article to my “day job”...

Shawn Purcell

May 2, 2007

Interview with Paul Mills of AuctionExplorerBooks

What is AuctionExplorerBooks, in a nutshell? AuctionExplorerBooks is an on-line auction site dedicated to the sale of rare and...

Joe Perlman

May 1, 2007

Book-Buying in Middle America, or, A New York Dealer’s Visits to Three Middle American Cities

Born in New England, and a New Yorker by adoption, I have lived all of my life on the northeastern coast. I have flown across the country...

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