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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 8, 2006

Summer 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 1)

Table of Contents From the editor Father Richard Reed of St. Gabriels Bookstore A Guide to Improving Your Online Book Sales Seeing...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 8, 2006

From the editor

Welcome back to the IOBA Standard, which has been on a bit of a hiatus. I read somewhere once that hiatus often means goodbyatus, but we...

Jun 7, 2006

Father Richard Reed of St. Gabriels Bookstore

Hello, I am Father Rick Reed, the Pastor of Saint Gabriels Chapel and online bookstore. Our aim is to meet and greet each customer with...

Father Richard Reed of St. Gabriels Bookstore

Brendan Sherar

Jun 6, 2006

A Guide to Improving Your Online Book Sales

There is little doubt that the internet has changed the nature of the book business, just as it has altered many other trades and...

IOBA

Jun 4, 2006

The Team Behind Books Tell You Why

Back in old Europe, many years ago, Andrea and Joachim Koch started collecting books, well before this fascinating hobby took on a much...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 4, 2006

Seeing Shelley Plain: Memories of New Yorks Legendary Phoenix Book Shop

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

Scot Kamins

Jun 2, 2006

Ethics & eBay – No, Really: Perspectives from a Modern Library Collector

Ah, Commerce! The sounds of the hawkers touting the superiority of their goods, the sights of the brightly colored merchandise shining in...

Shawn Purcell

Jun 1, 2006

Ephemeral Assays: Pulp Frisson

There are many excellent print and internet resources on pulp magazines, and I wont rehash the essential features here, but just take a...

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