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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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Sep 28, 2004

MyOwnBookshop.com Closes

by Robin Gutterman Do you remember Jimmy Durante? He was a comedian that started in Vaudeville, worked his way into nightclubs, radio and...

Sep 27, 2004

ChrisLands.com, then and now

Lance Christen The story of ChrisLands.com started in 1999 when Lance Christen and Jaymes Sorbel began two years of researching the...

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Sep 26, 2004

BookTrakker Pro 3.1: One-Click Uploads to Amazon Marketplace and zShops

Robin Gutterman TitlesDirect.com launched the latest version of its online bookselling database, BookTrakker Pro v3.0, in March 2004,...

Shawn Purcell

Sep 25, 2004

Ephemeral Assays – Fire Keepers

“Long ago the earth was entirely covered by a great blanket of water. At that time the only living creatures of the world were water...

Scot Kamins

Sep 24, 2004

The Online Book Trade and its Markets

Part One: An Overview Charles Vilnis It seems to me that there are two distinct markets in the booktrade. the high-end market for...

Scot Kamins

Sep 23, 2004

Collecting the Modern Library: A Gentle Introduction

In recent years more and more people have been collecting Modern Library books. And it’s no wonder — all but the most prized copies are...

Bern Marcowitz

Sep 22, 2004

Making Money from Book Care

My books, new and old, are my inventory, and the better they look and smell, the more satisfied my customers will be. Most booksellers...

Stuart and Mary Manley

Sep 21, 2004

Penny Selling, Part 2

As anyone who read my first article on this theme will know, what I have to say has little to do with Penny Selling. Indeed, the Penny...

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