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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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Shawn Purcell

Mar 16, 2004

Ephemeral Assays: George the First

They sleep in attics, less frequently in lower rooms, silent survivors of the ravages of expediency and modernism. Most of these...

icc568

Mar 15, 2004

Setting Up Your Own Internet Book Store

This article offers some basic suggestions for those who own or plan to open an internet book store. You can also read it just to get a...

Joyce Godsey

Mar 14, 2004

Touring the Library of Congress

I haven’t been this disappointed in a long, long time. Remember the kind of disappointment when you didn’t get the bicycle you wanted for...

Joyce Godsey

Mar 13, 2004

Samuel T. Freeman’s Catalog: Pros/Cons of CD vs. Print Version

Written by: Stan Gorski Special Collections Librarian Paul J Gutman Library Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA Edited By: Ken...

Samuel T. Freeman’s Catalog: Pros/Cons of CD vs. Print Version

Richard Weatherford

Mar 12, 2004

The Alibris Pricing Tool

IOBA: Alibris recently launched a new pricing service for online booksellers that has caused quite a stir. What is the service and why...

icc568

Mar 11, 2004

IOBA Q & A Column and an unanswered question

Q. Who knows where I can find a list of the countries that DO NOT accept global priority mail? I’m getting quite a few international...

Martha Kelly

Mar 10, 2004

New Price Guide for Paperbacks Available

According to Holroyd over 40,000 paperbacks are listed, most published before 1970. The book is easy to use, indexed by publisher,...

New Price Guide for Paperbacks Available

Stan Modjesky

Mar 9, 2004

Trade Names

“Book Miser” is a trade name that I purchased in 1993, when I entered the business. In addition to paying for inventory, a lease and...

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