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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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Building the World’s Best Collection of _________ Using the Internet

1. How I Got Going. Let me begin with a confession that will surprise no one: like many booksellers, I have a strong collecting streak. I...

Chris Volk

Mar 4, 2013

Building the World’s Best Collection of _________ Using the Internet

William Knox, The Penang Bookshelf, Penang, Malaysia

The Penang Bookshelf specialises in buying and selling fiction and non-fiction, both new and old, principally about Malaysia, but also...

William Knox

Feb 28, 2013

Summer 2012 (Vol. XI, No. 1)

Table of Contents How to Buy Books Online So You Want to Be a Bookseller: Ten Questions…Some Answers The Story of IOBA’s New Logo Pistil...

IOBA

Aug 16, 2012

Interview With A Collector: Jerry Morris

You’ve been an avid collector for some time. at what point did you realize that you were a collector, and not just an accumulator or...

Alice Voith

Aug 16, 2012

Interview With A Collector: Jerry Morris

The Story of IOBA’s New Logo

With IOBA well into its second decade, it seemed a good time to take a look at our logo and make sure it truly represented who we were...

Alice Voith

Aug 15, 2012

Bibliography Week

IOBA members may not be aware of a bookish ‘event’ held in NYC every January… Bibliography Week. It’s a (loose) gathering of collectors,...

Vic Zoschak

Aug 14, 2012

Pistil Books Online, Seattle WA

I’ve always been an avid reader and bibliophile. I have been selling books since my first job in a used bookstore right after graduating...

Amy Candiotti

Aug 12, 2012

So You Want to Be a Bookseller: Ten Questions…Some Answers

1. Are you sure? We’re living the dream. Three-hour working days surrounded by our beloved books, more money than we can shake a stick at...

Justin Woolley

Aug 11, 2012

So You Want to Be a Bookseller: Ten Questions…Some Answers

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