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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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From the President

The Way I See It “Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose…” -Janis Joplin All right, I admit it. As an independent...

Deborah Graham

Apr 3, 2000

Bibliography for Beginners: Part 1 References

Bibliography is the study of books as material objects. One father of modern bibliography, Sir Walter Greg, referred to it further as...

David Armstrong

Apr 2, 2000

Bibliography for Beginners: Part 1 References

An Online-Auction Primer for Booksellers

Part One: Selling All thats required is a connection to the Internet and a digital camera or scanner. The process of putting auctions on...

Maria Bustillos

Apr 1, 2000

An Online-Auction Primer for Booksellers

A Founder’s View – A Personal Opinion

Getting my vision of IOBA off the ground has been a long, arduous, and sometimes painful project. I had a vision but did not have the...

Sally Hollingsworth

Mar 31, 2000

Bookselling on the Internet

After having been in the book business for nearly 40 years and having written for years about book collecting, this is the first time we...

Pat Ahearn

Mar 30, 2000

A Conversation with Advance Book Exchange (ABE)

First of a projected series on the various bookselling services. We interviewed Cathy Waters, one of the principals of the Advanced Book...

Mar 29, 2000

A Conversation with Advance Book Exchange (ABE)

Committee Reports

IOBA is set up to be a smooth running and efficient forum and process for receiving member originated ideas and inputs and implementing...

Mar 28, 2000

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