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Amazon Cuts The Cord: Now What For Abe and Alibris? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Just when it seemed there was enough confusion in the online bookselling world, Amazon decided there wasn't, and proceeded to terminate their well-established relations with the top used book selling sites. The ramifications of their decision immediately spread to Abe, Alibris, and Half.com. Where it all will settle is anyone's guess, but once the stuff hits the fan, no one is ever quite the same. Of course Abebooks has been leading the...

Amazon Cuts The Cord: Now What For Abe and Alibris?

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman Just when it seemed there was enough confusion in the online bookselling world, Amazon decided there wasn't, and proceeded to terminate their well-established relations with the top used book selling sites. The ramifications of their decision immediately spread to Abe, Alibris, and Half.com. Where it all will settle is anyone's guess, but once the stuff hits the fan, no one is ever quite the same. Of course Abebooks has been leading the...


Up for Bid: eBay, Auctions & Book Sites - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The internet is logic in constant pursuit of speed and scale and it continues to revolutionize the book business. eBay has...	Using Endicia.com To Save on Shipping Costs - By Carl Burnham By Carl Burnham An essential factor that all rare booksellers have in common is controlling costs. A significant portion of those costs are in shipping...
Passing of an Era: Mary Ann Malkin of AB Bookman's at 92 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It was surely the passing of an other area in the rare book trade when Mary Ann Malkin died on August 1 at...	The Curious Evolution of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography - By Renee Roberts By Renée Magriel Roberts Many booksellers have personal interests in books that become specialties. I was a comparative literature scholar and teacher before I became...
Should This Book Be Sliced Apart? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Some articles aren't fun to write. Most of my articles fall into two groups. One is positive, interesting developments that have occurred...	Collecting: When it Rains it Reigns - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney It took about two weeks to adjust to the new placement of dealer homepage links on Abe. Now it's back to business...
Taken To School: What's Wrong With Education - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Do you want to know what's wrong with education today? I know. Recently, I had an opportunity to return to class with...	Ludewig's "The Literature of American Local History, now in the AED - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Following this brief introduction to Hermann E. Ludewig's "The Literature of American Local History; A Bibliographical Essay" is his obituary notice printed, in...
Travels and American Slavery from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje By Michael Stillman Newly issued Catalogue 123 from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Antiquarian Bookseller of the Netherlands is now available. Copies may be downloaded directly from their...	Western Books and More from Johns' Western Gallery By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from John's Western Gallery. Johns, of San Francisco, is probably best known as one of...
Exploration and Travel from Helen Kahn Rare Books By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts has released its Catalogue 67 of Adventure, Exploration, and Voyages and Travels. It is an...	South America From William Reese By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from the William Reese Company, number 242, has just arrived. It is titled South America, and covers works from...
Travel, History, and Early Geologic Books from Schoyer's Books By Michael Stillman This month we look at Catalogue 118b from Schoyer's Books of Berkeley, California. The title is Recent Acquisitions in Travel, Historia, &...	24 Travel and Other Items from Hordern House By Michael Stillman Hordern House has issued a brief, yet extensive catalogue of rare books, manuscripts and prints. It is brief in that only 24 items...
Architectural, Furniture, Art Books and More from Charles Wood Rare Books By Michael Stillman Charles Wood Rare Books has issued "A Summer Miscellany" of sixty recent acquisitions. Wood specializes in fields such as books about architecture,...	.