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Google/Froogle: Is This Any Place To Sell Books? - By Michael Stillman By Mike Stillman Antbo is looking for listing booksellers. According to their figures, they are already doing quite well. They claim to now have 5.9 million books listed by 529 booksellers. That is a lot of books and booksellers for a site that probably many readers, even those in the book business, had never heard of before. I come here neither to praise nor condemn Antbo. I know nothing about this German book listing...

Google/Froogle: Is This Any Place To Sell Books?

- By Michael Stillman

By Mike Stillman Antbo is looking for listing booksellers. According to their figures, they are already doing quite well. They claim to now have 5.9 million books listed by 529 booksellers. That is a lot of books and booksellers for a site that probably many readers, even those in the book business, had never heard of before. I come here neither to praise nor condemn Antbo. I know nothing about this German book listing...


A Step Toward More Efficient Catalogues - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Catalogues have been an essential tool for both buyers and sellers for fully two hundred years. For generations book dealers issued...	Save Time, Increase Profits: Take Control of Your Foreign Affairs - By Renee Roberts By Renee Magriel Roberts The Internet has not only pushed bookselling into automation, but also into hypertension-producing foreign markets. It's great having access to all...
Do not go unarmed into the dark. - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney In the AED there is an option to test your expectation of a book's present value against the computer generated estimate provided...	Google Lands University of Virginia for Book Search Project - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Google has landed another partner for its massive and controversial book scanning project. This time it is the University of Virginia, founded...
Top Values of Signed Books on eBay - By Carl Burnham By Carl Burnham When it comes to book collectors, we have seen interests run the gamut from fiction to nonfiction. Whatever the genre, a signature...	Holiday Shopping Ideas for the Collector - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The opportunities to find interesting material for the book collector have never been greater. Neither have the options for bidding and...
Biblio -- Sales Up, Traffic Down - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Biblio, third largest of the used and old book sites, announced some interesting and surprising data regarding visitors to their site. In...	Livres Precieux - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The purpose of book catalogues is to sell books. In the modern era there have never been more books and fewer...
British Justice Not So Tough On Book Theft After All - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman "Like a drop of oil on a still pond, the number of his victims spreads with time. Smiley's victims include students,...	Sixteen New Catalogues Reviewed in Section Two The holidays create a popular season for booksellers to issue catalogues, and this year is no exception. This month, we review sixteen new ones in...
European and American Autographs from David Schulson By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from David Schulson Autographs, though it is their number 132. Offered is a mix of...	Firsts, Rare and Illustrated Books from Locus Solus Rare Books By Michael Stillman This month we received our first catalogue from Locus Solus Rare Books of New York City. This catalogue is divided into two sections....
Oddities and Eccentricities from Garrett Scott By Michael Stillman We receive many exciting catalogues here at the Americana Exchange, but none are more fascinating than the occasional collection that crosses our...	Custer and the Old West from Old West Books By Michael Stillman We recently received our first catalogue from Old West Books of Arlington, Texas. For those not up on Texas geography, Arlington is...
Books and Manuscripts from John Waite Rare Books By Michael Stillman From John Waite Rare Books we have received their Autumn 2006 Catalogue. Waite offers a wide variety of books and manuscripts, along...	Children's Books from Aleph-Bet By Michael Stillman Just in is Catalogue 83 from Aleph-Bet Books. What could be more appropriate to the holiday season than a catalogue full of...
Pacific Voyages and Other Historical Works from Hordern House By Michael Stillman Hordern House has released another of its fine catalogues of voyages and other historical items. The latest is titled A selection of...	Literature and Fine Books from Thomas Goldwasser Rare Books By Michael Stillman Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books of San Francisco has issued their 20th catalogue, one that comes in two sections. The first covers...
Some Gift Suggestions From Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books has issued a catalogue just in time for the holiday season - Gift Suggestions. You can prove your love...	America 1800-1815 from William Reese Co. By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from the William Reese Company is entitled The Era of Jefferson and Madison 1800-1815. These are the early days...
Rare and Obscure Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their 94th catalogue of Rare Americana. This follows the pattern of most Lesser catalogues...	Manuscripts, Books and Collections from Thomas Cullen By Michael Stillman Thomas Cullen, Rockland Bookman has issued his 41st catalogue of Manuscripts and Books. Cullen offers a mix of material, hard to easily...
Western Books From Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade has issued Catalogue 1106 of "Books on the West." Baade regularly offers modestly priced material pertaining to the American...	19th Century Sea Charts From Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Here is a catalogue for those whose dreams are to sail the seas. It is a collection of sea charts, roadmaps for...
For Boston from the Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum of Utrecht, the Netherlands, published a pamphlet of items for the recent Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. The Antiquariaat...	More Books From The Book Arts By Oak Knoll By Michael Stillman Catalogue number 277 from Oak Knoll Books will not break any new ground for the Delaware bookseller, but that is probably just...