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For Printed Materials: The Probability of Appearance - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney It is becoming possible to estimate the print runs of perhaps 150,000 antiquarian items, whose printing histories were never recorded, based on formulas that compare detailed printing records provided by Joel Munsell to the number of copies found in the OCLC, appearances at auction and sightings on listing sites and eBay. The goal is a new statistical measure that projects "probability of appearance" for books and ephemera. The internet has made...

For Printed Materials: The Probability of Appearance

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney It is becoming possible to estimate the print runs of perhaps 150,000 antiquarian items, whose printing histories were never recorded, based on formulas that compare detailed printing records provided by Joel Munsell to the number of copies found in the OCLC, appearances at auction and sightings on listing sites and eBay. The goal is a new statistical measure that projects "probability of appearance" for books and ephemera. The internet has made...


Now Where Goes Alibris? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman On May 8, 2006, online bookseller Alibris announced the company had been sold to venture capital firm Oak Hill Capital Partners. Naturally, such...	More on Partnerships and Parasitism - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts Well, looks like my last article (June AE Monthly) on partnerships and parasites struck a nerve. My mailbox was flooded with emails...
The 16 cylinder Keyword Search - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Online searches are in the midst of a tectonic shift. eBay has made an intelligent science of sequential keyword searches by providing...	News From Around the Listing Sites - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman This past month, Abebooks announced some changes in their bookseller policies regarding print-on-demand books and multiple listings of single titles; Barnes and Noble...
Can A Writer Be A Governor? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman If an actor, or even a professional wrestler, can become a governor, why can't an author? Move over, Arnold. Move over, Jesse. Here...	Who Says Crime Doesn't Pay? - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Dostoevesky must be rolling over in his grave as the connective tissue between crime and punishment has recently been whittled down to a...
A Tale of Two Auctions: One Completed, One Cancelled - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman One of the most important book auctions of the year took place June 27 and 28 at Christie's in New York, and the...	Phishing in the Amazon - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Phishing has become so widespread these days we generally ignore it. "Phishing" is the process whereby some unscrupulous individual sends you a message,...
Ten New Catalogues Reviewed In Section Two Ten new bookseller catalogues are reviewed in section two of July's issue of AE Monthly. There must be something for everyone. English dealer Bernard J....	From Ptolemy to Stuyvesant from Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum has released a new catalogue entitled From Ptolemy to Stuyvesant. It is one of the more impressive book catalogues you...
Literature Offered by Chapel Hill Rare Books By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Chapel Hill Rare Books is a bit of a departure from most that we have seen from them. Usually,...	Bibliography, Bookbinding and Reference from Forest Books By Michael Stillman British bookseller Forest Books has issued its Catalogue 106 of Bibliography, Bookbinding and Reference. It offers over 600 books in the book arts...
Original Photography in Books and Albums from William Reese By Michael Stillman Warning! Notice! On the second page of this review there is a photograph of a most attractive, totally nude young woman. This photograph...	Mexican and Latin Works from Plaza Books By Michael Stillman Arriving in our mailbox a short time ago was List 18 from Plaza Books of Santa Rosa, California. Plaza specializes in books from...
Oak Knoll Books Celebrates 30th Anniversary By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has issued its 275th catalogue, in support of the antiquarian bookseller's 30th anniversary. That's a lot of years and a...	50 Fine Books from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books by Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued another one of its magnificent fifty item catalogues. A little while back, we looked at a...
Western and Other Americana from Arthur Clark By Michael Stillman The Arthur H. Clark Company has issued the 928th catalogue in its long-running series on the American West. Their catalogues do extend to...	Outlaws and More of the West from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Just arrived in our mailbox a few days ago is the latest collection of Books on the West from Gene W. Baade of...
New Arrivals at Between The Covers Rare Books By Michael Stillman The latest collection of New Arrivals from Between The Covers Rare Books has just arrived. As always, it is an entertaining collection of...	.