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AbeBooks Survey: Who Is Selling Books Today? Who's Buying? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Abebooks recent released the results of a survey they conducted of almost 2,000 of their booksellers. While their findings did not particularly surprise us, they did confirm a lot of our own anecdotal impressions about who is selling books today, and particularly, who is selling online. We then went to the source, AbeBooks, to see what their reaction was to the results. Youth may be served, but youth is not doing...

AbeBooks Survey: Who Is Selling Books Today? Who's Buying?

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman Abebooks recent released the results of a survey they conducted of almost 2,000 of their booksellers. While their findings did not particularly surprise us, they did confirm a lot of our own anecdotal impressions about who is selling books today, and particularly, who is selling online. We then went to the source, AbeBooks, to see what their reaction was to the results. Youth may be served, but youth is not doing...


What Book Collecting Becomes - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Book collecting is not what it was. It has been a complex field broken down into sections subdivided into layers, the...	The Google-eBay Spat and What It Means to You - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It was a spat that caught most internet observers off guard, a battle between "do no evil" search giant Google and massive online...
In New York the Red Coats are Coming: Again - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Bloomsbury, the English auction house that specializes in works on paper, has announced it's opening in New York in September. It...	Wait! Don't Burn that Book, Donate It - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright The words "burning books" (even if they are bad books and might deserve it) bring chills to my spine; shades of Fahrenheit...
Jeffrey Thomas: At the Water's Edge - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney This past month Jeffrey Thomas of San Francisco, an independent rare book dealer since 1981 and in the trade from 1974, passed...	The Bloomin' Desert: A Book Review - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Just released is a new book for desert (and other) gardeners, The Bloomin' Desert, by Juniper Rose. "Juniper Rose" is actually Karen Wright,...
eBay: Notes from the front - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney This month I want to discuss two ways to improve your eBay experience. eBay and Google lie on one side of...	In The News: Smiley Restitution Upped to $2.3 Million, Amazon to Get More Print-on-Demand Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Final restitution figures for convicted map thief E. Forbes Smiley were raised from an earlier estimate of $1.9 million to $2.3 million. The...
Twelve Book Catalogues Reviewed in Section Two Twelve new booksellers' catalogues are reviewed in Section Two this month. Material from world's fairs and exhibitions are offered by Marc Selvaggio. African Travels are...	World's Fairs and Expositions from Marc Selvaggio By Michael Stillman This month we have our first review for Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller. The Berkeley, California, bookseller starts us out with an exciting collection of...
More Historic Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their 98th catalogue of Rare Americana. Here are 124 new items pertaining to American...	Africa Travel from Trophy Room Books By Michael Stillman We have just received a catalogue of Africa Travels, the latest from Trophy Room Books of Ellen and Jim Herring. It is...
Literary Firsts, Crime, Rare Cinema, and Unusual Items from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued Catalogue 163: Literary First Editions, Mystery and Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, and Unusual Items....	The Pacific Northwest from Wessel and Lieberman By Michael Stillman From Wessel and Lieberman of Seattle comes their latest offering, Occasional List #6: Pacific Northwest, June 2007. This catalogue includes over...
31 Varied and Unusual Items from John Michael Lang Fine Books By Michael Stillman John Michael Lang Fine Books has issued a brief but fascinating collection of eclectic works: Recent Acquisitions List 21. There are...	Law and Legal History from the Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman The Lawbook Exchange has issued its Catalogue 48 of Recent Acquisitions. The Lawbook Exchange mixes scholarly legal treatises with law-related works more...
California Promotional Items from Dawson's Book Shop By Michael Stillman We recently received California Ephemera, Winter 2007 from Dawson's Book Shop. Winter 2007? Either we received this catalogue very late or...	Book Collectors and Their Libraries from Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has published the third issue in its series of "Special catalogues," Book Collectors and Their Libraries. This is not...
Some Antiquarian Books from French Bookseller Librairie Thomas-Scheler By Michael Stillman We have just received two catalogues from Librairie Thomas-Scheler, neatly strapped together, all the way across the ocean from France. As they...	Fine Atlases and Maps from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued its second catalogue of fifty magnificent atlases and maps, Cartography II. The first was...
The Dutch East and West India Companies from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Holland bookseller Gert Jan Bestereurtje Rare Books is entitled The Dutch East - and West - India...	.