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Searching The Old Book Sites: Just Who Is The Best? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman There are two sides to every internet sales story, buyer and seller. Most of what you read is taken from the seller's perspective. How many customers visit the site, how easy is it to upload your material, and most importantly, how much do they charge? This month we look from a different perspective, the buyer's. Not just any buyer. No, we take it from the slow-learning technophobic easily confused buyer's point of...

Searching The Old Book Sites:
Just Who Is The Best?

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman There are two sides to every internet sales story, buyer and seller. Most of what you read is taken from the seller's perspective. How many customers visit the site, how easy is it to upload your material, and most importantly, how much do they charge? This month we look from a different perspective, the buyer's. Not just any buyer. No, we take it from the slow-learning technophobic easily confused buyer's point of...


Search Two Michael Brown Catalogues in the AED - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney This month we have added 41,332 [of 809,092] records to the Americana Exchange Database that now numbers more than 800,000 full text entries....	AE: Year 3, Day 1 - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The internet these days is like a baby tiger: interesting and far less intimidating than it will become in the years ahead....
New Exhibit Offers A Look Into The Mind Of Lewis Carroll - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A new online exhibition that will intrigue followers of Lewis Carroll has opened on the Library of Congress website. Carroll, of course, is...	James Servies: The Pursuit of Bibliographical Excellence - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinneyMao Tse Tung said that every journey begins with a single step. For James Servies, who in the midst of his library...
InFORMing an Audience—Poetry on the 'Net - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts To begin with a quick question, how many of you have a "favorite poem" that you can quote at least some...	John Waite Rare Books Offers By Michael Stillman Vermont bookseller John Waite Rare Books is offering an eclectic collection of "Books & Ephemera" in their recently released tenth catalogue. While some...
Voyages and More From Hordern House By Michael Stillman Hordern House, a major Australian bookseller, has issued its catalogue for 2004. While most of what Hordern House offers has an Australian...	Alexander Hamilton: American History in the Making By Bruce McKinney On the 200th anniversary of the death of Alexander Hamilton [1757-1804], at the hands of Aaron Burr, Ron Chernow, the exceptional biographer,...
FLORIDA from King and Queen Books By Michael Stillman King and Queen Books is a bookseller specializing in works from or about their home state of Florida. Many people think of...	American Revolution Manuscripts From Joseph Rubinfine By Michael Stillman This month we are reviewing our first catalogue from Joseph Rubinfine, although it is his list number 150. Rubinfine specializes in American...
Books About Books and Bibliographies From Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books, the "books about books" specialist, has recently issued its 256th catalogue. This one is divided into two sections, books...	25 Years For Bernard Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman This season marks the 25th year of bookselling for Bernard Shapero, and he celebrates that anniversary with a catalogue as gorgeous as...
Genealogical and Historical Reference From Willow Bend Books. By Michael Stillman We recently received the Spring 2004 catalogue from Willow Bend Books. There are several thousand titles in this catalogue, so we imagine, even...	.