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What Is happening At Abebooks? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Consternation, confusion, controversy and downright anger are swirling around the largest old and used bookselling site in the world today, Abebooks.com. All of the major bookselling sites have strained relations with their sellers at one time or another, but Abe has been pilloried by the trade of late in ways not seen before. The explanation is that the venerable bookselling site has undergone some major changes recently. Changes almost inevitably lead to...

What Is happening At Abebooks?

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman Consternation, confusion, controversy and downright anger are swirling around the largest old and used bookselling site in the world today, Abebooks.com. All of the major bookselling sites have strained relations with their sellers at one time or another, but Abe has been pilloried by the trade of late in ways not seen before. The explanation is that the venerable bookselling site has undergone some major changes recently. Changes almost inevitably lead to...


Abe: A Walk on the Wild Side - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Abebooks, like most businesses that have done well enough to actually change scale, is looking to swim with the big fish. ...	Can Google Redirect Your Customers to Another's Website? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It is every bookseller's worst nightmare. You post a book for sale, on a bookselling website, or maybe even your own site....
The International Bookseller's Directory: An important free dealer tool - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney All the talk on the internet is about how powerful it is but the underlying reality has been kind of unpleasant. ...	Pacific Book Auction - A good place to do business - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright Last month I attended my first Pacific Book Auction sale. I have bought from them online several times, making bids and...
Package Insurance: Managing Shipping Risk in the Bookselling Business - By Renee Roberts by Renee Magriel Roberts I've never been overly fond of the insurance business. Insurance is an ethereal, intangible commodity that frequently appears more connected to...	Small Victories Make Collecting a Pleasure - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Building a focused collection is always a matter of discipline and luck. It helps to know what you are looking for...
Map Dealer Charged With Cutting Maps From Library Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A new and even more disturbing case than usual of slicing and dicing of volumes from library rare book rooms came to...	1912 by James Chace - By Bruce McKinney A review by Bruce McKinney The subtitle describes this book succinctly: 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debbs - the Election that Changed the...
Old English Books and Manuscripts From Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has arrived, English Books and Manuscripts to 1800. This is a diverse collection of...	A Western Sale From Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman Catalogue 921 is similar yet different from the typical one issued by The Arthur H. Clark Company. It is similar in...
Bibliography and Reference from Forest Books of the U.K. By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from the British bookseller Forest Books. This is their catalogue number 104, Bibliography, Bookbinding, and Reference....	The 16th-20th Century at L'Ancre Aldine By Michael Stillman We have received our first catalogue from French bookseller L'Ancre Aldine. Located in the lovely city of Lyon, L'Encre Aldine offers a varied...
Gunslingers and Other Characters of the Old West from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Gene W. Baade of Washington State, number 805, has just been published. Baade specializes in "Books on the...	Unusual Americana at Schoyer's Books By Michael Stillman Schoyer's Books of Berkeley, California, recently issued two new catalogues. This month we'll look at the first, catalogue 118a, Recent Acquisitions in...
Private Press and Fine Printing from Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books, of New Castle, Delaware, issued two new catalogues this summer. Oak Knoll is a specialist in "books about books." They...	Two Esteemed Portraits From Martayan Lan By Michael Stillman This is a most unusual catalogue review for us. Usually, we describe catalogues full of books, and if not books, they...