This matching of book searcher to book provider is miraculous in and of itself and it truly has changed the way in which all business in the book world is conducted today, both on the micro and the macro level. But Abebooks is much more than a book finder and provider, and this perhaps is one of the keys to its success. It enables unfulfilled searchers to post their wants on perpetual want lists, which are then read and responded to by booksellers who might have just gotten a particular book in stock. (These “wants lists” are known only to Abebooks and the particular customer in questio...
HN: How and why did I start being a book dealer? [Long pause.] Well, when I was a kid, I was born with a hernia and was not allowed to run around, play ball, et cetera. As a consequence I did a...
By Bruce McKinney
Under unseasonably clear skies in uncertain times the ABAA conducted its annual west coast trade show in San Francisco February 9th to the 11th. More than 2,000 collectors, mo...
Your Collecting, Buying, Selling and Researching of Rare Books
By Michael Stillman
In September of last year, the Americana Exchange opened its website to the public with a group of services to...
Fortunately, this is more fun than work to him, as Mr. Gloss never tires of talking about books. A good thing too, as the appraisers on the "Antiques Road Show" pay their own way and even pay for t...
