Book Fairs, vital to the future of collecting, need to open they doors to exhibitors a bit wider
Book Fairs, for decades have been an integral part of the rare and collectible book business but their role has been changing and their importance declining as the structure of the business has been recast by the internet, by the development of online listing sites and the emergence of the online access to auctions. This has been difficult and probably inevitable but it is disturbing and worth whatever efforts can be made to maintain the frequency, prominence and importance of rare book fairs. The loss of the main street shop has happened so quickly and ended with such finality that ba...
