The book buying experience on eBay continues to improve. eBay of course sells almost everything and the revisions and additions on the eBay mother-ship are not for books alone but for the site overall. Nevertheless, the recent changes add efficiencies that improve the eBay book-buying experience. If history is any guide however these changes will primarily stimulate ‘listers’ to list rather than browsers to buy. That will be a shame. Unfortunately many would-be buyers feel the site is too complex and the rewards too small and infrequent to merit the time the site requires. I respectf...
Another milestone has been reached in the onrushing movement from printed books to electronic ones. Amazon.com, the world's largest online bookseller, announced that electronic books are now outsel...
A book about Sotheran’s, the London booksellers has recently been published to celebrate its history. Its title, taken from the company’s telegram address is Bookman: London - 250 years of Sothe...
Gracious sakes, where do I start? We have two grandkids in Holland -- Amsterdam to be exact -- and they keep asking us to come over there and visit. It’s a long way and a very expensive propositi...
A large auction will be taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center June 3 and 4, and while not primarily a book auction, there are six lots each consisting of numerous books from their once ...
Two Maui entrepreneurs, both with a background in antique maps, are excited about the use of giclee printing for reproducing rare and fragile maps of Hawaii. Bryant Neal and Richard "Buck” Mickelse...
Andy Nettell, proprietor of Back of Beyond Books (ABAA) was first introduced to giclee technology about five years ago by a local artist who was using it to make fine art prints. When a 40” Epson d...
Traditional book catalogues have been with us for three hundred years and for good reason. They are effective. But the economics of bookselling have changed in ways that are raising costs and dim...
America's largest chain of bookstores received a major, and perhaps surprisingly strong purchase offer recently. Liberty Media, owner of large shares of Sirius Satellite Radio and QVC Shopping Netw...
Some interesting maneuvering at the last minute at Sotheby's in Paris has saved a priceless, but nonetheless very expensive, French manuscript for the French people. Offered for sale on May 18 was ...
The American Library Association recently released its annual report on The State of American Libraries. Americans today have something of a schizophrenic relationship with our libraries. We love t...
Perhaps the biggest battle over sales taxes is taking place right now between online bookselling pioneer Amazon.com and numerous states. It does not look to be reaching booksellers who list on Amaz...
The Arader Galleries will be conducting their third annual charity auction June 25 and 26 at Neal Auction in New Orleans. These auctions are designed to appeal both to your self-interest and public...
Bail has been revoked for the alleged mastermind in a case of a book theft that turned into a murder charge. In the summer of 2010, the U.S. attorney in Buffalo, New York, alleged Rico Vendetti hir...
This month we review 13 new bookseller catalogues in Section Two of AE Monthly. Natural History is the topic for Raymond M. Sutton, Jr. American Presidents are featured by the William Reese Co. Hor...
