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Amazon’s Acquisition of AbeBooks: A Response From Brian Elliott, CEO of Alibris
I asked Brian Elliott, CEO of Alibris, his take on Amazon’s acquisition of AbeBooks and how it might effect the overall used, rare, and out-of-print online market and Alibris in particular. Though he...
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or Godzilla buys Frankenstein. Throngs still waiting for Superman. It will be a long time before the dust settles on this seismic event but here are some initial thoughts on the acquisition. First –...
View ArticleAmazon and Bibliofind: A History
Amazon’s acquisition of ABE continues to be a big topic of conversation among online booksellers. Dealers are still attempting to read the tea leaves and divine Amazon’s ultimate intentions for ABE and...
View ArticleShelfari Added to the Amazon Mix
Less than a month after acquiring AbeBooks, Amazon has acquired the book social networking site Shelfari. Josh Hug, founder of Shelfari, posted the news last night on Shelfari’s blog and the story was...
View ArticleMegalisters Hit the Mainstream
Mick Sussman’s essay “Attack of the Megalisters” appears in the Book Review section of Sunday’s New York Times and brings to light the work of this new breed of online bookseller. Before I talk about...
View ArticleCourting the Antiquarians
In spite of all the doom and gloom surrounding the life and future of the book the book business still rakes in around $90 billion a year worldwide. Two of the healthiest and fastest growing areas of...
View ArticleIt’s Official : Amazon’s Acquisiton of AbeBooks is Now Complete
Publisher’s Weekly is reporting that Amazon’s previously announced acquisition of AbeBooks has been completed. A new era of online bookselling has begun. Previously on Book PatrolAbeAzon. Amazon’s...
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Notes from the Fair : Codex & The California Antiquarian Book Fair
It was a big book week in San Francisco with both the book arts and antiquarian segments of the book trade hosting their largest events of the year. I was interested to see how these events would fair...
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The World’s Most Expensive Inexpensive Bible
Our friend, Maurice Earp, bookslinger at Blackwell Rare Books in the U.K., enjoys sending reports of bizarrely priced books found on Advanced Book Exchange (ABE). I love receiving them yet I never...
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AbeBooks E-mail Database Hacked
This email was recently sent by AbeBooks to its customers informing them that their email database had been breached:Epsilon Informs AbeBooks of E-mail Database Breach We have been informed by...
View ArticleAbeAzon. Amazon’s Acquisition of AbeBooks : The Day After
or Godzilla buys Frankenstein. Throngs still waiting for Superman. It will be a long time before the dust settles on this seismic event but here are some initial thoughts on the acquisition. First –...
View ArticleAmazon and Bibliofind: A History
Amazon’s acquisition of ABE continues to be a big topic of conversation among online booksellers. Dealers are still attempting to read the tea leaves and divine Amazon’s ultimate intentions for ABE and...
View ArticleShelfari Added to the Amazon Mix
Less than a month after acquiring AbeBooks, Amazon has acquired the book social networking site Shelfari. Josh Hug, founder of Shelfari, posted the news last night on Shelfari’s blog and the story was...
View ArticleMegalisters Hit the Mainstream
Mick Sussman’s essay “Attack of the Megalisters” appears in the Book Review section of Sunday’s New York Times and brings to light the work of this new breed of online bookseller. Before I talk about...
View ArticleCourting the Antiquarians
In spite of all the doom and gloom surrounding the life and future of the book the book business still rakes in around $90 billion a year worldwide. Two of the healthiest and fastest growing areas of...
View ArticleIt’s Official : Amazon’s Acquisiton of AbeBooks is Now Complete
Publisher’s Weekly is reporting that Amazon’s previously announced acquisition of AbeBooks has been completed. A new era of online bookselling has begun. Previously on Book PatrolAbeAzon. Amazon’s...
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Notes from the Fair : Codex & The California Antiquarian Book Fair
It was a big book week in San Francisco with both the book arts and antiquarian segments of the book trade hosting their largest events of the year. I was interested to see how these events would fair...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The World’s Most Expensive Inexpensive Bible
Our friend, Maurice Earp, bookslinger at Blackwell Rare Books in the U.K., enjoys sending reports of bizarrely priced books found on Advanced Book Exchange (ABE). I love receiving them yet I never...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AbeBooks E-mail Database Hacked
This email was recently sent by AbeBooks to its customers informing them that their email database had been breached:Epsilon Informs AbeBooks of E-mail Database Breach We have been informed by...
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More Independent Resistance: This time from the Antiquarians
In mid-April 2014 the Austrian antiquarian bookseller Norbert Donhofer was elected president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), an umbrella organization compromised of...
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