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Jason Rovito is the newest “Bright Young Thing” 6 Jul 2013 | 11:20 pm
IOBA member Jason Rovito (Paper Books in Toronto) is the newest “Bright Young Thing” from Fine Books & Collections. In his interview, Bright Young Things: Jason Rovito, he answers, among other questio...
Read’Em Again Books: Riding a Sales Wave of African-American Material 26 Jun 2013 | 07:23 pm
IOBA member Read’Em Again Books reviews some recent sales of scarce and interesting African American material in his well-written and illustrated blog: Riding a Sales Wave of African-American Material...
IOBA 2013 Scholarship Winners 11 Jun 2013 | 10:33 pm
From Jonathan Smalter (Yesterday’s Muse), Vice President, IOBA: The Scholarship Committee, and I as its current chair, had an opportunity to review a number of worthy applications this year, and today...
Churchill Book Collector Featured by AbeBooks 11 Jun 2013 | 10:17 pm
IOBA member Churchill Book Collector was recently featured as AbeBooks’s Bookseller of the Week. Owners Marc Kuritz & Paul Shelley answer the following questions in the interview: § What are the origi...
Annual IOBA Scholarship Contest 17 Mar 2013 | 10:37 pm
The Independent Online Booksellers Association is offering two scholarships this year. IOBA awards these scholarships to support the professional development of its member booksellers, without regard...
The Xenia Relief Project 7 Mar 2013 | 12:15 am
It began as a disaster, but ended with celebration. Read IOBA member Zhenya Dzhavgova’s (ZH Books) tribute to how collegial camaraderie, friendship, and true appreciation for books transmuted despair ...
New Member-at-Large Appointed to IOBA Board 10 Feb 2013 | 10:47 pm
The IOBA Board has just concluded its inaugural meeting, and the first order of business was to fill the Member-at-Large (MAL) vacancy created by Jonathan Smalter’s resignation to accept the position ...
IOBA Election Results 2013 28 Jan 2013 | 06:52 am
From Elections Officer Howard Prouty (ReadInk): The votes have been counted, and I am happy to present you with the roster of newly-elected IOBA Board members for 2013: President — Chris Volk (BookFev...
IOBA Elections 2013 21 Jan 2013 | 11:15 pm
IOBA elects a new Board every January, voting for President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as two Members at Large. Since the Members at Large serve 3-year terms, only 2 are voted ...
Books for the Reading: Reading Surprises 9 Jan 2013 | 04:32 am
by Lynn Wienck, The Chisholm Trail Bookstore It’s now winter in southern Oklahoma, complete with freezing temperatures and occasional snow. Frost forms on window panes; I’ve traced elegant, branching ...
