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Thursday, April 15th, 2010I am wrapped in thunder and delight, watching the flickering lightning, entranced at the window like a child on her birthday morning. Thunderstorms mean many things to me, but at this fine moment the rumble is repeating only one phrase: Wake up! Spring is coming! Spring is here! The springtime approaches, heralded by these buffeting [...]
Join the Biblio Book Hunt
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009We like to play games. But only ones where our customers win something big–like a $200 BiblioBucks gift certificate. And what better game to play than a treasure hunt? So welcome to the Biblio Book Hunt, a treasure hunt exclusively for our Twitter fans! Here’s how to play: Join Twitter if you haven’t done so [...]
New ABAA website goes live
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) has a new look online! Created in 1949, the ABAA has built a strong professional network of booksellers carrying high-quality books. They are the oldest antiquarian bookseller association in the United States, and continue to remain a cornerstone of the rare book market. Although the ABAA has maintained [...]
Twitter-exclusive Book Hunt a Success
Monday, June 8th, 2009After 13 days, 11 clues and a lot of re-Tweets, search-savvy Twitter user Michael found the correct book in our first great Biblio Book Hunt: a rare copy of W.H. Auden’s About the House. The rules for the Twitter-exclusive Book Hunt were simple: we picked a rare book and posted a clue about it each [...]
Biblio.com helps town devastated by tornado striving to be the “Greenest Town in America”
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Some of you may already be familiar with NativeEnergy through our partnership with them in our ecosend program. Now we’re going to help build the new Greensburg (Kansas) Wind Farm by offsetting a percent of the estimated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from our daily operations and order shipments. On May 4, 2007 an EF-5 tornado [...]
Emailing credit card numbers; a how-to guide
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Ever wondered what the safest way to have a customer e-mail credit card data to you is? There isn’t one. In fact, asking a customer to transmit credit card information to you via e-mail can land you in very big trouble with the credit card companies. Like $500,000 big. I am floored how common the [...]
Why do some people want to drag politics into Everything?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009In our recent customer newsletter, we featured “green” books in celebration of Earth Day. And, of course, we got some feedback from customers. Without further ado, presenting evidence that People are Weird: Why are you sending out “green” books for Earth Day, but no Atlas Shrugged (by Ayn Rand) for tax day? If this reflects [...]
Notes from the NY ABAA fair and a preview of the new ABAA site
Monday, April 6th, 2009This past weekend, Stephen and I endured months of delays and canceled flights with the singlepurposed intent of attending the ABAA’s New York Antiquarian Book Fair and unveiling a preview of the new upcoming ABAA listing site.
Free bookmarks!
Friday, April 3rd, 2009UPDATE (10/2009): We are temporarily out of bookmarks until early 2010. Thanks for your overwhelming response and support! We’ll keep you posted when we have more in stock. Indispensable for readers, the undeniable hallmark of the bookseller, and right now, boxes taking up space in our offices, Biblio.com would really like to give away some [...]
Biblio.com to open second used book factory
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009Despite recent economic pressures, leading used & rare book marketplace Biblio.com announced today that it would be opening a second used book factory in North America over the next 6 months. The company did not provide specifics on where the new factory might be built, but recent speculation on the internet seems to indicate Austin, Texas.
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