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The Internet has given booksellers many new channels with which to engage collectors, some have endured (email, electronic catalogs, websites) while others flamed out relatively quickly (message boards, tumblr...) But, these channels are poor relations to actually talking to a bookseller about books--the main reason so many of us still enjoy visiting bookstores. Podcasts are perhaps the closest one c... [ more about Podcasts: ABAA Members Talk Rare Books & Documents]

Meet the latest batch of booksellers granted membership of the ABAA. Full Membership: Keith Botelho, Crow Hop Rare Books Born and raised in New England, Keith moved to the South in 2006 after completing his Ph.D and taking a job as an English professor. His scholarly research and writing (including two books) has greatly benefited him as a bookseller, where he applies the same curiosity to the materi... [ more about New ABAA Members]

"Before a book is offered for sale, we rare book dealers record its physical attributes. Is it bound in cloth? Leather? Does it have any damage? Signs of previous ownership? We also write a brief summary of its importance, drawing on the work of other experts in our field and surrounding fields--not just literary critics and biographers, but also book historians, or scholars who study the history of ... [ more about Latest Catalogs of Rare Books]