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Biblio was founded in 2000 as a rare book metasearch service, and in 2003 launched its own book marketplace website, Biblio.com, which is the primary product of the company. [3] Since 2003, Biblio has sold over 7.5 million books, including new and used titles.
The first library systems to join were King County, Pierce County, and North Central. [ 6 ] Thriftbooks is popular among book collectors—particularly with those shoppers choosing to avoid Amazon—for being one of few North American online bookselling platforms that is independent rather than a subsidiary of retail giant Amazon .
Good (G) describes the condition of an average used worn book that is complete. Any defects must be noted. Fair shows wear and tear but all the text pages and illustrations or maps are present. It may lack endpapers, half-title, and even the title page. All defects must be noted.
A reading copy of a book may be well-used, may include highlighting, marginalia, dedications, [6] and is suitable for reading, but is not collectible. This is a term used in the used book business, to indicate the lack of collectible value, while claiming that the book is in sufficiently good condition for a purchaser whose interest is primarily in actually reading the book.
Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
founded 2004, bought by Amazon.com 2011, offered free shipping for books to addresses worldwide: Closed in April 2023 Book People United Kingdom: Retail and online: was a discount bookseller based in Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom. It also sold in workplaces and schools via a nationwide network of Book People Local distributors. (Bankrupt)
Alibris is an online store that sells new books, used books, out-of-print books, rare books, and other media through an online network of independent booksellers. History [ edit ]
Itaewon Books (Korean: 이태원북스), formerly Itaewon Foreign Bookstore, [1] [2] is a secondhand bookstore in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea that specializes in English-language books. Founded in 1973, it is the oldest English-only secondhand bookstore in Seoul.