Macleans Magazine (January 27, 2003) "Turning Old Books into Gold: Abebooks is a Global Success on the Net"
[For] $53,760, you can own a 1951 copy of The Catcher in the Rye, signed by the reclusive author J.D. Salinger himself. If that seems steep, consider the asking price for 1936 galley proofs of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind -- yours for $130,550. Want something more mundane? On offer among the 40 million titles at Abebooks of Victoria -- which bills itself as "the world's largest marketplace for second-hand, rare and out-of-print books" -- are 13,474 copies of Hardy Boys mysteries, a pulpy staple for generations of young readers. A well-thumbed copy of The Tower Treasure goes for $1.54. But a mint first edition from 1927 could set you back $4,320.

The London Daily Mail (January 3, 2003) "Bookworm"
His first novel, Death Of An Old Goat (from secondhand sources or abe.com), was published in 1974 and he has written more than a book a year since.

Computer Shopper (January 2003) "Top 10 Shops"
Hitwise monitors the activity of millions of internet users to provide a competitive intelligence service. Using a range of online tools, subscribers can analyse and track competitors' websites and see their internet usage patterns.
Hit wise ranks sites daily in over 150 categories. The chart is derived from logfiles of the largest UK internet service providers, so it is based on genuine UK online shopping activity. This month's chart shows the top 10 bookselling sites in November.
Bookselling Websites
7. Abebooks.com

Report on Business Magazine (January 3, 2003) "Banking without Borders" by Bruce McDougall
By developing foreign markets for their products and services, companies such as Abebooks and Maxtech not only contribute to their own success, but they also contribute to the prosperity of Canada. Overseas investment brings benefits to Canada through research and development, growth and export opportunities, all of which generate jobs in this country. Abebooks began as a two-family business and now employs more than 90 people. Vasudeva, who started Maxtech with a single machine, now employs more than 400 people.

The Guardian: Review (December 14, 2002) "Bibliophile"
There's heartbreaking stuff to be found at ABE's Booksleuth pages, where people offer their dim memories of books that moved them once upon a time and hope some other nostalgic can provide author and title.

Liverpool Echo (December 9, 2002) "Last-minute buys to beat the crowds" by Barrie Mills
Abebooks (www.abebooks.co.uk) lets you search the inventories of hundreds of booksellers all over the country for rare titles - just the thing for J.R. Hartley, in fact. When you've found what you want, you contact the seller direct to arrange [payment] and delivery.

Business Gazette (Cumbria) (December 2, 2002) "World Wide Winners" by Richard Simpson
Abebooks
Address: www.abebooks.com
Another old favourite, and it's just a great place to find a Christmas present for that uncle who has everything. Because if you're ever looking for rare, old or out-of-print books then look no further than this outstanding site. The search engine is brilliant, and it will save you hours - possibly even days - of searching for the rarer titles.
Site Design: 4 out of 5
Content: 5
Usability: 5

The Daily Telegraph (November 5, 2002) "Great Places to Find Books"
At the time of writing the book you seek was available at the Advanced Book Exchange website: (www.abebooks.com) for $9.90 plus post and packaging. Abebooks is a subscription service for thousands of secondhand booksellers, who load their stock into Abebook's database. It's a great place to find books.

The Business Examiner (November 3, 2002) "Abebooks joins forces with Amazon"
Abebooks, the Victoria-based online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books, has recently added Amazon.com to its list of reseller business partners. Besides Barnes & Noble, Ebay, and Half.com and Yahoo, booksellers already listed on Abebooks.com or newcomers can [list] their [merchandise] on Amazon.com's retail catalog as well.

Tulsa World (November 3, 2002) "Before you dream of big dollars, call an appraiser" by Danielle Arnet
To research resale value (retail) on modern books or search for wanted titles, it's hard to beat www.abebooks.com or www.addall.com. Another good source is www.bookfinder.com.

The Guardian (27 August 2002) "Dotcom Chapter of Success" by Richard Adams
Second-hand bookshops have combined their dusty image with the internet to make money.

The Guardian (27 July 2002) "The life cycle of a book"
Books circulate endlessly, like blood or money or circulating libraries. A minority, of course, goes straight from publisher to pulping machine, or from author to "lesser-known local poets" shelves. During the second world war, small boys and girls were sent out on to strange doorsteps to collect books for turning, allegedly, into cartridge cases, giving a new generation of collectors a useful start.

The Guardian (24/04/02) "Brought to book" (...) Living as a student in the UK is like running a marathon; trying to make those rapidly depleting supplies last the full distance. You are just over half-way through, and may well have had the final shot in the arm to your bank account. So how do you make it last until your finals, and still have change for that hard-earned sherry in June? For second-hand textbooks, try Studentsdirectory.com while at Justbooks.co.uk, not only will you find cheap used books, but also handy survival manuals. The Student Grub Guide, for example, shows students how to splash out 40p on a meal without finishing term with scurvy.

BBC News - Dot Life (15/04/2002) "The time has come for the second-hand" (...) One of the best places to search is the Advanced Book Exchange that gives access to 35 million second-hand titles held in more than 10,000 bookshops throughout the world. (...) The booksellers like it, too. "It's absolutely brilliant," said Ed Maggs, managing director of Maggs Brothers, an antiquarian bookshop in Berkeley Square established in 1835. Mr Maggs said the net was the best thing to hit the second-hand book trade since the catalogue. "It's rendered a whole class of books that were previously unfindable and unsellable, saleable again," he said.

The Guardian (25/01/02) "Working the web: Student rations "(...) Living as a student in the UK is like running a marathon; trying to make those rapidly depleting supplies last the full distance. You are just over half-way through, and may well have had the final shot in the arm to your bank account. So how do you make it last until your finals, and still have change for that hard-earned sherry in June? For second-hand textbooks, try Studentsdirectory.com while at Justbooks.co.uk, not only will you find cheap used books, but also handy survival manuals. The Student Grub Guide, for example, shows students how to splash out 40p on a meal without finishing term with scurvy.

The Observer (16/12/2001) "Rare finds" Often finding something cheaper isn't the goal - but simply finding it at all. (...) JustBooks will chase down out of print books for you. They will only arrive in the New Year now, but if you've already been hunting for weeks, that might not matter to you.

International Herald Tribune (12/11/2001) "Book-Hunting made Easier" (...) JustBooks.co.uk - JustBooks acts as a middleman, pooling the books offered by dealers. Potential buyers search the database and then dial directly with the booksellers It also offers a book-finder service that tracks books that may not be readily available. You can also put books up for sale on this side.

The Bookseller (22/06/2001) "WHS to sell second-hand books online" (...) JustBooks.co.uk - the online second-hand book platform - is to provide an out-of-print booksearch service for WHSmith.co.uk. The profit-share partnership with JustBooks will give WHS customers access to more than three million second hand volumes online - including those still in print.

The Net (June 2001) "Money for old books" (...) "It´s not the kind of thing you expect from Dame Edna Everage, but her alter-ego, Barry Humphries, is a collector of paintings by one Austin Osman Spare, artist, occultist and proponent of chaos. [...] First stop was JustBooks (www.justbooks.co.uk) which searches 1.5 million used and rare book titles held by 300 dealers. [...]"

Financial Times (25/04/2001) "Connectis" (...) What the dickens? "The old gentlemen´s club of second-hand and rare book selling has been shaken up by the internet. Entire markets have opened up, new collectable authors have emerged and prices are soaring. [...] The market for rare books has always had a bit of fuddy-duddy, senior common room feel to it. [...] The internet has transformed that image having made the trade accessible to a far wider range of customers. [...] Indeed by taking the legwork out of the second-hand and rare-books trade, the internet has introduced more competition between buyers, rather than sellers. [...] The internet has changed booksellers´ views of rare or desireable books. Books dealers thought were rare turned out, with the transparency of the internet, to be quite common. On the other hand, books which were not particularly collectable have seen their prices double and continue to climb as a result of online demand. [...]"