North America & Europe
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(note some of these links will take you off
site)
2008
2007
- December 21 - Book Standard - Expensive one-of-a-kind books on AbeBooks
- December 20 - New York Times Book Blog - Expensive sales for Christmas gifts
- December 17 - Antique Trader Magazine - First Editions on AbeBooks
- December 13 - St. Petersburg Times - Hard to find cookbook available at AbeBooks
- December 9 - Arizona Daily Star - Use AbeBooks as free source for book information
- November 29 - Boston Globe - Save time doing holiday shopping at AbeBooks
- November 25 - New York Times - Rare Charles Bukowski collections on AbeBooks
- November 21 - Motley Fool - AbeBooks thanked in the modern world
- November 18 - Houston Chronicle - Retro crime paperbacks available at AbeBooks
- November 11 - Miami Herald - AbeBooks recommended for Textbooks
- November 8 - Internet Retailer - AbeBooks works hard to keep technical talent
- November 7 - San Francisco Chronicle - Historical cocktail books on AbeBooks
- October 26 - Seattle Times - Scariest Characters in Literature
- October 14 - Philadelphia Inquirer - Interview with Molly's Bookstore
- October 13 - Times Colonist - AbeBooks on Canada's Top 100 employers for fifth year
- October 7 - Macleans
- AbeBooks ranks as one of Canada's Top 100 employers (again!)
- October 3 - Baltimore
City Paper - AbeBooks has copies of rare sci-fi
titles
- September 15- Daytona
Beach News - Journal - 10 most expensive Bibles:
1540 Cromwell-style Bible sells on AbeBooks
- September 8 - Boston
Globe - Increased interest in religious books evidenced
on AbeBooks with titles in the top 10 every
week
- Septmeber 2 - Santa
Cruz Sentinal - AbeBooks.com's top 10 bestselling
sex manuals in 2007
- August 30 - Globe
& Mail - Top 10 sex guides ordered by AbeBooks
users; five have religious or spiritual themes
- August 30 - Antique
Trader - Search of AbeBooks reveals hundreds of
vintage children's books
- August 26 - NY
Times - Collectible signed copies of Hosseini's
The Kite Runner offered on AbeBooks
- August 24 - Fort
Worth Star-Telegram - AbeBooks has a way to compare
textbook prices via cellphone text messaging
- August 12 Raleigh
News & Observer - AbeBooks offers significant
savings on college books
- August 1 Irish
Times - Getting to know AbeBooks is a reader's paradise
- July 24 Yahoo
Tech - AbeBooks.com among the most widely used sites
for discount textbooks
- July 18 Ashland
Daily Press - Preserved offers international
look at keeping food; find it on AbeBooks at discounted price
- July 12 Globe
& Mail - AbeBooks' Harry Potter poll reveals
how readers expect to feel after final Potter book
- July 10 Publishers
Weekly - Business, Pleasure Mix on Book Networking
Sites - AbeBooks & LibraryThing
- July 8 Cape
Cod Times - Garden author notes book available on
AbeBooks
- July 8 Victoria
Times Colonist - Book Making Workshops on a Harry
Potter Theme hosted by AbeBooks
- June 26 Tacoma
News Tribune - AbeBooks' list of weird cookbooks
- June 20 The
Book Standard - Copies of The Highfield Mole
fetching high prices on AbeBooks
- June 20 Ashland
Daily Press - The Raw Cookbook available
on AbeBooks.com starting at $11.90
- June 19 Tuscaloosa
News - Get a clue. Find first edition Nancy Drew
books on AbeBooks
- June 13 Canton
Republican - Top 10 bizarre cookbooks, according
to AbeBooks
- June 12 National
Review - Amity Shlaes admits to having an "AbeBooks.com
habit"
- June 6 Crossville
Chronicle - Bookseller notes that AbeBooks features
sellers from around the world
- June 3 Santa
Cruz Sentinel - AbeBooks sponsors Harry Potter poetry
contest
- June 2 Brisbane
Times - Reports that two major characters will die
in final Harry Potter book spawns polls such as on AbeBooks
- May 24 Victoria
Times Colonist - AbeBooks named VIATeC's member
of the year
- May 16 Ashland
Daily Press - Find seasonal recipes in the Joy
of Gardening Cookbook, available from AbeBooks
- May 12 San
Jose Mercury News - April's largest sale on AbeBooks
shows newer items can also have high value
- May 1 The
Book Standard - Signed copies of The Children
of Hurin selling on AbeBooks
- April 27 St.
Cloud Times - AbeBooks: A "Treasure Trove" for
sports books you couldn't find elsewhere
- April 24 The
Times - AbeBooks widens market for secondhand and
antiquarian bookstores
- April 19 Globe
& Mail - LibraryThing - Social networking has commercial
and personal benefits
- April 8 Arizona
Daily Star - Research and find book values at AbeBooks
- April 3 The
Book Standard - AbeBooks lists diverse titles ordered
by troops in Iraq
- April 3 Christian
Science Monitor - Serious reading included in titles
ordered from AbeBooks by troops stationed in Iraq
- March 29 Macleans
(April 9 edition) - What the troops are reading. AbeBooks booksellers
ship to Iraq
- March 27 Billings
Gazette - 3 copies of rare book that may have been
sold in library sale listed on AbeBooks
- March 24 The
Times - Praise from Stephen King shoots Meg Gardiner
to #1 on AbeBooks and lands her a US deal
- March 22 The
Guardian (UK) - A New Chapter for Books on the Web
- March 7 Washington
Post - Planning a Plot Without a 'Net. Find gardening
books on AbeBooks
- February 22 The
Book Standard - Sales of Meg Gardiner books boosted
by praise from Stephen King
- February 22 Globe
and Mail - AbeBooks.com, an example of businesses
embracing outsourcing
- February 17 The
Detroit News - Condition is everything for vintage
children's books
- February 17 Telegraph.co.uk
- A manly cookbook written for men! Find it on Abebooks
- February 15 The
New York Times - First edition copies of Anna Nicole
Smith biography soar in value on AbeBooks
- February 5 The
Financial Post - What to buy your Valentine? The
Great Gatsby from AbeBooks
- January 25 The
Book Standard - Celebrity Big Brother boosts
sales of Dirk Benedict's 1987 memoir
- January 21 BBC
Radio - The bestselling secondhand books on AbeBooks.co.uk,
led by MC Beaton
- January 13 The
Times (UK) - Who is MC Beaton, the bestselling
author on AbeBooks.co.uk?
2006
2005
2004
2003
- Times Colonist "Victoria Book Lovers Get
First Dibs on Rare Hardcovers" December 30, 2003
- The Globe and Mail
"AbeBooks Wins E-Business Award" December 12, 2003
- The Globe and Mail "Readers Still Want
Sex" December 12, 2003
- Publishers Weekly "AbeBooks.com Wins UN
Award" December 10, 2003
- USA Today
"Finding the Unfindable" December 3, 2003
- The News Record
"Students Find Book Deals Online" December 3, 2003
- KBEM Minneapolis "Where to Find Cheap Textbooks"
December 3, 2003
- WBEM-AM, Buffalo, NY "How to Value Inherited Books"
December 3, 2003
- KCCO-AM, Minneapolis, MN "Books as an Investment"
December 3, 2003
- WICO-AM, Salisbury, MD "Trends in Book Collecting"
"BookSleuth" December 3, 2003
- USA Radio, National "How to Value Books"
"Expensive Books" December 3, 2003
- KYW-AM, Philadelphia, PA "What Makes Books Valuable"
December 3, 2003
- KASI-AM, Des Moines, Iowa "Are Paperbacks Valuable
or Collectible?" December 3, 2003
- WLIE-AM, National "How To Invest in Books"
December 3, 2003
- KXL-AM, Portland, OR "Used Books as Holiday Gifts"
December 3, 2003
- KPQ-AM, Seattle "Talking About Tolkien Books"
December 3, 2003
- WDRC-AM, Hartford, CT "Finding Hard-to-Find Books"
"BookSleuth" December 3, 2003
- Tech News World
"Public Libraries Use Internet to Sell Old Books"
December 1, 2003
- Utne Reader "How to Find that Book You've
Spent Years Looking For" November/December 2003
- KMOX St. Louis, MO "Collectible Books"
November 30, 2003
- The New York Times
"E-Commerce Report: Patriot Act Curbing Data Retention"
October 14, 2003
- The Toronto Star
"Used Book Biz Goes from Dusty to Dot Com" October
2003
- Remainder News,
"Industry Interview with AbeBooks" Sept 2003
- Oracle World
"Oracle Grid Strategy" Sept 2003
- Internet Retailer
"Back to School Buying Boosts AbeBooks Textbook Central"
August 2003
- Media Post Launch
"Out To Launch" August 2003
- Billings Gazette
"Booksellers Find Success Online" August 2003
- The Oregonian
"Her Booksense Pays Off" August 2003
- USA
Today Weekend, In Search of Pages from the Past,
August, 2003
- Newsweek Secondhand Prose, August 11, 2003
- The
Sunday Express - India, Bonanza Between the Covers,
August 02, 2003
- OP Magazine, AbeBooks for Sale? No, and we Believe
Them, July/August, 2003
- The
Christian Science Monitor, Out of Print Bestsellers,
July 17, 2003
- MSNBC
Steals and Deals, Textbooks at the Best Price, July
10, 2003
- Woman's World, Treasures in Your Attic, July
08, 2003
- The
Vancouver Sun, Reading Goes Retro on the Web, July
08, 2003
- Publishers Weekly, Harry Potter and the Boost
to Used Book Sales, July 07, 2003
- Internet Magazine, 100 Sites to Change Your
Life: Abe #35, July 01, 2003
- The Independent, How to Appreciate a Good Book,
June 23, 2003
- The
Toronto Star, Turn the Pages of Young Memories,
June 21, 2003
- The
Guardian UK, Everlasting Impressions, June 21, 2003
- The Cincinnati Post, Find Millions of Books
Online, June 20, 2003
- The
Globe and Mail, AbeBooks Strikes Deal with eBay,
June 20, 2003
- PW Daily for Booksellers, AbeBooks Partners
with eBay, as Used Book MarketExpands Online, June 19, 2003
- The
Times-Colonist, Antique Book Dealer Expands Web
Sales, June 17, 2003
- Vancouver Sun, AbeBooks Partners with eBay,
June 17, 2003
- Auction Bytes, AbeBooks Partners with eBay,
June 17, 2003
- Remainder News In the News, Used Book Sales
Up, June 16, 2003
- CBC
Radio, Rex Murphy Talks to AbeBooks on "Cross Country
Check-Up," June 15, 2003
- The Bookseller Lost Sales, Biggles and the Black
Hole, June 13, 2003
- The Independent Gardening, Something to Read,
June 07, 2003
- PW Daily for Booksellers, Used Book Market Growing
at Rapid Clip, June 06, 2003
- Human Events, Washington DC Searching the Web
for Used Books, June 02, 2003
- Canadian Bookseller, On the Book Case May/June
2003
- PC
Magazine, Site of the Week: AbeBooks, May 23, 2003
- The
Globe and Mail, Giants and Behemoths, May 15, 2003
- Los
Angeles Times, Writing the Book on Childhood Treasures,
April 24, 2003
- Macleans,
TURNING OLD BOOKS INTO GOLD: AbeBooks is a Global Success
on the Net, January 27, 2003
2002
- Guardian Unlimited, In Search of Lost Books,
December 14, 2002
- Quill & Quire, BookSleuth Finds Long Lost
Books, December 12, 2002
- The Guardian, Six of the Best Christmas Sites,
December 12, 2002
- Globe & Mail, World Beats a Path to Their
Virtual Bookstore, December 5, 2002
- Publishers Weekly, Online Used and Rare Booksellers
Celebrate Christmas Too, December 4, 2002
- Globe & Mail, Click and Save Your Sanity:
Christmas Shopping Online, December 1, 2002
- Choice, Christmas Presents - The Easy Way, December
1, 2002
- Scottish Home & Country, A Web of Words,
December 1, 2002
- Vancouver Sun, Rare Finds: BookSleuth helps
ferret out long-lost titles, November 30, 2002
- San Franscisco Chronicle, Bookstore a motherlode
of Golden State's past, November 15, 2002
- Evening Post - Bristol, Top Websites: Best Books,
November 12, 2002
- The Independent Magazine, Indulgence: Shopping
for the Holidays, November 11, 2002
- The Bookseller, AbeBooks and Amazon pair up,
November 10, 2002
- Lawton Constitution, Cheaper Textbooks, November
4, 2002
- Valley News, Computer Corner, November 3, 2002
- Forbes.com, Best of the Web for Books, November,
2002
- The Guardian, Join My Bookclub, October 17,
2002
- Book Publishing Report, International News,
October 14, 2002
- Internet Magazine, Amazon and AbeBooks sign
Agreement, October 11, 2002
- New York Times, They Never Left Home Without
'Em, October 11, 2002
- The Bookseller - Daily, AbeBooks and Amazon
Pair Up, October 10, 2002
- Europemedia.net, AbeBooks teams up with Amazon,
October 10, 2002
- MS-NBC News, Steals & Deals: Hunting for
Bargains, October 8, 2002
- The Daily Mirror, Amy's News: New on the Net,
September 26, 2002
- Quill & Quire, AbeBooks in deal with Amazon,
September 17, 2002
- Publishers Weekly, Unexpected Alliance: AbeBooks
Adds Inventory to Amazon, September 13, 2002
- The
Guardian, Dotcom Chapter of Success, August 27,
2002
- The
Guardian, The Life Cycle of a Book, July 27, 2002
- The Independent, Ten Best Sites of the Week,
July 26, 2002
- Forbes.com,
Buy Now, April, 2002
- BBC
News, The time has come for second-hand, April 15,
2002
- UK Weekly Telegraph
(North American Edition), Book buying for big kids, April 3,
2002
- Vancouver Sun, The rare-books biz goes hi-tech,
March 23, 2002
- Computers
in Libraries, abebooks, OCLC Team to Offer New Services,
March 2002
- Information Today,
OCLC Establishes WorldCat Partnerships, March 2002
- College and Research Libraries News, New ways
to acquire old books, March 2002
- Honolulu Weekly, For bibliophiles and audiophiles,
March 5, 2002
- Bangor Daily News, 1977 Rockwell book hardly
an antique, March 2, 2002
- Business Lehigh Valley, Merchants of used books
turn to ambiance, Internet, February 25 - March 3, 2002
- Collectibles Canada, The Hunt, Spring 2002
- Daily Post, Liverpool, England, February 25,
2002
- Tampa Tribune, February 17, 2002
- Calgary Herald, February 11, 2002
- Dotto on
Data: Interview with Brent James, February 10, 2002
- The
Scout Report, Web site review: abebooks.com, abelibrary.com,
February 8, 2002
- Sunday News, Lancaster, USA, February 3, 2002
- Canadian Bookseller,
AbeBooks recognised fro service to industry, January 2002
- Western Living, The Anti-Amazon, by Paul Grescoe,
Winter 2002
2001
- Times-Colonist,
Monitor, Buy often but always buy at home, December
30, 2001
- Costco Connection, AbeBooks.com, December 2001
(U.S. Edition)
- Library
Journal 2002 Buyer's Guide and Web Site Directory, Abelibrary.com,
December 2001
- Canadian Business,
CIPA Winners Circle, December 10, 2001
- Information
Strategy, Best of Show: Advanced Book Exchange,
Inc. Weaving a worldly web of success, Winter 2001/2002
- Yahoo! Internet Life, Web Guide: Great Books,
December 2001
- CH News
Victoria, Island Solution, AbeBooks feature on News
at noon with Sophie Lui, November 9 2001
- Times-Colonist, Island Solution, Web Workers
can choose their lifestyles by Keith Waters, November 7 2001
- National Post, Times-Colonist, Vancouver Sun, Calgary
Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, etc,
Small Business Special Report, Another
Chapter for AbeBooks.com by Andrew Duffy, October 23 2001
- Canadian Bookseller,
AbeBooks.com branches out, October 2001
- Quill & Quire
Inside Report, AbeBooks buys European Internet used-book
service, October 15 2001
- Times-Colonist, Business Digest, AbeBooks adds
European line, October 6 2001
- Europemedia.net,
Canadian AbeBooks acquires German Justbooks, Source: AbeBooks
press release, October 5 2001
- Golem.com,
abebooks.com kauft JustBooks.de, Source: AbeBooks press release,
October 5 2001
- Handelsblatt.com,
Canadian Group Buys Justbooks.de, Source: AbeBooks press release,
October 5 2001
- TechNewsWorld.com,
AbeBooks.com acquires Europe's Justbooks, October 5 2001
- Cnet.com,
AbeBooks.com acquires Europe's JustBooks. Source: AbeBooks press
release, October 3 2001
- Freerealtime.com,
AbeBooks.com acquires Europe's Justbooks, Source: AbeBooks press
release, October 3, 2001
- Library
Hotline, Company Announcements - AbeBooks.com launches abelibrary.com.
Source: Abelibrary.com goes live press release, September 10
2001
- Sunday Times
(UK), AbeBooks.com top 3 favourite sites of Steven
Pinker, professor at MIT, September 2 2001
- The San Diego Union
Tribune, Worldwide bookseller maintains that homey,
independent approach, by Tiffany Lee-Youngren, September 2 2001
- Tech InfoBase,
Promoting the Library by using technology, September 1 2001
- Yahoo! Finance,
CIPA: Award-winning organizations transformed by information
technology, August 16 2001
- InfoToday, abebooks.com
Unveils New Strategy, Web Site, Source: abelibrary.com press
release, July/August 2001
- The
New York Times, Modest Growth Prevails on the Web,
by Bob Tedeschi, July 30 2001
- Yahoo! Finance, abebooks.com Brings Network
of Independent Bookstores to Sell on eBay's Half.com, Source:
Half.com press release, July 16 2001
- AuctionWatch, Half.com, AbeBooks.com Partner,
by Michelle Dennehy, July 10 2001
- Time Europe, Illuminating the Web, By Michael
Brunton, July 10 2001
- CNET.com,
Half.com boosts book selection, By Troy Wolverton, July 5 2001
- Yahoo! Internet Life, 50 Most Incredibly Useful
Sites: Shop for Rare Books, by Richard Butner, July 2001
- Business in Vancouver,
B.C. company puts booksellers online: Victoria's Advanced Book
Exchange Inc. allows readers around the world to visit local
shops, by Peter Mitham, June 5-11 2001
- Global
Province, Other Global Sites: Best Website for Out-of-Print
Books, May 23 2001
- Digitrends.net, Booksellers Band Together to
Maintain Independence, by Kristina Kolerich, May 2 2001
- Pacific Coast InFlight Magazine, As Easy as
ABE, by Marianne Scott, April/May 2001
- Newsday
(New York), Booked Up: Internet just what doctor
ordered for ailing used booksellers by Drew Fetherston, May
7 2001.
- Business in Vancouver,
100 Biggest High-Tech Companies in BC, April 24-30, 2001
- Publisher’s
Weekly, A Wired World for Old Books, by Karen Raugust,
April 23 2001
- The Next Big Thing (tnbt.com), Born-Again Software:
Facing hard times, Web portals are searching for business customers,
by Ryan Underwood, April 9, 2001
- IOBA
Standard, April 2001, Listing Services: What’s
Right for You?
- The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NetWatch: Your Weekly
Online Guide, April 1, 2001
- Utne Reader, Will used bookshops become rare
editions? by Jay Walljasper, March/ April 2001
- Report on Business
Magazine (The Globe and Mail), Postcards from Canada’s
new tech boomtowns, by Chris Turner, March 30, 2001
- The Edward Lowe Report: Plain Talk About Growing
Your Company, Entrepreneur panel, March 2001.
- Forbes
Best of the Web, Luxe Shopping: Books, February
26, 2001.
- Interactive Media in Retail
Group, IMRG mystery shopper checks out books online,
February 21, 2001
- CBC
Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), On the
Island book segment with host David Grierson. February 19, 2001.
- Times Colonist, Business Digest, by Andrew Duffy.
February 6, 2001.
- The San Diego Union-Tribune, Computer Link:
Bio Bytes. January 30, 2001.
- The Daily Telegraph (UK), Books in Space, Arts
& Books section. January 27, 2001.
- CBC National Radio: Fresh Air, Small Used-Books
Stores and the Internet, with Jeff Goodes, January 14, 2001
- The Times (UK), Out of print, in the bag: The Net unearths
rare books easily by Helen Vaughan-Jones. January 6,
2000.
2000
- Business Examiner: 2000 Vancouver Island Business
Excellence Awards (newspaper supplement). January 2001.
- Buch Kollektor, Abe.com stays on course, pulling
away from the rest, by Joe Spoor. December 2000.
- Peninsula News Review, Compass Rose links shoppers
to the Net. December 13, 2000.
- Time
Digital: Time Digital's Guide to E-Shopping: Books, Movies and
Music
December 4, 2000
- Yahoo!
Internet Life, Tome for the Holidays: Online bookshops make
hunting for Out-of-Print books easy by Charles Kaiser.
December 2000
- ET Dreamer (Taiwan), Book World: So Many Websites,
So Little Time, by Fang-Ling Jong. November 2000.
- USA
Today, Old Book in a New Medium by Robert D. Lamb.
November 29, 2000.
- The
Times (UK), Books: The illicit pleasure of words
by Helen Vaughan-Jones. November 18, 2000
- The
Times (UK), Weekend Media - John Simpson by Nick
Wyke. November 3, 2000
- Used book service expands down under, Quill
& Quire Inside Report. October 17, 2000.
- Strange Bird Takes Flight: Profitable little company
in capital rated 'Best on the Web' for rare books, by
Andrew A. Duffy, Victoria Times Colonist. July 12, 2000.
- High-tech bookstore makes it big, by Michael
Cox, Victoria News Weekend Edition. July 7, 2000.
- Gutenberg
gone: The Web is revolutionizing book publishing, buying,
by Burke Campbell, the Ottawa Citizen. July 4th, 2000.
- E-Biz
Insider: abebooks.com, NetPROFIT. June 28, 2000.
- AbeBooks.com is the winner in the Books category, ZDTV
Merchant of the Week #17. June 14th, 2000.
- Booking
sales on the Net, by Jason Brooks, The Toronto Star.
June 5th, 2000.
- A
New Chapter for Old Books: Antiquarians cheer as the Internet
breathes new life into the oldest of old media,
by Julian Dibbell, Time Digital. June 2000.
- For
the love of Marjorie, by Jeff Klinkenberg, St. Petersburg
Times. May 28th, 2000.
- New
Ways to Find Old Books: Forbes Favourite, Forbes
Best of the Web. May 22nd, 2000.
- Cherchez le livre! by Antony Marshall, for Book
Source Monthly. May 2000.
- Internet bookseller goes global in Victoria,
City Business (Victoria) Spring 2000.
- ABEbooks.com scores with eBay, by Maureen Licata,
Business Examiner. 2000.
- How
a Small Retailer Took 5,000 Dealers Online, by Grant
Buckler, for ecomworld. Apr. 2000.
- Memories e-voked, by John Ough, for the Ottawa
Citizen. Apr. 7th, 2000.
- Saving and Spending/online shopping: This Old Book The
Web takes the chaos out of buying used books, by Pat
Regnier, for Money. Apr. 1st, 2000.
- A
conversation with ABE, for the IOBA Standard. Apr.
2000.
- Success as easy as ABE, by Marianne Scott, for
the UVIC Torch. Spring 2000.
- How
Chapters is squeezing out the competition, by Pat Daley,
for the Straight Goods. Mar. 13th, 2000.
- The world is my used bookstore, by Bill Taylor
for the Toronto Star. Mar. 5th, 2000.
- The Web lets me browse world's best bookstores
by Colin Campbell for the Atlanta Journal. Feb. 20th, 2000.
- No longer going by the book, by Melanie Brooks,
featured in the Ottawa Citizen. Feb. 18th, 2000.
- A Canadian Internet Success Story, by Sharleen
Johnson McCooey, featured at onvia.com. Jan., 2000.
- Books
are his treasure,
by Megan Ryszkowski, featured by the Arizona Republic. Jan.
15th, 2000.
- A vendor's perspective of on-line trading, for
The Press, Canterbury, New Zealand. Jan. 27th, 2000.
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