Rare bookseller Scott Brown has a comprehensive series of blogs about AI companies mass purchasing & destroying used & rare books. (TL;DR, it's worse than we think.) downtownbrown.substack.com/p/chop-copy-...

Chop. Copy. Shred.

Thoughts on Bookselling in the Age of AI

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The 2026 RBMS Virtual Showcase is now open! Shop the Fair abaa.org/vbf ​We invite you to shop the virtual booths of leading antiquarian booksellers and discover their latest acquisitions and rare finds. This virtual book fair will remain open continuously until 8 pm ET on Friday, June 26, 2026.

The ABAA is now accepting entries for the 2026 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, where more than $6,000 in prizes will be awarded to student collectors. All entries should be submitted by June 10, 2026. For more info or to enter the contest, visit: www.abaa.org/articles/202...

#MaytheFourthBeWithYou #Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First hardcover trade edition. #Signed by uncredited #ghostwriter #AlanDeanFoster Offered by ABAA-member Burnside Rare Books Learn more: www.abaa.org/articles/wee...

RBS will be at the NY International @abaararebooks.bsky.social Book Fair this weekend at the Park Avenue Armory. Keep an eye out for RBS staff members Barbara Heritage, Andrew A. Kuhn, Zoe Langer, and Michael F. Suarez, S.J., who will all be there in person. We'd love for you to stop and say hi!

The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Park Avenue Armory this weekend! Learn more & buy tickets at nybookfair.com #RareBooks #NYBookFair2026

Join us for a brown bag lunch with Dr. Valerie Schutte on April 22nd at 2 pm ET. "Exploring a Modern Manuscript about a Medieval Queen" Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 2pm ET Pre-registration for the talk is encouraged! Learn more: www.abaa.org/articles/apr...

The ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition has begun! Shop the Fair at www.abaa.org/vbf Doors will remain open continuously until 7 pm ET on Saturday, April 11, 2026. #RareBooks #Ephemera #FirstEditions #AntiquarianBooks #ABAAVBF

Join us this weekend for the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition! April 9-11, 2026 Doors will remain open continuously from 12 pm ET on Thursday, April 9 until 7 pm ET on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Learn more at www.abaa.org/vbf

Applications are now open for mentees for the 2026–2027 ABAA Mentorship Program! Offering early-career professionals a unique opportunity to connect one-on-one with an experienced ABAA member for guidance, insight, & support. Details & application: www.abaa.org/articles/202...

Announcing the digital release of: Modern Finance & Economics, with a foreword by Anthony Deden: funkebooks.com/lists/modern... #abaa #wemakecatalogues

Modern Finance & Economics

A catalogue by mark funke, bookseller

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Members of the RBS staff will be at the NY Book Fair next month. We hope to see you there!

The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America@abaararebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Universally referred to as the world’s finest antiquarian #bookfair, the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair will return to the Park Avenue Armory April 30-May 1, 2026. Learn more & buy tickets at www.nybookfair.com #RareBooks #NYBookFair2026

Save the date for the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition! April 9-11, 2026 Doors will remain open continuously from 12 pm ET on Thursday, April 9 until 7 pm ET on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Learn more at www.abaa.org/vbf

@abaararebooks.bsky.social's CA Antiquarian Book Fair transformed SF’s Pier 27 into “a museum where everything is for sale.” From #JackLondon manuscripts to #BlackPanther newspapers and #LGBTQ+ archival conversations, the Fair brought centuries of history to life. www.landispr.com/book-fair/a-...

Universally referred to as the world’s finest antiquarian #bookfair, the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair will return to the Park Avenue Armory April 30-May 1, 2026. Learn more & buy tickets at www.nybookfair.com #RareBooks #NYBookFair2026

Last night I shared my obsession for beautiful data graphics at @abaararebooks.bsky.social SF Book Fair. One of the sharpest audiences I've ever presented to.

Today is the final day of the #CaliforniaBookFair2026 at Pier 27 on The Embarcadero, #SanFrancisco. Join us to explore 2 floors of #rarebooks, #ephemera, & much more! Sunday hours: 11am-4pm Learn more & buy tickets: abaa.org/event/buy-ti... Tickets also available at the door!

We are set up at #cabf in San Francisco. Come visit us this weekend in booth 145. If you are interested in economic history, we’ve got you covered! @abaararebooks.bsky.social

The 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair opens TONIGHT at Pier 27 on The Embarcadero, San Francisco! Join us Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2026 to shop two floors of rare books, print ephemera, and much, much more! Get your tickets now: www.abaa.org/event/buy-ti...

Check out our booth this weekend if you happen to be in San Francisco. One of our Aaron’s is there w Helene.

The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America@abaararebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us tomorrow (Friday) at Pier 27 on The Embarcadero, San Francisco, for the California Book Fair! Shop two floors of rare books, print ephemera, and much more! Get your tickets & learn more: www.abaa.org/event/buy-ti...

Join us tomorrow (Friday) at Pier 27 on The Embarcadero, San Francisco, for the California Book Fair! Shop two floors of rare books, print ephemera, and much more! Get your tickets & learn more: www.abaa.org/event/buy-ti...

KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area interviews Lew Cohen, owner of B Street Books in Burlingame, about this weekend's California Book Fair. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

San Francisco Pier 27 will host 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

Max Darrow interviews Lew Cohen, owner of B Street Books in Burlingame, about the book fair.

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Chicago’s Newberry Library has received $4 million from the Mellon Foundation that will help widen access to Indigenous languages, some of which have been on the brink of disappearance.

Chicago’s Newberry Library gets $4 million to help tribal nations revitalize Indigenous languages

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Tickets available for the upcoming California Book Fair (Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2026) Pier 27, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA Get your tickets now: www.abaa.org/event/buy-ti... #CABookFair2026 #RareBooks #Ephemera

Join us at the California Book Fair on Saturday, February 28 at 4:30pm for a presentation on "Data-Graphic Masterpieces." Details: www.abaa.org/event/speake... #RareBooks #Ephemera #CABookFair2026

Join us at the California Book Fair on Sat., Feb. 28 at 3:00pm for a presentation on "Legacies of Artistic Experimentation and Social Change from the San Francisco Art Institute Archives." Details: www.abaa.org/event/speake... #RareBooks #CABookFair2026

Join us at the California Book Fair on Sat., Feb. 28 at 1:30pm for a presentation on "The Creative Vision of Alice Millard (1873-1938), Innovative Antiquarian Bookseller." Details: www.abaa.org/event/speake... #RareBooks #CABookFair2026

Join us at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair on Sat., February 28, at 12pm for a presentation on "Collecting Queer & Trans: An Inside Look at the World of LGBTQ+ #RareBooks, #Archives & #Ephemera." Learn more: www.abaa.org/event/speake... #CABookFair2026

Our first printed catalogue of 2026 is back from the printers. Pick up your complimentary copy at the California ABAA fair at the end of February. @abaararebooks.bsky.social

Wishing you and yours a #HappyNewYear from the members and staff of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, your trusted source for rare books and related ephemera since 1949. www.abaa.org Images: Greeting Cards (1870s) Offered by ABAA-member Eclectibles.