Biblio.com is a privately owned international
online marketplace specializing in rare and
collectible book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physi ...
s. Biblio was established in 2000 in
Asheville, North Carolina, by Brendan Sherar and Michael Tracey.
Biblio also provides
e-commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain managem ...
solutions and web services to multiple professional bookseller associations, including the
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers is a non-profit umbrella organization of bookseller associations, with its legal location in Geneva, Switzerland. It federates 22 National Associations of Antiquarian Booksellers, representing ...
, the
Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and the
Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers.
Founding
Biblio was founded in 2000 as a
metasearch or price comparison engine company. In 2003, it began hosting its own online marketplace. In May 2009, Biblio expanded to the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe.
Technology
Biblio.com provides BiblioDirector, an inventory management software that works on both Biblio and other marketplaces. Biblio.com provided Bookhound inventory management program for free to its sellers from June 2008 to December 2012. An updated version of Bookhound is still available for sale through Bibliopolis.
As of 2008, Biblio.com launched a complete overhaul of their site. Their new site was built on the
Solr
Solr (pronounced "solar") is an open-source enterprise-search platform, written in Java. Its major features include full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, database integration, NoSQL features ...
search engine, a subproject of the
Apache HTTP Server Lucene
Apache Lucene is a free and open-source search engine software library, originally written in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License. Lucene is widely used as ...
project. The Solr search engine allows one to search by author, title, illustrator, data, among other parameters. Biblio's stated goal for search is to help customers find titles in as few clicks as possible.
Corporate structure and partnerships
Biblio.com is wholly owned and operated by Biblio, Inc., a privately held company. The company advertises its use of a
triple bottom line
The triple bottom line (or otherwise noted as TBL or 3BL) is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and economic. Some organizations have adopted the TBL framework to evaluate their performance in a broade ...
and runs in charity programs called Ecosend and Biblio Charitable Works, Inc. Biblio describes itself as the first online book marketplace to offer carbon-free shipping through its Ecosend program, purchasing
carbon offsets for the shipment of every book sold through its site.
On April 17, 2009, Biblio.com announced a joint three-way agreement with Bibliopolis, LLC and
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) is an organization in the United States for dealers in rare and antiquarian books. The association is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
History
Fou ...
(ABAA) to provide a new e-commerce site for ABAA members.
[Loftin 2009] Under the 4-year joint operating agreement, the new ABAA e-commerce site built by Bibliopolis features Biblio.com's search engine and e-commerce technology.
In addition to the ABAA site, Biblio runs similar niche-market sites such as Biblion.co.uk and IOBABooks.com (
Independent Online Booksellers Association
The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) is an international trade association of independent used and rare booksellers who sell online. IOBA is dedicated to ethical business practices that promote customer confidence. The organizatio ...
).
See also
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List of online booksellers
A list of booksellers who predominantly sell new or used books online, although some may sell other items as well; some may also sell through brick and mortar stores. Incorporated is a list of online marketplaces to which numerous small independen ...
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External links
Official Website
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Book selling websites
Product searching websites