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BIBLIO

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Online marketplace for rare and collectible books

Biblio is an independently owned international online marketplace specializing in rare and collectible books. Biblio was established in 2000 in Asheville, North Carolina, by Brendan Sherar and Michael Tracey.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Biblio is an independently owned international online marketplace specializing in rare and collectible books.2

The story

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. Since 2003, Biblio has sold over 7.5 million books, including new and used titles. Biblio launched localized versions of Biblio.com in the UK in 2009 and then in Australia and New Zealand in 2017 to better serve those markets.

Biblio launched its first non-English site, Biblio.es, in August 2022, with the goal of expanding its reach into Spanish speaking markets in both Europe and Latin America. El País, a prominent Spanish newspaper, recognized Biblio.es as a prestigious source for rare books.

From Wikipedia’s article on Biblio.com, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

As part of its core product, Biblio provides inventory management tools for its booksellers in a feature suite known as BiblioDirect. Sellers can maintain their inventory and catalogue information, as well as route their inventory to other digital book marketplaces.

Biblio provides e-commerce and web services for several professional bookselling associations, starting with a 2009 partnership with the ABAA in conjunction with Bibliopolis, where Biblio built a white-label marketplace for ABAA member inventory. Biblio has also designed, managed, and hosted websites for the IOBA, ABA, ILAB, and ANZAAB associations. The IOBA partnership ended in 2022.

From Wikipedia’s article on Biblio.com, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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