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Neil Gaiman seems to be the man of the hour, Newbery award winner for The Graveyard Book and the silver screen adaptation of Coraline will begin showing tomorrow. What amazed me most was Barack Obama showing up on this list despite the fact that you would be considered lucky to find a signed Obama for [...]

Here is a list of the top ten most expensive sales on AbeBooks in the month of January. Barack Obama continues to be super hot among book collectors once again smashing the previous Obama book price record of $5500. Top 10 most expensive books purchased on AbeBooks for January 2009 1. YA-WAE PA-HU-CAE E-CAE AE-TA-NAE [...]

One of the things I love about working here at AbeBooks is the discoveries I make. Pretty much any topic, event, or notable name triggers an “I wonder if we have a book…” response. With today being Martin Luther King day in the United States, I was prompted to see what collectible books by King [...]

Here is a list of the top ten bestselling signed books for December 2008 on AbeBooks. 1. A Mercy by Toni Morrison 2. A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre 3. Netherland by Joseph O’Neill 4. Indignation by Philip Roth 5. 2666: A Novel by Robert Bolano 6. Widows of Eastwick by John Updike [...]

Sad news this morning with the announcement that Michael Crichton has died of cancer at just 66. The author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, his writing has been embraced by Hollywood. Here is a link to his signed books.