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Press coverage of CIROBE and the Bargain Book Industry

Throughout the year, various trade publications do stories on the bargain book industry. Follow these links to read more. (NOTE: These links will take you away from the CIROBE web site and some of the Publisher's Weekly links are temporarily down due to their website reconstruction.)

2010

Publisher's Weekly:

• CIROBE turns 20 (2010 Publisher's Weekly show review)
• Bargain Books in Transition: Remainders feel impact of market changes

Bargain Book News:

• CIROBE wrap-up
• CIROBE on the Horizon

2009

• CIROBE Cofounder Marshall Smith Dies

2008

• CIROBE Bullish Despite Bear Market (2008 Publisher's Weekly show review)

Publisher's Weekly Bargain Books Supplement, September 9, 2008:

• Hurting for Business: Explaining an often misunderstood area of the bargain book world
• Shifting Gears: Two major players consider changes in the bargain book business
• Hoisting Sales: Are new merchandising methods improving business?
• Not So Retiring: Two veterans of the game reflect on 70 years in bargain bookselling.

2007

• CIROBE #17 Delivers for Exhibitors, Buyers (2007 Publisher's Weekly show review)

Publisher's Weekly:

• Promotional Publishing
• Tackling New Technology
• Anatomy of a Remainder
• Seeking Net Results

2006

Washington Post, January 16, 2006:

• Remainders Of the Day: When Unsold Books Are Up For Bid, the Plot Can Take A Sweet Turn at Daedalus

• Publisher's Weekly review of the 2006 show

2006 Publisher's Weekly Special Report: Bargain Books

• Where Have All the Good Books Gone?
• Sales Ahoy!
• On Track for Online Selling
• Better than Full Price Any Day
• Food at CIROBE--It's Not Just for Thought

2005

• Publisher's Weekly review of the 2005 show

2005 Publisher's Weekly Special Report: Bargain Books

• CIROBE Turns 15
• Therapy for Publishers
• On the Distaff Side
• Old Hands and Newbies Agree: CIROBE Rocks!

2004

Read the following reviews of the 2004 show: Brisk Business Highlights CIROBE '04 and New on the Scene

2004 Publisher's Weekly Special Report: CIROBE

• A Rose by any other Name
• My one and only
• Chicago: Something for Everybody
• Follow the Leaders

2003

Read the following reviews of the 2003 show:

• CIROBE: Lucky 13

...and the September 2003 CIROBE Publisher's Weekly Insert:

• Special Report: The World of Bargain Books

2002

Read the following reviews of the 2002 show:

• CIROBE: Briskly Bouncing Back

...and the September 2002 CIROBE Publisher's Weekly Insert:

• Special Report: The World of Bargain Books
• 2002
• Publishing Trends: Still Smokin' at CIROBE

2001

Read the following reviews of the 2001 show:

• CIROBE: A Little Caution, a Lot of Business

...and these articles from the October 2001 CIROBE Publisher's Weekly Insert:

• Forecast: Clear Sale-ing Ahead
• In Search of Net Results
• Thoughts on Attending CIROBE

2000

Read the following reviews of the 2000 show:

• Tenth CIROBE Show a Knockout

...and these articles from the October 2000 CIROBE Publisher's Weekly Insert:

• Notes from the Retail Front
• Gazing into the Crystal Ball
• Crazy, After All These Years

• Spring 2000 article on the industry from PW Bargain Buyers BEA-Bound

1999

Read the following reviews of the 1999 show:

• Publisher's Weekly: A Sunny Chicago Remainder Show
• Publisher's Weekly: The ABC of Remainders
• Bookselling This Week: BookWeb:BTW: CIROBE 1999

and these articles from the September 1999 CIROBE Publisher's Weekly Insert:

• BARGAIN BOOKS: They're in the Money
• BARGAIN BOOKS: Making Book on Overstock
• BARGAIN BOOKS: What's Up in Sale Categories

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