Joel, Emily & The Alibris Story!

The Alibris Story

Before the browser

 

Richard Weatherford is a bookseller who loves old books and new technology. After teaching college for a number of years, Dick turned to selling antiquarian books via specialized catalogs from his home near Seattle. He soon realized that computer databases had a lot to offer the antiquarian book business. In 1982, he wrote a business plan for a company that would build an online database for antiquarian booksellers. He called the company Interloc because it would serve as an interlocutor (that's English professor for "go-between") to help sellers to locate hard-to-find books. Unfortunately startup capital was harder to find than a signed JD Salinger, in part because personal computers were still scarce, expensive, and difficult to connect.

 

In 1991, Dick was hired by Faxon, a book and magazine subscription service firm, to salvage BookQuest, an early online database for antiquarian booksellers. BookQuest failed, but it taught Dick a lot and it revived the idea of Interloc. Because computer use was growing exponentially, the idea seemed timely and Dick was able to raise nearly $50,000, mainly from booksellers who respected his thinking and vision. Interloc went live in 1993, prior to the widespread use of the world-wide web.

 

The first successful online bookseller service

 

Initially, Interloc was a database for professional booksellers only. It was not open to the public. Dick recruited Tom Sawyer, who in 1993 published Record Manager, the first desktop software for booksellers. The data standard that Tom developed for Record Manager, called UIEE, is still in widespread use today. Interloc enabled sellers to transfer files of book listings over modems using DOS-based computers. Interloc built the first system to match requests, or "wants" from customers with books available for sale. It was a pioneering system, and the small company became the first successful online service for booksellers.

 

A global vision from traveling the backroads

 

In 1997, Marty Manley asked an author friend how to find a copy of her book, which was out-of-print. Manley had what might politely be termed a nonstandard resume: among other things, he had been a machinist and a leader of several labor unions, a McKinsey & Co. management consultant, a sought-after turnaround expert, and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Bill Clinton. Over dinner, the author suggested that Marty use Interloc to track down a copy of her book. Marty found the book and was immediately hooked on Interloc's rich content. He sought out Richard Weatherford and was soon introduced to him in an office at the top of San Francisco's highest skyscraper.

 

There's actually many more to this story if you're willing to search the site (https://www.alibris.com) but do you know what matters? They decided to display my romantic drama into their site. They're actually many more sellers there who sell the book and if you're truly interested, you can always get it. Got it?

"Hey, come, see what we can do together"

 

Actually trying to keep the magic alive, here's another excerpt of my forthcoming book. I continue the story, so, here's how our two heroes continue, they continue:

 

“There are people who can see, my dear. You may be good at school, but hurting and mocking your classmates who may be more vulnerable than you means that you are impatient to ‘use power’.”

“We are all like that,” continued Jennifer sharply.

“It may be so, but the looking glass knows the consequences this will have for you as a grown-up. You may do that now, but hurrying, being impatient to act like an adult will get you disappointed later on. I came to you to fix that!”

“Are there only fixes in your mind, Jack? Can’t you act a bit more happily?”

The elf, partly dressed, as the winter had not come yet, with pointy ears, brown hair, brown pants and a backpack over his shoulders and at the same height with Jennifer, began playing music. The flute sounded wonderful to the little child as Jack started smiling, moving right and left and then making steps to dance.

“Hey, come, see what we can do together,” he continued.

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So, you know where the wonderful is, folks? They display The Words of Emily Logan as a paperback on their e-shelves! Wanna know all about a book written in a movie format? Go check it and... why not, buy it!

 

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"...There are people who can see..."

 

One day, Jennifer invited Jack to her house to sing, play music and eat together. The fall had already come and they had a wonderful time. Jennifer believed mirrors are magical. The little child believed that the mirror her family kept at the sitting room had extraordinary powers.

“Do you truly believe in magic, Jennifer?” asked Jack hopefully. “That’s been my greatest concern, since I came to you.”

“Of course, I believe, Jack! But why are you worried?”

“It happens that I know a few things about you!” stated Jack seriously. “I come from another world where a magical mirror judges all of us, including you.”

“Am I judged?! Really?! What do I do wrong?!” asked Jennifer surprised.

“There are people who can see, my dear. You may be good at school, but hurting and mocking your classmates who may be more vulnerable than you means that you are impatient to ‘use power’.”

 

Soon the magical book will be a publishing reality. What do you enjoy most about it?