Category: viaLibri Virtual Showcase

Register now for the February viaLibri Virtual Showcase

After a successful first outing, the viaLibri Virtual Showcase will be returning on February 20th. Register now to secure your place in the internet’s premier book fair.

Why register?

Unmatched access to viaLibri’s audience

  • Every day over 4,000 collectors, librarians and dealers from around the world come to viaLibri to search for old and rare books.
  • Every day our Libribot matches over 180,000 active wants with the search lists of over 18,000 registered users and subscribers. Links to your showcase items will be emailed directly to interested collectors.
  • Over 35,000 searches are executed daily on viaLibri.

A brand new, custom built, book fair system

  • The Virtual Showcase provides powerful search tools using flexible unlimited, multi-lingual categories and tags.
  • Upload up to 50 images per item.
  • Include links to your recent catalogue PDFs in your profile.
  • If your website is already being searched by viaLibri then you will be able to easily copy your listings into the Virtual Showcase.

Enhanced features for February 2025

Based on valuable feedback from December’s exhibitors we’re making the following changes to the platform:

  • Real-time statistics on page visits and item views will be available in the Exhibitor’s Dashboard.
  • Item descriptions can now include bold and italic text, as well as links.
  • The categories and tags browsing experience will be simplified to allow easier browsing.
  • We’ve added “Previous exhibitor” and “Next exhibitor” buttons to make it easier to browse all the booths in the showcase.
  • Several other small tweaks and bug fixes.

Discount for viaLibri subscribers

As before, there is a 20% discount on all registration fees for viaLibri Premium Services subscribers. If you are a subscriber and you are signed in to viaLibri with the correct account then this discount will be applied automatically when you register for the showcase.

 

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Hoping To See You At The 2027 ABAA California Book Fair

Tuesday morning we received the unfortunate news that the 2025 ABAA California Book Fair has been canceled. The smoke from the catastrophic Los Angeles fires would have been enough, alone, to keep most buyers away from this event. But on top of that was the fact that the Pasadena Convention Center, the regular and planned location for the fair, has been converted into a temporary evacuation center to be run by the Red Cross and FEMA. With no alternative location the book fair had no choice but to close. We are sorry to see the interruption of this important cultural event that is so important to the booksellers, libraries and collectors of Southern California. We look forward, in 2027, to the return of the ABAA California Book Fair to its Pasadena Home and hope to see you there.

In the meantime we will soon conduct our own virtual book fair in a location where we hope you and your books will be safe from both fire and flood. This event will be the Second viaLibri Virtual Showcase and will take place over 4 days from February 20th until February 23rd. Buying and selling will not begin before those dates, but exhibitors can register as sellers and begin uploading their books as soon as they are ready.

Mark Your Calendar

Our patient readers should be pleased to hear that we have now set the date for the opening of our first viaLibri Virtual Showcase. You can mark it on your calendar for December 12, 2024 and set your alarm for 15:00 GMT.

The showcase will stay open until December 15 at 22:00 GMT.

Registration for exhibitors is open NOW!

If you are a collector you will, of course, still have more than six weeks to wait, but I’m sure you can find something else to keep you busy until then. If not, I would suggest that you should spend some time adding to your want list and refining your search filters there.

As a potential buyer this could prove especially interesting since our Libribot will also be checking your want list and alerting you to any fresh items of interest the moment the virtual doors open. If you have ever thought about expanding and refining your want list this would be an ideal time to do so.

On the other hand, if you are a bookseller you can now register to become an exhibitor and spend your free time preparing the special items you will be displaying before all the viaLibri users in attendance around the world.