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In this article, the author talks about the impact of Amazon.com Inc., an American electronic (e)-commerce company, on the publishing industry in 2013. He reports on the decision of Amazon to venture into selling second-hand books. He also offers information on the tax issue experienced by Amazon in Great Britain.

The article discusses the reactions of the book industry to the second-hand bookshops of Oxfam. Individuals as well as members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) are reportedly accusing Oxfam bookshops of bringing damage to their businesses. The author says that the PBFA is not against charities but admits the difficulty of competing with a company that sells donated books and makes use of volunteers as sellers. The author says that Oxfam and PBFA has agreed on terms related to valuing antiquarian and rare books.

The article reports on the increasing sales of used books in the U.S. Some dealers offer a book for sale even they do not yet own and if someone orders it, they then buy a copy and sell it on. This transaction is viable at least to some extent because books are available at high discounts from the outset.

Questions whether certain second-hand book sales, especially those that make use of the Web sites of big international retailers such as Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., are as straightforward as they seem. Overview of how Web-based second-hand book sales are usually carried out; Emergence of evidence that the majority of so-called used books available on Amazon's site are in fact new; Negative impact of such kind of used-book sales on genuine sales of new books.

Presents a letter to the editor about an article on the market for second-hand books.

Presents a letter to the editor about an article on online second-hand book sales in the spring 2005 issue.

Presents a letter to the editor about royalties to authors and publishers resulting from turnover by certain categories of dealers in second-hand books.

Presents a letter to the editor about second-hand book sales.