About us

ObiBooks is a marketplace for booklovers, booksellers, book collectors, librarians, students and others who want to buy, sell or trade books online!

Founded in 2007 by programmer/analyst, pre-internet social media pioneer, and bibliophile Gerald Albion, ObiBooks today provides a commission-free, listing-fee-free marketplace for likeminded individuals and businesses.

For small sellers who maintain no more than 100 listings at any given time, ObiBooks is completely free, supported by advertising. There is no listing fee and no commission when a sale is completed, you don't even need to register a credit card with us! Just sign up and start selling books.

For commercial sellers, monthly and annual subscrption plans that reflect the size of your ObiBooks operation are very reasonably priced. And we have no silly exclusive arrangements with our sellers; you are free to sell the same books on other sites too, and even link to those other listings if you want!

For buyers, we offer readers the chance to find bestsellers at a fraction of the cover price; we offer collectors the chance to find volumes you can't find in your local bookstore; we offer librarians the chance to refresh their collections without breaking limited budgets; and we offer students the chance to find new and used textbooks for far less than your school's bookstore offers!

We are located in Victoria, B.C., Canada, the most book-crazy town in Canada, perhaps even the world!

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