The Rare Book Hub (formerly known as the Americana Exchange) is a website for the buying, selling and collecting of rare and antiquarian books. It was founded in 2002 in San Francisco by rare book collector Bruce McKinney with the aim of offering hard to find information about book collecting to the public. From a start of providing a subscription database of bibliographic records, the company now offers many related services, mostly at no charge. The company at first specialized in the Americana book field, but quickly expanded to all types of antiquarian and rare books, ephemera, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and other works on paper.

Rare Book Hub
FormerlyAmericana Exchange
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail (Specialty)
Founded2002
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Key people
Bruce McKinney, CEO
Productsrare books, antiquarian books, out of print books
Websiterarebookhub.com

References

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  • McKinney, Bruce. "AE: It's on to Year Six". Americana Exchange. Retrieved 2010-11-02.[permanent dead link]
  • Reese, William. "Ernest Wessen and the Midland Rare Book Company". Antiquarian Book Review. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  • Elmer, Michael. "Describing Books – Beyond the Basics". Bookzing. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  • Hogan, Cecilia. "Library Book Sales". Information Today. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  • "Rare Book Review Awards". Rare Book Review. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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