by Scott Brown —Three generations of the Arthur H. Clark Co.

by Kim Becnel—Ben Franklin and the first woman to publish a newspaper in the United States.

by Pasco Gasbarro—The publishing house Dave Eggers built.

by Richard Goodman—A writer reacts to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.

Plus Alibris cancels its IPO, Powell's celebrates 10 years online, ILAB hosts a virtual bookfair, a life and death book auction, and reviews of a novel by David Garnett, founder of the Nonesuch Press as well as the latest John Dunning bibliomystery. And, as always, catalog reviews and a calendar of upcoming book fairs and auctions, and much more.