From the viaLibri blog

Registration is now open for our December showcase

11/4/26 - Alasdair North

Mark your calendars for the next viaLibri Virtual Showcase: Rare books, prints, maps and ephemera. Opens Wednesday 2nd December, 3 p.m. GMT through Monday 7th December, 10 p.m. GMT. Visit this online fair where a selection of international sellers will be offering carefully chosen items across a wide range of subjects. We hope you will …

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An update about yesterday’s downtime

10/22/26 - Alasdair North

As you might have noticed, viaLibri was offline for ten hours yesterday. In all the time I’ve been working for viaLibri I can’t remember a time when we’ve had to take the website down for that long. We weren’t alone. As widely reported in the news, a vulnerability had been discovered in PHP, the programming …

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Got a thousand wants? We’ll import them for you

10/13/26 - Alasdair North

One of the best features of viaLibri is our saved search service, Libribot. Using this feature you can save sets of search criteria (which we call “wants”). Libribot will then check your wants against our search index several times a day and send you an email if any new matching items have come on sale. …

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How to block particular booksellers

8/27/26 - Alasdair North

The ability to block particular sellers is a feature that our users regularly ask for. In fact, it’s been a feature of viaLibri for years, but it was only displayed if you were logged in to your viaLibri account. We’ve recently tweaked it so it’ll show for all users. However, you’ll still need to log …

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