This just in from Amazon.com: http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=183991

Amazon.com today launched a beta version of the new Rare & Collectible Books store. During this beta phase, we will be testing new features and gathering feedback from buyers and sellers.

The new store can be accessed through the Amazon.com Books store, or you can see it now by clicking on the following link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=2056775011

The Rare & Collectible Books store consolidates advanced search, browse categories, product merchandising, and targeted content to enhance the shopping experience for book collectors on Amazon.com. The following features are now available:

• Advanced Search: The search widget on the Rare & Collectible Books landing page is specific to "Collectible" condition books. It includes checkboxes for First Edition, Signed, and With Dust Jacket, in addition to standard fields such as Author, Title, Publisher, Publication Date, and Keywords.

• Browse: The store-specific browse allows buyers to view lists of only those books that have "Collectible" offers.

• Community Forums: Collectors can interact through a new Rare & Collectible Books Community advertised on the main store page.

• Customer Feedback: Buyers and sellers are invited to provide questions, comments, or suggestions on our Rare & Collectibles store through a widget on the main store page.

• Content about Book Collecting: The store includes specific information for new buyers and sellers to guide them in understanding bookselling terminology and the complexities of determining the value of collectible books.

In April 2009, Amazon announced that listings of "Collectible" books on Amazon.com would be limited to approved sellers only. Since then, we have enabled a number of specific features for "Collectible" books: the removal of price restrictions, the addition of collectible attributes such as 'Signed By', 'Collectible Edition', and 'Dust Jacket Condition', and the launch of Offer Specific Images.
For more information regarding listing "Collectible" books and the above mentioned features, see the Collectible Books Condition Guidelines and our pages on Collectible Books: Listing Attributes and Images. To request approval to create "Collectible" book listings on Amazon.com, please see the Collectible Books Requirements.

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We wish to thank booksellers on Amazon.com for the thoughtful feedback you have provided about the new Collectible Books category. Seller feedback has helped us to shape the requirements for selling in the category and to refine the listing features available to approved sellers. We will continue to review our requirements and introduce new features over time as we work to enhance the customer experience in the Amazon.com Rare & Collectible Books store.
If you have comments or suggestions about changes to our Collectible Books category, please write to collectible-books-feedback@amazon.com.

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