A new website devoted to Italian Automotive Publications
Dave McClure and Lynn Getz, your hosts at MotoBooks Italiano>
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MotorBooks Italiano (www.MotorBooks Italiano.com). is exactly what it says, never mind the purposeful use of a well known acronym: A one stop Internet bookstore for those interested in books on Italian automotive subjects.
MBI also picked up the Giorgio Nada US retail sales distribution when it was dropped by the other MBI (there is no connection between MotorBooks Italiano and Motorbooks International, however). MotorBooks Italiano is now the online source for the fine line of books offered by the longtime Italian publishing house. Smart move.
We'll get into the details in a bit, but we'd like to point out that MotorBooks Italiano offers a great service for Italian car enthusiasts. Based in San Antonio, MBI is the creation of Dave McClure and Lynn Getz, who have been in the automotive book and Internet business since the analog age and are eager to please their customers. But businesses that offer choice, convenience and stock specialty items must be supported by the enthusiast base. That means us. MotorBooks Italiano is there for our needs, and we urge you to visit their website, and by all means, use it to find and order the books you desire. Like they say, use it or lose it.
Parent company LMG Enterprises opened the doors for business in 1989 as a specialist mail order automobile book dealer. In 1994 a stand alone Internet website was constructed and added to their already well-established mail order automotive book business. The new website pre-dated those of Amazon, Barnes &
Noble and MotorBooks International. "I guess we can truthfully say that we were pioneers of the new business technology called the Internet," says McClure.
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Automobile Year is now available from LMG-Gallery L'Automobile for $59.95.
Click here to order.
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Three years later it was obvious that the Internet effort had paid off for LMG. The website was generating more book orders than the mail order side of the business! In 1997, the decision was made to become a totally Internet-based business and a second specialized site was added to handle the Automotive Art & Automobilia side of the business.
Doing so well, in fact, that Dave and Lynn made the decision to add yet a third specialized site to their growing business. "We decided that further diversification was necessary, so in 2004, a third website was added."
According to McClure, "The intention of the new site is to provide an online source for Italian published automobile books and books dealing with Italian automotive subjects. The inventory of new, used and out-of-print titles available cover all the Italian automobile Marques and Etceterini and also include books on
Italian Motorcycles, Scooters, Commercial Vehicles, Karting, Pedal Cars,
Toys, Models and appropriate Auto Racing titles."
The site also showcases the fascinating Giorgio Nada line of books, many of which are no longer available through any other retail bookseller in the USA.
McClure believes the new website "is a great resource
for all Italian car enthusiasts as there is no other online resource
dedicated to books on Italian automotive subjects that includes the ability
to search only for books that are relevant to their interest."
So when VeloceToday reader Marc Hunter wanted to know if the new book on Villoresi, published in Italian by Nada, would be available in English, we passed the email onto McClure. "We are constantly in communication with Stefano Nada and I will ask him in our next email - I am going to guess that his reply will be based on our response to his question regarding the number of copies that we think we could sell of the translated version!"
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Available from Motorbooks Italiano, $21.60 plus shipping.
To order
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Here's hoping that MotorBooks Italiano will be able to exert enough influence on the Nada publishing house so that more books will be available in both Italian and English.
McClure knows his customers and is willing to go to bat for them. "We are genuinely interested in your feedback and will give serious consideration to any proposals that you may have. Please e-mail your comments to Info@MotorBooksItaliano." In fact, he'd like to know how many VeloceToday readers would be interested in a copy of the Villoresi book (in Italian only). If you'd like a copy, drop him a line.
An informal partnership between VeloceToday and MotorBooks Italiano is a natural. We're all car nuts, and we're all book nuts. Our audience is essentially identical. VeloceToday will be reviewing some of the books offered by MBI, and we'll include a new banner as well as multiple links to the MBI website.
WEBSITES & CONTENTS: AUTOMOBILE BOOKS from LMG
LMG Enterprises
As one of the largest suppliers of new, used and out-of-print automobile
books in the USA , we are committed to customer service and customer
satisfaction. Whenever you purchase from LMG your purchase is guaranteed.
Individual books priced at $50.00 or more, ordered directly from our order
desk at 210-979-6098, qualify for free shipping within the USA . In
addition, we offer you a satisfaction guarantee, so if you are dissatisfied
with your purchase, for whatever reason, you may return it for a full,
no-questions-asked refund of the purchase price.
Our on-line automobile book sales are split into three separate catalogs.
AUTOMOBILE YEAR
The Annual for Car Enthusiasts: LMG ~ Gallery L'Automobile
is the exclusive distributor for the United States and Canada for Automobile
Year. You will find the website at (www.AutomobileYear.net), where you can purchase current and back issues online. We always try to keep a supply of
Automobile Year back issues available for those of you seeking that missing
copy in order to complete your set. If you are a long-time collector of
Automobile Year, we encourage you to contact us and have your name placed on our mailing list, as we often have pre-publication specials to offer.
MOTOR BOOKS ITALIANO –MBI
The online source for all of your Italian
published automobile books and books dealing with Italian automotive
subjects. You will find the website at
(www.MotorBooksItaliano.com). Our
inventory covers all the Italian automobile Marques and Etceterini and also
includes books on Italian Motorcycles, Scooters, Commercial Vehicles,
Karting, Pedal Cars, Toys, Models and appropriate Auto Racing titles. You
can make your purchases online and there are always some titles on sale. In
addition, we also have regular "specials" for those of you who sign up to be
included in our mailing list.
LMG--GALLERY L'AUTOMOBILE
Our website at (www.LMGauto.com). features original
automobile art, automobile and racing prints, auto racing posters and
Automobilia. It includes access to our automobile book catalogs where you
will find thousands of new, used and out-of-print automobile books that may
be purchased online. All of your purchases are covered by our "money back,
satisfaction guarantee", so you can be confident in dealing with a company
that began operation as a specialist automobile book dealer in 1989 and has
been selling online since 1994.
