Founded in 2006 by Jim Hinck, viaLibri set itself apart from other similar sites by focusing on the more exacting needs of book collectors, librarians, and bibliographic scholars. This important group of book buyers had always been frustrated by the limitations of existing websites that were built primarily as price comparison tools.

Rejecting the prevailing assumption that online book buyers were only interested in cheap books, rather than rare or valuable ones, viaLibri built a powerful metasearch engine designed specifically to meet the needs of serious bibliophiles and not just bargain hunters.

Book buyers from around the world are increasingly using www.viaLibri.net as their tool of choice for finding elusive old books online. Its versatile search engine was designed to scour the vast number of books for sale online and sort items that best match the buyer's search.

As a result, one search using Vialibri can locate nearly any used book that is currently offered anywhere online. No other site matches the size or diversity of its sources for books. It is used by thousands of visitors every day to search for both rarities and bargains, and if a wanted item is not available today, viaLibri can search for it again tomorrow, and then continuously after that.

Buyers with multiple wants can maintain want lists on the site and have their wants searched automatically. But searching on viaLibri is not limited only to books for sale. Thousands of libraries can also be searched from a single form, eliminating the need to find and navigate multiple websites when performing a repetitive search.

According to ilab.org