About Us

Bibliope is venture of Calvello Books.

A long-time bibliophile & hunter-gatherer, Michael Calvello worked for many years in secondhand & antiquarian bookshops in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Bolerium Books, Libros Latinos, Maelstrom Books, and Diluvian Books. Along with Alan Green, he co-developed BookHound, the popular desktop cataloging software.

A passionate reader, writer and researcher, Michael has a background in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts, and a Master's of Library & Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin, with emphases in the History of the Book, Bibliography, and Manuscript Traditions.  For several years he owned Owl & Company Bookshop in Oakland.