A new south African Internet bookseller is showing signs of rapid growth, according to a brief report from AllAfrica.com. Michael van Rooyen, the founder of the one-year-old Loot.co.za, says sales doubled in the last quarter, and he is “bullish” about the future. “People are slowly getting to know that we exist,” he says. “With our catalogue now approaching 1.5 million titles we expect strong growth to continue in 2005.”