Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites
Author: Stephen Windwalker
List Price: $17.95
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ISBN: 0971577838
Publisher: Harvard Perspectives Press (05 June, 2002)
Sales Rank: 10,912
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Windwalker's book is an online bookseller's friend
As an online bookseller since 1998, I have often wished for a friend to sit beside me, guiding me through the complicated maze of selling used, rare and collectible books .... Stephen Windwalker's new book, Selling Used Books Online, is that friend for new booksellers and seasoned veterans alike.Windwalker gives the reader all the inside tips and information needed to succeed in online bookselling. He begins with the basics, including background and history, and progresses on to the nuts and bolts of the business such as finding your books and supplies and building your inventory. Much of the book is devouted to selling on Amazon.com, one of the most profitable selling venues available to seller's today. But most of the information in the book also applies to just about any sales venue on the Internet.
If you are new to the business of online bookselling, this book is an absolute must-buy. It will teach you the basics and will continue to provide useful advice and valuable information as you grow and progress in your online business. Veteran sellers also will appeciate this source of bookselling information at their fingertips.
Buy it, read it, absorb what you've read, then keep it by your computer as a friend while you list, sell and profit from online bookselling. In my opinion, it's the best book out there for aspiring, beginning and veteran online booksellers.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Tips for everything you can think of and then some!
Oh, how I wish I'd had Stephen Windwalker's book when I first started selling books online!! Actually, it's a dream come true. I used to sit around and say, "Gee, I wish someone, an experienced seller, would write a book about this." This book really and truly eliminates guesswork about how to sell, the ins and outs (believe me he thinks of everything!). I especially like the section on the myriad places online that a seller can sell! I felt like a kid in a candy store when Windwalker's book arrived.He will tell you things that no one else will about selling online, things you really want to know if you're even halfway considering selling books online.
Do you wonder where to get books to sell? He will surprise you with his suggestions. One favorite section is where he gives you the e-mail addresses for shipping carriers, bookselling venues, shipping supplies (that alone has saved me money already).
This is a very fun business. One of the things I like about it is the nice people you interact with, book buyers and sellers like Stephen Windwalker.He writes in a friendly style--you definitely "get it" that he genuinely wants to help you and see you succeed, and he goes into a lot of detail in an organized manner to help you do just that. It's a must-have book, I think, for the novice as well as seasoned seller.
This book is VERY comprehensive, easy to read, it'll inspire you to sell books and tell you step-by-step how to do it successfully!
Rating: 1 out of 5
hurting real booksellers
Books like this are a real travesty because they undercut real booksellers who own stores and are trying to make a living out of it. Those who sell online as a "hobby" are the worst because they do not have to worry about any profit margins, as long as they can re-sell a book for more than they paid for it it is a win for them. Anyone who had been selling books for a living would have spent enough time around them to have done the research and know all the things that are contained within this book. So, all I see this book doing is creating an avenue for people who won't take the time to understand books and book dealing to be able to sell books and steal business from hard working book dealing individuals. Don't read this book...and remember book selling is a PROFESSION not a hobby and shouldn't be taken lightly or trifled with. This is someone's life and deserves to be treated with respect. Similar Products
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