by:
Windwalker, Stephen

Publisher:
Harvard Perspective Pr
Published:June 5, 2002
ISBN:0971577838
Format:Paperback
Pages:176

Description: News Update, A Friends of Libraries U.S.A. Publication
A wealth of information about the bookselling business, including descriptions of major online bookselling resources complete with detailed fee structures.

Product Description:
Book Description

Selling Used Books Online is a comprehensive how-to bible for America's newest and fastest growing group of entrepreneurs, the sellers on Amazon Marketplace and other online venues. Author Stephen Windwalker, a successful online seller himself who has also operated a brick-and-mortar bookshop, provides a treasure trove of up-to-date information with verve, clarity, and wit.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reported that the number of third-party sellers on his company's website grew from over 100,000 in the fourth quarter of 2001 to over 150,000 in the first quarter of 2002, and roughly one-third of these appear to be entrepreneurial sellers who are operating full- or part-time businesses in competition with each other, with Amazon, and with very large Amazon Marketplace sellers such as Powell's, the Strand bookstore, and Alibris. For these 50,000 entrepreneurs, Selling Used Books Online will be a powerful business resource that will help them level the playing field, stay in business, and prosper.

Selling Used Books Online meets the needs of booksellers and business readers who want to stay current on market changes, best sources, insider's tips and tactics, and best practices, and is also a essential addition for public libraries, the small business and entrepreneurship market and related agency and educational markets, and publishing industry and bibliophile readers. Back matter includes several useful appendices that online booksellers will use on a daily basis: a glossary, a list of standard bookseller abbreviations, a casual bibliography of resources on bookselling and collecting, and an online bookseller's "Rolodex."

The Most Up-To-Date Book In Its Field, Covering:
and#183; THE BOOKSELLING BUSINESSand#183; SUPPLIERS AND SOURCES
and#183; WHERE TO GET YOUR BOOKS
and#183; WHAT BOOKS TO GET
and#183; WHERE TO SELL YOUR BOOKS
and#183; GRADING AND DESCRIBING YOUR BOOKS
and#183; POSTING AND PRICING YOUR BOOKS
and#183; ORGANIZING YOUR BUSINESS AND HANDLING TAX ISSUES
and#183; FULFILLMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
and#183; EXPANSION ISSUES AND FUTURE PLANS
and#183; HANDY REFERENCE TOOLS YOU WILL USE EVERY DAY