Comments on: The fine art of Book Pricing. http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/ ...to help you be a better bookseller Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:54:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Process of Pricing a Book to Sell Online | Bookshop Blog http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-7617 The Process of Pricing a Book to Sell Online | Bookshop Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:54:26 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-7617 [...] Once I have my books it is time for some serious work. The first step is to clean them up by removing pencil marks and stickers, I don’t remove library stickers unless they’re already starting to come off. Then comes the need to remove any sticky left from the stickers and there’s a whole armoury involved in the processes of removing pencil marks and sticky from stickers which I won’t deal with now. This blog will deal with the precise mathematical formula for pricing pre-loved books for selling online. [...] [...] Once I have my books it is time for some serious work. The first step is to clean them up by removing pencil marks and stickers, I don’t remove library stickers unless they’re already starting to come off. Then comes the need to remove any sticky left from the stickers and there’s a whole armoury involved in the processes of removing pencil marks and sticky from stickers which I won’t deal with now. This blog will deal with the precise mathematical formula for pricing pre-loved books for selling online. [...]

]]> By: P. J. Grath http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-4675 P. J. Grath Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:38:02 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-4675 For something so rare that it doesn't show up on any used book sites, try Googling for the title. Use "" marks at beginning and end to eliminate results with some but not all of the words in the title. Even if you don't find the title priced for sale anywhere, you may turn up interesting information about the book and the author that will help you price and sell the book. For something so rare that it doesn’t show up on any used book sites, try Googling for the title. Use “” marks at beginning and end to eliminate results with some but not all of the words in the title. Even if you don’t find the title priced for sale anywhere, you may turn up interesting information about the book and the author that will help you price and sell the book.

]]> By: Jordan Hunter http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Jordan Hunter Thu, 22 May 2008 01:41:06 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-2058 I use a free online UPC/ISBN lookup utility at http://www.thrifthunting.com. Once I know what the price is from several sites, I know whether its worth the purchase. I use a free online UPC/ISBN lookup utility at http://www.thrifthunting.com.

Once I know what the price is from several sites, I know whether its worth the purchase.

]]> By: eric ember http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 eric ember Wed, 21 May 2008 20:30:20 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-2055 I am so glad i found this blog, my wife has gotten it into her head that she wants to sell books online. Until know I had no reference to point her to that would help. We have no idea how to price anything, except by what the competition is charging, which is always bad cause how do we know that they are not going broke too? I am so glad i found this blog, my wife has gotten it into her head that she wants to sell books online. Until know I had no reference to point her to that would help. We have no idea how to price anything, except by what the competition is charging, which is always bad cause how do we know that they are not going broke too?

]]> By: The Seventh Day: Inaugural Edition | On the Horizon http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-465 The Seventh Day: Inaugural Edition | On the Horizon Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:40:36 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-465 [...] K. Hollingdrake shares The Fine Art of Book Pricing from The Bookshop Blog. Whether you are selling or buying books online, Bruce’s provides [...] [...] K. Hollingdrake shares The Fine Art of Book Pricing from The Bookshop Blog. Whether you are selling or buying books online, Bruce’s provides [...]

]]> By: Hopeful Spirit http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Hopeful Spirit Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:01:01 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-463 Thank you for participating in the Inaugural Edition of The Seventh Day, my new weekly blog carnival! Remember that submissions are accepted through Saturdays at noon (Pacific time) and the Canrival is posted every Sunday at On the Horizon! Drop by and check out all the wonderful posts included in the very first edition! Hope you’ll participate again. Blessings to you! Thank you for participating in the Inaugural Edition of The Seventh Day, my new weekly blog carnival!

Remember that submissions are accepted through Saturdays at noon (Pacific time) and the Canrival is posted every Sunday at On the Horizon!

Drop by and check out all the wonderful posts included in the very first edition! Hope you’ll participate again.

Blessings to you!

]]> By: prying1 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-423 prying1 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:12:28 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/2007/12/22/the-fine-art-of-book-pricing/#comment-423 Here is another Handy Dandy Book Resource I found just recently. http://worldcat.org/search They have a toolbar search engine you can load on to the top of your browser page. Just type in the tile or author and it takes you to the page you want. - Lists Libraries that carry the book and tabs can (hopefully) take you to other info that is helpful. Sign up and in your profile you can link to your website and blogsite. Create lists of books you like and check out profiles of other people with similar tastes. That is if they don't have their profile private which you can do too if you prefer the anonymity. As occasion and time permits you can add to their site the table of contents and/or a short synopsis/review of a book which might (or might not) get people to check your profile and go to your website. I've seen some books where they give the printing history which can be very helpful too. So far I've found it helpful and have found a couple books listed that it was difficult and/or impossible to find on Google or Yahoo. Hope to see you there. Here is another Handy Dandy Book Resource I found just recently.

http://worldcat.org/search

They have a toolbar search engine you can load on to the top of your browser page. Just type in the tile or author and it takes you to the page you want. – Lists Libraries that carry the book and tabs can (hopefully) take you to other info that is helpful.

Sign up and in your profile you can link to your website and blogsite. Create lists of books you like and check out profiles of other people with similar tastes. That is if they don’t have their profile private which you can do too if you prefer the anonymity.

As occasion and time permits you can add to their site the table of contents and/or a short synopsis/review of a book which might (or might not) get people to check your profile and go to your website.

I’ve seen some books where they give the printing history which can be very helpful too.

So far I’ve found it helpful and have found a couple books listed that it was difficult and/or impossible to find on Google or Yahoo.

Hope to see you there.

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