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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:40:11 +0000

[...] you all of our posts as they are published so that you won't miss a thing. Thanks for dropping by!Selling online is a fairly solitary occupation, this is something I’ve spoken about before. Last time I [...]

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:57:05 +0000

Thank you. And yes, I’m sort of okay at typing, three years of data entry sort of makes you pretty good.

I do try to put in enough details so it’s nice to know someone appreciates it.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:06:39 +0000

Oooppps. Either I meant million, or I misread the atlas.

Thanks for the article, I’ll have a read of it sometime soon.

By: Nora O'Neill

Nora O'Neill — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:19:40 +0000

There’s several articles in the archives here on using Google AdWords pay per click advertising to drive traffic. You CAN set Adwords to only show ads to Aussies so you don’t have to deal with international shipping. Articles are here:
http://bookshopblog.com/tag/google/

Also, you have a minor typo. Australia can’t have 20 Billion residents… the planet only has 6.7 billion.

By: prying1

prying1 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:40:51 +0000

Hi Suz, Welcome to Bookshop Blog. I take it that you are a good typist. I know If I tried posting a piece this long it would take me a week using my four finger method.

I certainly understand the problems associated with shipping books. I had a potential buyer in Romania that wanted to purchase a book but it was too big to fit in the lower price envelopes. ($12.95 USD – 9.5″x12.5″) and it would have cost closer to $40 to ship a $20 book. There was a copy in England and another in France which of course is closer to his location but with the other sellers he has to contend with higher book prices that would offset any savings in shipping.

I see on your website that you tell people what the book is about rather than just giving the title, date and condition. I always admire this in booksellers that do it not just because of the time and care involved but because I know these sellers are more likely to have their listings appear in the top hits of the search engines. Plus buyers are more likely to spend a few extra dollars and purchase a well described book as opposed to the “might have remainder marks” some sellers put on their listings.

Well done I say. Keep up the good work and I hope to see more of your postings here. I’ll also put your blog in my favorites and try to visit once in a while.