Buying books to sell online is a very exciting process. I seriously enjoy the buying of books and can wax lyrical for days about the joys of going op shopping or putting together a …
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All booksellers of used books will have at one time or another come across the word dog-eared. What does that word mean anyway, and where did it come from? Dog eared pages are less common in today’s fast turn around of used books. Many used book are almost new. It might be that more readers are using the bookmarks we stick in our books for sale, who knows? But the term dog eared means a turned down corner of a book page.
Must-haves in Your Stock (I)
By HeeJin Lee
As an aspiring bookshop owner, I’ve been spending my free time fantasizing of the books I’d like to have in my stock. I’ve been inspired by Shakespeare and Company by …
[Editor's Note: Here is an email from one of our readers concerning selling books on Amazon and how lower cost items can be very difficult to make a margin on. We completely agree and now ...
Selling online
One of the challenges of selling online is the lack of people contact. It’s something I really notice. One of the things I do to combat this is to volunteer at an Op Shop …
Having recently returned from our annual Christmas camping trip, I decided the time has come to make my plans for this year.
To start treating this hobby as a profitable business.
To stop procrastinating and start doing.
I …
Corrugated Mailing Boxes
I want to talk to you for a minute about shipping books. I owned a used bookshop for 4 years and learned a thing or two about shipping books, both from the sender’s …
Thanks to a snowstorm and a fairly quiet day at the store, I was able to sneak into my office to begin sorting out the holiday piles. As I crunched numbers, I looked …
As you may have seen in my previous post, I live in Perth Western Australia. A very far away place to be.
The internet has provided a more even playing field in the world of internet …
Well, with less than two weeks to go to the Happy Day, I’m wondering how everyone else fares over the silly season. For our shop, I find every year that we don’t do very well …
The bestsellers on the used market aren’t necessarily the best sellers you see on the New York Times list or on Amazon’s hot list. Often they bear no relation to each other. However, statistics on …
