Top Amazon pre-orders
New in paperback:
The Home-Based Bookstore
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About the author:
Steve Weber started his home-based
bookstore as a hobby in March 2001. Two months later, he quit
his day job to sell full-time. In the meantime, he has sold more than $1
million of used books to buyers in all 50 states and in 31
foreign countries. In this new book, he tells you exactly how he
did it, and how you can do it too.
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What is this?
When a book (or video or CD) is in high demand and supply is low, a "buyer’s waiting" list is formed on Amazon Marketplace.
Every
day, thousands of Amazon shoppers "pre-order" one of these scarce items,
hoping that a seller will come along with a new or used copy for sale.
These "waiting buyers" indicate the price they're willing to pay for the
item, presenting a lucrative opportunity for sellers with an unwanted
copy in their attic, or those lucky enough to find one at a weekend yard
sale.
At the high end, this list shows an up-to-the-minute snapshot of the
world's most highly sought-after collectible media items. On the
low-priced end,
you'll see more common items where
demand has simply outstripped today's supply.
In the pre-Internet days, used bookshops kept a list like this, known as its "want list." If the customer was willing to spend enough, the shop owner would thumb through rare-book catalogs, or even place long-distance phone calls in hopes of finding a copy at another shop. Today this collectors' market is dynamically updated on Amazon's Web service system, and graphically displayed on this site for everyone to see.
This Web site displays "buyers waiting" lists in these categories:
You may find this site handy, whether you're a collector searching for a prized item, or an online seller researching prices. The lists are sorted by price, high to low, and you'll see links to following pages at the bottom. Each page has many items listed, so you may find it helpful to use the "Edit, Find" feature on your browser to find what you're looking for. These pages are updated frequently, so if you reached this site from a Google search and you don't see your item, perhaps Google hasn't yet had time to re-index this site. If you don't see what you're looking for, please bookmark this site and come back again soon. You can also take a look at the raw list of book pending orders here.