I usually don’t pay much attention to booksellers who complain about the state of bookselling. My thinking is, the people who complain most are probably the least successful to begin with. And they can’t improve if they’re spending all their time whining.
But lots of eBay sellers now are saying it’s nearly impossible to profit by auctioning books. And they blame a proliferation of sellers for soaking up all the good book inventory. Here’s a interesting comment from eBay’s booksellers board:
This business used to be easy for an eBay seller. You’d go to an auction and bid against traditional booksellers who maintained an inventory. It was often easy to outbid them as you could sell immediately on eBay, and they had a fixed overhead and expenses you didn’t have. Today your competition is your fellow eBay sellers. You have to recognize value that they miss. That’s not easy, as you may be outnumbered 50 to 1.
Are good books getting harder to find?
I usually don’t pay much attention to booksellers who complain about the state of bookselling. My thinking is, the people who complain most are probably the least successful to begin with. And they can’t improve if they’re spending all their time whining.
But lots of eBay sellers now are saying it’s nearly impossible to profit by auctioning books. And they blame a proliferation of sellers for soaking up all the good book inventory. Here’s a interesting comment from eBay’s booksellers board:
And here’s the whole thread.
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