Bookselling roundup: Barnes & Noble adds used CDs, DVDs to third-party marketplace

First, an announcement out this morning from Barnes & Noble:

Barnes & Noble.com to Sell Used CDs and DVDs

New York, NY – May 18, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that it is selling new and used CDs and DVDs online through its Marketplace program at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com). Thousands of titles are available from a wide range of trusted sellers. The selection is a comprehensive mix of both new and old titles, as well as titles that labels and studios no longer make available. This new offering expands the extensive selection of used book titles already available for sale on BN.COM through B&N Marketplace.

B&N Marketplace provides customers with access to tens of millions of new and used books, CDs and DVD titles from a network of trusted sellers. These trusted sellers ship items directly to the customer and, just like items sold by BN.COM, all Marketplace purchases are covered by the BN.COM Safe Shopping Guarantee.

Shopping for new and used CD, DVD and book inventory on the B&N Marketplace is seamless. When a customer chooses a CD, DVD or book, the search results pages show prices for both new copies and, when available, used copies. Customers can then click through the selections and decide which option is best suited for them.

“Our goal is to provide our customers with great values on a wide selection of both new and used items. B&N Marketplace, which currently has more than 75 million items, is expanding to sell new and used titles in the CDs and DVDs categories,” said Jamie Iannone, executive vice president of product and shopping for Barnes & Noble and B&N Digital. “Our customers will now be able to buy across books, textbooks, CDs and DVDs – and shop great values on a wide selection of used items that are available for secure purchase through our network of trusted sellers. And our Members get the added benefit of Unlimited Free Express shipping in one to three days on new items when they shop on BN.COM.”

via Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

more info from the announcement to sellers:

Currently sellers who use [inventory upload] files are the only ones who can upload this new product type. We are working on the update to the store manager so that sellers who only list their items one by one can also submit their DVD’s and CD’s for sale.

If you have any questions by all means contact Seller Relations at

Barnes & Noble Seller Relations

Email: sellerrelations@bookquest.com

Diane Cronrath

Manager, Seller Services

Barnes & Noble BookQuest

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via NewsTimes.

Ex-library book prices set to double in California’s Modesto region due to budget shortfalls

County supervisors are being asked to approve higher prices for the used books available at the library branches. The current prices — 25 cents for a paperback and 50 cents for hardbacks — are ridiculously low. Staff proposes to double them, which still makes the books a bargain.

via Modbee.com.

Glyde hopes to take used game market with easy web interface

If you’re opening up an online market and facing huge competitors like GameStop, eBay and Amazon, your only hope is to have a better user interface for buying and selling. That’s the thinking behind Glyde, an online market for used video games, CDs, DVDs, and books.

Fortunately, the big guys have kept the bar relatively low. On eBay, for instance, it can take as much as 77 clicks over 10 minutes to put one item up for sale. Simon Rothman, the former head of eBay Motors, thought that was ridiculous. So he started Glyde to make it much easier.

via VentureBeat.
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is getting slimed in her run for California governor. A TV ad claims she steered the auction site toward selling porn: