Author Archives: Steve Weber

Barnes & Noble retracts weekend coupon

By Steve Weber | Published: March 2, 2010

Any Barnes & Noble affiliates out there? Just got this notice that they’re retracting this “extra 15 percent off one item” offer issued today. Actually I got notice it was canceled a few minutes before I even received the coupon. Barnes & Noble Coupon PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COMMUNICATION WAS SENT IN ERROR ON [...]

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Barnes & Noble enables sellers to relist on Textbooks.com

By Steve Weber | Published: March 1, 2010

Here’s an e-mail just in from Barnes & Noble: Barnes & Noble.com is pleased to announce a new partnership with Textbooks.com. Textbooks.com is a leading provider of new and used textbooks. As a result of this new arrangement, we will make your inventory available to Textbooks.com customers along with all the same information you provide [...]

Q&A: Is it illegal to sell textbook Instructor’s Editions on Amazon?

By Steve Weber | Published: February 24, 2010

QUESTION: I recently purchased a used version of ‘The Informed Argument’, 7th edition, by Robert K. Miller, ISBN 1413022898. It is clearly marked as an ‘Instructor’s Edition’ on the front cover, but in a small white box on the back cover, there is the following statement: ‘Not For Sale’–This textbook has been provided free for an [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon Marketplace, bookselling, college textbooks | 9 Comments

Bookseller busted for selling forgeries on eBay

By Steve Weber | Published: February 23, 2010

Boy, this is starting to sound familiar. An eBay bookseller was busted for selling signed books — with the signatures forged. Forrest R. Smith III, 48, of Exeter Pa., got 33 months in prison and will pay $120,000 in restitution by auctioning books with fake signatures of Truman Capote, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, Kurt Vonnengut, [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged book collecting, eBay, stamp collecting | 5 Comments

Amazon will herd Marketplace sellers into new “Selling on Amazon” program

By Steve Weber | Published: November 11, 2009

News from Auctionbytes about a change in Amazon’s third-party selling program. In nutshell, Amazon is ending restrictions for its various types of selling programs — such as media sellers and Merchant@ vendors. Everyone will be herded into a program called “Selling on Amazon” and will have more freedom to sell in different categories. Here’s the [...]

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