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Who says you can’t get a great deal at church book sales?
The Church of England is regretting its bargain selloff of a huge collection of rare religious books. The Church sold the books for $73,000 to a local book dealer, who resold them for more than $1 million. Amazingly, the Church didn’t bother to auction the collection or even get an appraisal.
The books were cleared out [...]
BookFinder lists most-wanted out-of-print books
BookFinder released its annual list of most-wanted out-of-print books. Tops on the list are:
The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007, by Kingsley Amis.
The Great Tool Emporium by David Manners.
Hell, I Was There! by Elmer Keith.
Football Scouting Methods by Steve Belichick.
The American Wild Turkey by Henry Edwards Davis.
Beyond Backpacking by Ray Jardine.
See other [...]
Making videos to enhance your eBay listings
Remember this item from a couple of weeks ago about the bookseller who made a video for his book listing on eBay? The book sold for $379, and that’s not even the best part. The video was so popular (more than 700 views) that the seller has expanded into producing videos for others.
What a great [...]
How to use online video to sell a book
Several weeks ago eBay began allowing the use of video within auction listings. I didn’t pay much attention until I saw this listing.
Here’s the video. The link is about midway down the page.
Now that’s a great way to sell a book online. I was curious, though — the video is so professionally done, I thought [...]
The eBay curse
eBay can be a lot of fun, but I usually avoid auctions when it comes to my bookselling business. I just like to set my price and be done with it. If I had a ton of collectibles it might be different.
So it’s Buy-it-Now on eBay (or Amazon) for me. I just hate to mess [...]
Big Calif. bookseller goes bust, blames Web
If you’re within driving distance of Southern California, you might want to check the going-out-of-business sale at The Book Baron. Anaheim’s huge dealer of used and rare books lost its lease and began selling its inventory of 400,000 volumes at 40 percent off this week. I’m sure there are still a few good picks left, [...]
Q&A: How much are my author photos worth?
QUESTION: I have a copy of The Adventurer by Mika Waltari, 1950, that goes for $15 to $60 on Amazon. I discovered two black-and-white photographs of the author stamped “G.P. Putnam’s Sons” on the back, probably mass produced. How can I find out if the photos are worth anything? Should I keep them with [...]
Easy way to get rich selling collectible books