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Easy way to get rich selling collectible books

OK, here’s how it works: 1. Find out which authors will be visiting your town this week (you can search here). 2. Pick the most famous authors, and buy some of their books. 3. Everything else you need to know is in this cartoon:
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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