Tag Archives: technology
Amazon surveys sellers on third-party tools
If you’ve taken a look at your seller account page recently, you might have noticed this yellow box at the top. Amazon wants sellers to answer a series of questions regarding third-party software tools for managing your “Amazon sales channel.” Unlike some previous surveys, this one doesn’t offer an Amazon gift certificate. Here’s what they [...]
Should hoarding be banned from book sales?
I received this note from Sandra Adamson at Acquired Books and I think it makes a great editorial: I went to four library sales this weekend, and at every sale there were a couple of teams hoarding all the books. I think it is high time that we as an online bookselling group begin together [...]
Q&A: Should cellphone price-checking be banned at book sales?
QUESTION: I just learned that one of the biggest Friends of the Library sales in the country, the Gainesville FOL sale, has banned the use of “scanning devices.” Is this a good idea, and is it getting to be common? ANSWER: I haven’t run into this personally, but I’m hearing about it more and more [...]
Q&A: What type of scanner do you recommend for booksellers?
QUESTION: Can you recommend a good source for a light/scanner pen? I use Homebase for my inventory on a Windows 2000 based-system. About 90 percent of the books I enter into Homebase have ISBNs and currently I key in all the numbers manually. It sure would save a lot of time and also help ensure [...]
![[Google]]( http://www.weberbooks.com/selling/wp-content/plugins/easy-adsenser/google-light.gif)
Q&A: Where can I outsource my book database maintenance?