Archive for July, 2008

Hard to comprehend

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Last night I listed a book on Amazon and like it was following a script, I sold another book I had listed there.  It just seems as if, I have to list a book in order to sell any books.  It’s illogical, but seems true.  Time to start going through more books here in the house to see what is listable.

I need to watch what I list now closely.  Net profit on the transaction for the book I sold last night was only $.24 and that means I took a loss on that book.  It cost me $1 from the Library sale cart.  I can’t pay $1 and list for $1.99 without having a losing transaction.  This tells me I must list my $1 books for $4.99 or more.  It limits further my selections for stocking my Amazon store.

Those people selling penny books on Amazon are looking more and more nuts to me.  What are they doing?

Selling Books on Amazon

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

It’s been a month since my last update here.  In that time I’ve only sold 2 books.

I only listed 5 books during that time.  Just didn’t get out to the library.  The two wholesale lots I ordered through eBay were disappointing.  Most of the books were too old to be in much demand as text books for teachers today.  I wasn’t able to check the ISBN numbers of these books before buying and it was a mistake.

Today I stopped by another library and picked through the books for sale.  I only found two to sell and one of those I have to read before I can sell it ;-)

Every time I list more books to sell, I get more sold!  Hope it happens again.