Another gloomy report in the NY Times again today.  Though traffic is up at Amazon sales are down.  Not good.  I have had good sales so far this month but am I missing sales?  Should I cut my prices to beat the competition.  On Ebay should I offer free shipping?  No – at least I am not – though on ebay I see a lot more free shipping.  I just had one of my biggest weekends  ever in terms of sales and am hesitant to cut my profits for more sales as even some of my very high sales rank books are moving.  If only the books with very low sales ranks (up to 100,000) were selling I would make changes.  Something to keep an eye on.  I hope your books sales are going well also.

Textbook Season Ending & Return Season Starting
There is almost never a case when I do not accept returns - most markets require you to accept them (see Amazon's A-Z policy). I keep my return policy simple. The only time I have not accepted a return is when a significant amount of time has passed between the purchase date and the return date or if the books condition is materially different from when I sold it (such as full of highlighting). Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of the customer experience when I run a business from home and do not interact with the customers. Continue reading
Amazon Charge When Shipped (Amazon CWS)
What does CWS mean for us booksellers? Not much. You will not have your account credited until you ship a book. If you use The Art of Books or a similar inventory management system Amazon should be automatically updated when the book is shipped. There are a couple of downsides to Amazon's Charge When Shipped - you do not get to send your own confirmation email to the buyer and the buyer can still leave feedback on a canceled order. Continue reading
Is the Amazon Kindle bad for Online Booksellers
Sales of the Kindle are one thing but it remains to be seen if people are actually going to adapt to using it as their primary way to read - as we have seen with Amazon recenlty deleting Orwell titles there are several issues with the Kindle that will effect its popularity. Continue reading
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