Hello and Welcome to the Bookselling Blog. I have been selling books online for over two years.  Selling books online can be fun and profitable and I intend to use this blog to talk about how it is both.  If there is a topic relevant to selling books online that you would like to hear about send me a line and I will gladly post about it.

 

How I Got Started in Online Bookselling

 

Before I begin posting about other topics in the world of online bookselling I would like to tell about how I ended up in this business.  First – I love books and always wanted to own a used bookstore but this was something I envisioned occurring well into the future. The desire to own a used bookstore was based on how much I enjoyed the experience of shopping in them.  Anyway I lost my “regular” job and was provided a fair severance and was encouraged to explore opening a bookstore.  A bit of research showed me that the cost and time commitment of opening and running a bookstore was beyond what I was willing to do.  In the course of this research I came across the idea of selling books online. 

 

I had boxes of books in my attic and listed some on Amazon and thus began my new career of selling books online.  If you sell used books online let me know how you got into this business.

 

In future posts I will delve more into the getting inventory, some of the mistakes I have made, product reviews and many other facets of the business of selling books online.

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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