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From the desk of Julie Anna Schultz
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Hello,
Hope all is well in your eBay/online selling world! We have a few points of
interest today.
Don't forget that sets of books will always make you money and usually you have
little pressure from other book sellers while looking at them. We often buy and
sell Childcraft, The Bible Story by Arthur Maxwell, Encyclopedia Britannica,
World Books, and several other children's book sets. Do a completed item search
in the children's books category with the keyword set. You may be able to pick
up some great low costing sets at yard sales. Now is a great time to lot those
teacher's book sets or readers together that you may not have otherwise been
able to sell. Award winning paperbacks are especially hot in large numbered
lots. It seems the craze has caught on since now when I do the links I have to
eliminate the keywords "teacher, lot, huge and daycare". When I did
that over 1000 closed listings went away!
What I have noticed about selling on
more than one venue is that it is quite exciting to see that perhaps a book
doesn't do well on Amazon but that title can do very well on eBay. This opens
up the chances of picking up salable books to be greater. There now are so many
tools available to us to maximize our time and organize our book selling
records. It is so easy to be an internet book seller in comparison to just ten
years ago when these tools didn't exist.
If you are a homeschooler, you may remember when the Arnold Ytreeide books were
in vogue. Well, one is still out of print, and people still want it. It is
titled Tabitha's Travels, 2003, paperback. You know what this means - great
money maker. Personally, I thought the books were not nearly as well written as
other Christmas stories. However, I would not hesitate picking this jewel up
and pleasing a homeschool family with it. I haven't checked the remainder sites
but perhaps you will get lucky and find a few copies hiding on the web. Don't
be fooled. Yes, homeschool families often have a single income but they will
spend money on books - very often lots of money on books. Always watch this
market.
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Why We Should Aim to Sell Better
Books
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Written
by Julie Anna Schultz
Which
is better in selling books? Making money or growing in your book selling
knowledge. I suggest learning more about your higher valued books for
expertise. Specifically speaking, we live in the age of recommendation not
necessarily the age of information. People are over run with information.
Many people are looking for someone to cut through the chatter and help them
make a buying decision. Recommendation from a trusted source, or a perceived
trusted source, is a welcome relief to many online buyers. If you have a
person at your eBay store or website holding out their credit card
asking what they should buy, wouldn't you be just too pleased to help
them? The more you handle better books the more skilled in the book selling
trade you will become thereby eventually becoming an expert. As you become
adept at handling higher valued books you become more confident in the trade.
Expertise lends well into a specialty profession more times than not, but
certainly to know a little about a few genres is better than flipping $5 books
that are just SKU numbers to the seller. There certainly is a difference
between a skilled employee and a consultant. Which would you rather work with
when you have your wallet out?
Here are few tips in portraying the expertise of book knowledge specifically
online:
1. Know your titles.
When listing the books take time to peruse the pages of your higher end books.
Perhaps do a quick Wikipedia search and read about the tome. If nothing else
this gives you the confidence in listing it since you are somewhat familiar
with the contents of the title. Take perhaps ten minutes or so and run a
Google search on the book to become familiar not only about the book but who
buys the book. Again, this information helps you better target a sales
campaign to a target buyer. You know a little about the person who may be
looking for this type of publication and can better write a description
tailored to him or her preferences Since your time is valuable I suggest
using this strategy only on your $75 or more books.
2. Know the book selling language.
In the internet world aside from a picture, all you have are your words to sell
the book. Use them wisely and carefully. Be professional but don't talk past
the buyer's knowledge. It does look very professional and impressive to another
book seller to use words like forefront, quarto, frontispiece, and the like;
however, your buyer wants to actually decipher the book's overall description
to make an informed buying decision. If you choose to use book selling terms
known only to the trades people perhaps include a glossary or plain terms with
parentheses in the write up.
3. Include a human touch.
When you sell to a person eye ball
to eye ball there are techniques that have been proven effective. One is using
the person's name and looking at them in the eye with a smile. We don't have
that advantage with a LCD screen. There is a way to personalize your listings a
bit by adding a humorous comment or even mentioning how the book came to be
part of your collection. This makes you as a seller feel more personable and
the trust factor is kicked up a notch.
4. Add pictures or a video.
Pictures personalize a listing even
further than mere words. I wouldn't suggest adding a picture of a cat on the
book to make a listing seem friendly, but definitely utilizing the About Me
page with a personal picture and some family tidbits would be appropriate in
trying to gain the trust of a potential buyer. Adding your background
experience which increases the buyer's perception of you as a book seller
rather than a widget flipper is another often overlooked marketing strategy. A
short bio at the end of each listing can relax a buyer and make you sand head
and shoulders above the other listings. Video is just becoming popular in
listings and there are many ways to be creative with that in context of helping
increase your expertise as a book seller. You can have a short clip of your
inventory, your actual store front or a shot of the office with narrative of
customer satisfaction. To drive traffic you can upload some "how-to"
videos to YouTube. You certainly know how to sell a book on eBay.
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eBay Update
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Seller
Merchandising on Active Item Pages
http://announcements.ebay.com/2009/11/seller-merchandising-on-active-item-pages-starts-tomorrow/
Earlier this year, with the launch of
the new item page, we announced that sellers would have the opportunity to have
their listings appear on their own and other sellers' relevant item pages.
This is already happening on item
pages when the listing is ended (closed item pages). Starting tomorrow,
November 17, you may begin to see merchandise on the bottom of item pages for
active listings as well. While we usually refrain from making changes
close to the holiday season, the test results showed a considerable increase in
sold items, and we wanted to offer this functionality to our selling
community ASAP. This is a great opportunity to boost exposure for your listings
to the most interested buyers during the busy holiday season. Items are chosen
based on popularity-the items in the same category most watched by buyers.
Cross-merchandising on other
sellers' item pages is optional-you can opt out at any time by changing your
settings in My eBay. To opt out, go to My eBay > Account >
Marketing Tools > Item Promotion > Promote Similar Items.
Remember, if you do opt
out, your relevant items will not appear on other sellers' item pages, so
consider the trade-offs carefully. This is a great way to get your items in
front of more eager holiday shoppers.
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Julie Anna Recommends
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http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/119-0-1-5.html
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Favorite Bookmark
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Great place to get a very reasonably
priced Christmas gift.
http://www.bdrizzled.com/index.php
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Top Ten Book Sales November 2009
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FOL stands for the Friends of the
Library. These are the organizations that sell the book which were donated to
raise funds for various public libraries. If you go to eBay or Amazon and put
the title in the search box you will see the closed auction or listing and each
picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted on your brain if
you take a look.
LOST CIVILIZATIONS~ Time Life 21
vol~1994~HB~$150
FOL $10
JAPANESE THEATRE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL STAGE~Brill's Japanese Studies Library~2000~HB~$90
Garage Sale $1
THE BIG GOLDEN BOOK OF POETRY: 85
CHILDHOOD FAVORITES~Jane Werner~1960~HB~$70
FOL $1
THE JERUSALEM BIBLE~w slip
case~Alexander Jones~1966~HB~$55
FOL $1
BECKY'S CHRISTMAS~Tasha
Tudor~1966~HB~$40
FOL $.50
ON TOP OF CONCORD HILL~Maria D.
Wilkes~Little House~2000~HBDJ~$40
FOL $.50
LITTLE RICHARD~Patricia
Scarry~1970~HB~$40
FOL $.50
TALL BOOK OF FAIRY TALES~Eleanor
Graham Vance~William Sharp~1947~HBDJ~$40
FOL $1
BETTER HOMES AND GARDEN NEW COOK
BOOK~1968~ring bound~$40
FOL $1
GRAPHIS PRODUCTS BY DESIGN~B. Martin
Pedersen~1995~HBDJ~$39
Thrift $1
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I wanted to mention that you need to
be sure to look at the attachment to this newsletter where the juicy leads are.
Don't forget to open that and get your leads for the month. All of this text is
added thoughts that hopefully benefit you but the true meat of my service is in
those leads in the PDF attachment. They will add to your knowledge banks and
grow your business.
We added membership pages which are
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from my auto responder service. It is also an easier way for me to include extras
like videos on a regular basis and add other tidbits of cool stuff I run into
more than once a month. In the membership area I have uploaded a video so be
sure to take a look at that.
The past two previous newsletters
and link issues are there so it makes it a nice place to retrieve the issues
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Below
is a sample of the file I sent as an attachment with the newsletter. It will
have 60 book recommendations along with the link to the closed auction where
you can view more details and pictures of each commonly found valuable book.
BONUS BOOKS
PROFESSIONAL
GUIDE’S MANUAL~ George Leonard Herter~ The North Star Guide
Association~1970~HB~$60
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160374048353
ANTIQUE BOOKS
A
BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS~Ida Rentoul Othwaite~1934~HBDJ~$66
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290371556645
BUTTERFLY
BABIES~G eorge Butler~1917~$69
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130346218552
THE
ENCHANTED FOREST~Ida Rentoul Outhwaite~1925~HB~$293
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290371556043
PRUDY
KEEPING HOUSE~Sophie May~1898~HBDJ~$40
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140363232694
CASSELL’S
CHILDREN’S ANNUAL~Anne Anderson~HB~$45
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360208591335
keywords
instead of title in this auction
FLORENCE
HARDY, ANNE ANDERSON - H COWHAM -ROUNTREE-ARIS
VINTAGE BOOKS
THE
BIG ONES GET AWAY-BIG GAME FISHING~Philip Wyile~1st edition~HB~$80
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160370635323
PROFESSOR
WORMBOG IN SEARCH FOR THE ZIPPERUMP-A-ZOO~1976~HB~$39
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310183453440
DISNEY’S
THE THREE ORPHAN KITTIES STORY HOUR
BOOK~ Whitman~1949~$44
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140360680795
PETER
RABBIT AND OTHER STORIES STORY HOUR BOOK~Whitman~HB~1947~$34
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140360680855
BUGS
BUNNY FUNNY BUNNY TALES NO. 1~Pictue Story Book~1964~$34
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140360621830
CRANBERRY
THANKSGIVING~Wende and Harry Devlin~HB~1971~$52
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300368806141
CHRISTMAS
COOKIE SPRINKLE SNITCHER~Virgil Partch~1969~HB~$91
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200408008681
SANTAS
CHRISTMAS VILLAGE~Push-Out-Book~Whitman~1975~$37
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360208299910
TABITHA’S TRAVELS~Arnold Ytreeide~2003~PB~ $47
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320448090217
A
CHRISTMAS CAROL ADVENT CALENDER~Mary
Packard~HB~$46
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370293669594
THE
NIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS~Whitman~1954~PB~$32
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360207712902
THE
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS~A Hallmark Pop-Up-Book~1988~HB~$40
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180434382068
THE
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS~A Hallmark Pop-Up-Book~HB~$80
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110458278327
MODERN BOOKS
THE
JOURNEY OF ENGLISH~Donna Brook~1998~HB~$42
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290368927918
WELCOME TO KAYAS WORLD 1764~Dottie Raymer~American
Girl~2003~HB~$36
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160379506876
WELCOME
TO KIRSTENS WORLD 1854~Jodi Evert~HB~$54
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360201558657
WELCOME
TO ADDYS WORLD~American Girl~HB~$36
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260513767862
HOW
TO SEE FAERIES~Van Sandwyk~1st Edition~1999~HB~$51
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280427742675
SETS OR LOT
BOOKS
THE
SADDLE CLUB~Bonnie Bryant~Lot of 12~PB~$57
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230377381767
JUNIE-B-JONES~Set-of
25~New-And-Sealed-Books~PB~$41
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140359720266
DRAW
WRITE NOW: A DRAWING AND HANDWRITING COUSE FOR KIDS~8 book lot~Kim
Stitzer~1994~PB~$61
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140360986059
77
SPANISH CHRILDREN BOOK LOT: Bilingual teacher espanol~$153
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200408603140
LOT
OF 6 MISS MINERVA BOOKS~Emma Speed Sampson~HB~$50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320450494331
RAGGEDY
ANN AND ANDY STORIES~Johnny Gruelle~Lot of 5~HB~1960~$40
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390084992341
REVIEW BOOKS
THE
LONELY DOLL~Dare Wright~1957~HB~$39
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270488373634
ANT
VENTURES~ Blanche Wade~Harrison Cady~1924~1st HB~$76
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190350997358
FOREST
PATROL~Jim Kjelgaard~1949~PB~$38
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160376034748
THE
MYSTERIOUS VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN KIDD~A.B. C. Whipple~Landmark~1970~$57
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130345541883
MYSTERY
OF THE MEMORIAL DAY FIRE~Kathryn Kenny~ TRIXIE BELDEN #35 ~pb~1984~$35
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260509627643
THE TWINS~Little Golden Book #227~1955~HB~$41
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280425464687
SNOW
BEFORE CHRISTMAS~Tasha Tudor~1949~HB~$45
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220512409714
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