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BookThink is the #1 ranked resource provider for online and open shop book dealers,
book collectors, and serious readers. Resources include:
- The BookThinker, a free twice monthly newsletter covering a wide range of bookselling and collecting topics.
- BookThink's Gold Edition, a monthly newsletter supplying profit-generating insider information to booksellers.
- BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books, a market report targeting high-profit, in-demand books that are likely to surface on scouting trips.
- A moderated book forum;
an extensive library of active and pertinent
book-related links;
book reviews; interviews with authors and other notables; and intensive tutorials on practical book repair, grading, terminology, buying for resale, selling books online and off, building a personal book collection, and more.
The BookThinker Newsletter
ISSN 1547-9501
#55, 7 November 2005
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BookThink Update
14 November 2005>>>
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Buying and Selling Children's Books
Panning for Gold
Children's Books at Friends of the Library (FOL) Sales
I'm delighted to announce a new BookThink columnist to you today - Guusje Moore. Guusje's specialty is children's books, and she brings a vast amount of experience to the task: she has been a children's librarian for over 30 years and an eBay seller, specializing in children's books, for 5. In her first column she'll take you on an exceptionally profitable trip to a hypothetical FOL sale. My first thought when I read this was: We're giving this away??? This should be a Gold Edition issue! Oh, well, you freeloaders get to reap the benefits this week - and maybe this will inspire you to take the plunge with one of our
premium subscriptions.
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Gold Edition #21
The God Edition
Reselling Conservative Christian Theology
Part I
Issue #21 of the Gold Edition is now available for
purchase. This is Part I of a two-part series on
conservative Christian books, and we'll be introducing
a new BookThink writer - Bob Schilling. Bob is a
veteran bookseller of 20 years who knows this niche
inside out. I think you"ll be genuinely impressed, not
to mention profit-enriched, with the broad and deep
insider information he's shared with us. If you"re not
a subscriber, this would be a great time to join us on
the journey to bookselling success.
purchase now.
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Life at the Bottom
Making Penny Bookselling Work for You
Is selling high-end books the only viable method of succeeding at bookselling? Not at all. It's entirely possible to make money at middle levels - and yes, at the low end as well, though ceilings will ultimately be encountered. But how low can low be and still deliver a decent income? At the very bottom? As low as $.01? Surely penny selling could never be part of a successful bookselling mix, could it? You may be surprised to learn that it most certainly can be. Booksellers Shane Smith and Dave Farquhar are living proof of it, and if you'd like to see how it's done, read our interview with them in today's BookThinker.
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Previous BookThinker Update -
BookThink Update
31 October 2005>>>
BookThink's Top 10 on eBay
BookThink's monthly "Top 10 on eBay" makes its third appearance in today's update. As months go by, patterns pointing to revenue-producing potential should begin to emerge - actually, they already have to some extent. Several authors have come up multiple times, many high-dollar items are signed (which opens the authentication can of worms), and of course, if it's fiction, edition state matters hugely and is best established via citations to standard bibliographic works.
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50/50 Issue #6
Now Available
Item #1 in the list features the most popular (and common) cookbook ever published,
and yes, believe it or not, you can realize 50/50-level profits with this title again and again -
as long as you know which editions to look for. Now published
with 25 books each month, this issue lists and annotates in detail 25 books that typically sell
for $50 and up
online and - here's the best part - includes only those books that surface with some regularity
at sales and other viable venues for purchasing inventory. If you've been putting off subscribing, you're
also putting off profits. Get started today here.
BookThink Update
24 October 2005>>>
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Update Announcements
Three weeks ago, anticipating that the Alibris/Amazon divorce would soon be finalized, I offered myself up as a guinea pig and registered as a new Pro Merchant seller at Amazon with the intention of reporting back on what I assumed would be a somewhat painful transition. Well, most of my assumptions about what I thought would happen were dead wrong. Details are here.
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