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The Good Bookman is a regular feature profiling a bookseller in each column. The Good Bookman will reveal what our colleagues are doing in the hopes we can all learn from each other's experiences. To have your bookselling business considered for The Good Bookman, send an email to editor@bookologist.com.
THE GOOD BOOKMAN'S NAME AND COMPANY:
ONG95 Auctions & Sales
LOCATION:
Internet only, physically based in Massachusetts
WEBSITE:
eBay About Me: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/ong95
NUMBER OF YEARS IN BUSINESS:
3 years this month!
HOW YOU SELL YOUR BOOKS:
Internet: Half.com, eBay, Amazon Marketplace
NUMBER OF BOOKS FOR SALE ONLINE:
About 175 listed with Half.com, many more coming up on eBay
SPECIALTY:
None, whatever I find that I think might sell (and sometimes I'm actually right!)
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
2, me and my husband, Kevin
DO THEY LIST AND PRICE YOUR BOOKS:
I do everything except the post office runs, and Kevin also hunts stock (otherwise known as yardsaling & library-saling) with me
WHAT DATABASE IS USED:
None, I'm old-fashioned, I write everything out long hand
THE MOST USEFUL COMPUTER PROGRAM USED:
Omni Auction Builder, for templates (http://www.omniauctionbuilder.com)
FAVORITE WEB PAGE:
http://www.auctionbytes.com (silly question!)
YOUR BIGGEST BLUNDER:
Not correctly estimating shipping charges when I first started selling on eBay
FUTURE PLANS:
I'd love to "give up my day job" and make selling online a full time exercise
YOUR FAVORITE BOOK:
The one I keep coming back to through the years is Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women", but my favorite author is the British mystery writer, John Creasey, I love most everything by him.
Phyllis Walsh started selling online in September 2000. She and her husband Kevin live in Lynn, Massachusetts, with their seven cats. You can view current ONG95 listings at eBay http://digbig.com/3cdx, Half.com http://digbig.com/3cea, and Amazon http://digbig.com/3cdy.
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