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Dear Edith,
I am a subscriber to the Bookologist. I have a question. I am looking to create my own online commerce site for my books. Can you recommend a software or a company that can do this inexpensively?
I thank you in advance for your time.
Best regards,
Tina
Dear Tina,
Yes and your question is timely. We are at present finishing up an interview with Chrislands.com. We did our Web site through them and were very happy with the process and their service.
The cost is $200 for a Web site, it is pretty standard format but you can make many changes yourself as you need to. Check out Bowerybay.com and compare it to those Chrislands uses as examples and you will see what I mean.
They do not process credit cards, they send you the information. You can opt for paypal.com for payment processing, checks or money orders. As for credit card processing, you can speak to your bank about what services they offer but be sure to compare rates with other services offered in your area.
Hope this helps,
Edith
Edith,
Thank you so much! I am using Chrisland's too. They are in the process of building my site now. When it is through it will be www.shesellsbooks.com. I will be using PayPal. You were so helpful! Thank you for getting back to me personally. I received the Bookologist Friday and of course the main topic was Chrislands.com.
Wishing you much success with your Web site,
Tina
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I read your 3 part series on Half.com with great interest. Last week I sold my first book online and did another one yesterday. I like the ease of Half.com and was troubled to learn that it is going to be discontinued. My question is, what is a good site to sell a small amount of used college text books and some pleasure reading books on (I am a grad student and anticipate to have 3 or 4 books to sell back every few months). I have no more than 20 books to sell back total, and do not want to be burdened by a monthly fee. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
N. Dietrich
Hello Nathan. Ina forwarded me your letter to her about selling online. You sell only a very small number at a time and most selling sites have a minimum requirement. Alibris is a very good first choice because you pay as you go, by sales. However, they require a 500 minimum number of books per seller. Some of the smaller venues may allow lesser amounts but the return or sales are small as well.
Edith
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Tip of the day: We recently received notification that a book our shop ordered was being sent. At the end of the message this appeared:
The white powder residue you might notice is Johnson's Baby Powder. Powder makes is possible to slide books into the bubble lined envelopes in our VERY humid climate.
My response was: Thanks for letting us know. Your powder tip is something new for me. I write and edit a free newsletter put out by Steiner Associates (they also do Auctionbytes.com). It's called Bookologist.com. Would you mind if I added that tip? What made you think of it? Does the powder ever cake up?
Edith
Annie wrote back:
Since I have no patent on this idea... seriously I have no problem with sharing and will add that it is much better to use a powder puff as sprinkling leaves too much visible residue as well as adds to expense (it's tiny but hey, every little bit helps).
Caking: Johnson's nor arrow root have caked so far.
The idea: I guess it was born of desperation and knowledge of sticking to a pool cue.
Annie
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