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There may not be a more practical addition to the library of any book lover, parent, or college student this year than Stephen Windwalker's Buying Books Online: Finding Bargains and Saving Money with Booksense Stores, Amazon Marketplace, and Other Online Sites.
Windwalker is the longtime bookseller who wrote the book on Amazon Marketplace and online bookselling with his recent bestselling entrepreneurship title Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites, one of the top 20 small business titles of 2002 at Amazon. In his new book Windwalker demonstrates the same capacity for providing the inside scoop as he shows book buyers how they can safely navigate the global internet book marketplace to find the new, used, or rare books they want and need, in great condition, at huge savings.
For starters, Windwalker's book helps buyers to understand the basic terminology of bookselling so that they will be able to distinguish between different copies of a title with respect to condition, edition, binding, size, and age. They will learn how to evaluate the apparent professionalism of a seller based on customer feedback, book descriptions, customer service policies, and other available information, and are provided with a helpful listing of the best places to buy books on the Internet. Beyond these basics, the book buyers will pick up some useful "tricks of the trade:"
· How to use "pre-orders" and "wants lists" to get the more scarce books you seek, at the best possible prices;
· When and how to use email to communicate with a seller to pin down important information;
· How to build a special relationship with a seller by establishing yourself as a responsive, repeat buyer;
· How to request and get special assistance in building a collection, acquiring a set of an author’s first editions, or buying the books on your college course syllabi;
· How to read, use, and leave customer feedback to help yourself and other potential buyers;
· How to make the best use of available payment methods to protect yourself against fraud and to get your orders shipped as quickly as possible;
· When to consider re-selling or donating one or more of the books that you have purchased, and how to make the most of that experience;
· How to use a title-searching site such as Bookfinder.com to help you identify the "best buy available" for any book you are seeking;
· How to develop a quick reference checklist to evaluate a seller before clicking through to submit a purchase; and much, much more.
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In theory, it would be entirely possible to make a living as an online bookseller without ever having to leave your home - that is, it wouldn't matter in the least where you lived, whether or not you had a disability that prevented you from venturing out, small children to take care of, or anything else. Supplies could be delivered to your front door, packaged books with pre-applied postage set out for the mailman to pick up, and yes, you could buy your inventory online. All of it. Up to a point, I suppose, this seems very doable, and of course that very point is the last one - buying inventory online. How easy would it be to buy a book in virtually the same place you're going to sell it and have any chance of making a profit? I say "virtually the same place" because we live in an era when most of us, buyers and sellers alike, have the ability to search multiple venues in a matter of moments for each and every book. Even if a valuable book did pop up online at a low enough price to make resale profitable, you'd be competing not only against countless other booksellers trying to do the same thing but also the buyers themselves, who are forever looking for the best price. You might get lucky occasionally and snag a winner, but how could you possibly to do it often enough to matter? Well, like anything else, if something requires effort and knowledge - and successful buying online does - you can elevate yourself above the vast majority of your competitors simply by expending some effort and acquiring some knowledge; and some, not a lot, is all it takes. Translation: most of the competition is, to a greater or lesser degree, lazy. They will spend most of their days doing the easiest, most obvious things, and leave the rest to us. This is your leg up. It's important to keep online buying in perspective, and reasonable expectations are part of this. If you do this kind of buying a lot, there will be times when you hit pay dirt, find six or eight or more profitable books in a matter of minutes; and there will be times when a few hours might go by, and you'll come out of it with nothing. It very much resembles, in other words, the buying most of us already do in the field. There are no secrets that guarantee success every time you shop. There are, however, strategies that will greatly improve your chances, and if you're patient and persistent, things absolutely will go your way in the long run. This series will show you how to get started.
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