Showing posts with label on-line business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label on-line business. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 September 2009

BETWEEN THE LINES

The proposition of selling books on-line seemed pretty straightforward. It is not, as I have learned the hard way. Now going through catalogue of 400 books for umpteenth time to sort out errors. So just in case anyone out there is thinking of doing similar. Some tips.
1. Never describe a book as " as new" unless it's absolutely pristine.
2.Every scrap of wear must be described or else it may wend its way back home
3. Forget best-sellers. You will be competing with thousands of others with little chance of sale.
4. You will need to upload pics of your books.
5. Buyers are either readers or dealers. The latter are VERY picky.
6. Photography and art are the best hope of sales along with literature and poetry.

And after a month of hard work how much have I earned? About £100. Not exactly Waterstone's........but as said books are all on-line now I will persevere.