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Collectible Childrens Books on eBay

As per cc's suggestion, a thread for relatively higher dollar children's books sold on eBay and the ensuing discussions.

A book that looks like nothing.

There are quite a few books that don't look like anything special. Here's one: Security Analysis

Resolved! What should I be looking for in Children’s Books with jackets?

I feel privileged to read the posts on this board about collectible children’s books. I read them with interest. My book selling is focused on sports books, local history and yearbooks. In a good estate sale I might see 1000’s of books. right now I s...

New seller start up.

From my cell phone, can I get a seller account up and working? Or must I be working from a computer?

Wheel Of Time - Get Ready!

Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time is being put into serialized TV via Amazon. At Jeff Bezo's request the production values are said to be comparable to Game Of Thrones. Sales on eBay of the Wheel Of Time books have picked up, and if the series catches th...

How bookstores are adjusting to supply-chain problems this holiday season

How bookstores are adjusting to supply-chain problems this holiday seasona trio of booksellers on how they’re preparing for this year's book-buying season, and which titles they think will be most popularhttps://www.avclub.com/how-bookstores-are-adju...

‘The Beginning of the Snowball’: Supply-Chain Snarls Delay Books

Shipping delays, printer backups and worker shortages are forcing publishers to postpone new titles and leaving booksellers in a lurch for some old ones."Days after the release of Rebecca Donner’s book, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” its ha...

Helpful Bookseller links

Per Stan's request, here is a repost of a 2018 thread I authored : Quite a while ago (actually 12 years [now 15 years] ago, based on my notes , I started a list of helpful bookseller links. I recently pulled out my old notes and, not surprisingly, so...

Maybelle The Cable Car

I have a children's book Maybelle The Cable Car that appears to me to be a first edition. However, the cover is different than any I have found on the internet. Thoughts?

There’s a scientific reason we love to smell old books.

“From an old book filters up a whiff of dissolution and conjuring.” Turns out, there’s a scientific reason we love to smell old books."Do you like to have your nose in a book? No, we’re not talking figuratively. Something about the scent of old books...

Can you use a hand held bar code reader scanner to enter upc codes into ebay listings

I understand there is an app for the phone, but seems this would be much quicker for me if it works. Also recommend a reader if you use one. Thanks

Exhibit revives Dial-a-Poem: Poetry hotline once investigated by FBI

New exhibit revives Dial-a-Poem — a free poetry hotline once investigated by the FBI"John Giorno didn't have access to the best technology when he started. Nothing more than a couple of answering machines patched together to a phone line. But he had ...

The Taxman Cometh

Heads up ... starting January 2022, it doesn't matter if you're selling your kids' outgrown clothing or valuable books, sales over $600 annually will get a 1099-K from eBay. The IRS Is Cracking Down on Small-Time eBay and Etsy Sellers Starting next y...

Bizarre eBayhavior

As happens once a week or so, I got a sale on the Ponderosa and ended the listing because the software that pushes listings from eBay to the ranch doesn't pull the sales any longer--by accident or design, I don't know. So today, I get this message fr...

Resolved! Revising prices incurs a fee!????

Been back and forth with Tech Support , so far no help!Someone suggested I take a screenshot , which I did and sent.The crazy thing is that sometimes it will let me revise with no fee but when i go back to do another one the fee is back.As an experim...

Where is the Non-fiction Book Category?

I am a buyer and seller here on eBay, with over 10,000 book purchases. I used to have a saved search for Non-fiction religious books. That no longer works. When I click on that saved search, it takes me here: eBay > Books & Magazines > Book & Magazin...

Aleph-bet closed?

I was looking for some pricing guidance on a rare Curious George Poster and found a similar one in a catalog by Aleph-Bet via google. I wanted to date the price from the catalog # (100) but when I went to their website they had announced they were no...