Books

Question

I have a number of books & some are from one specific author. How do I go about selling them here on ebay?

glorybells · Answer

Iâ€™ll explain in a minute, but first I should warn you that books donâ€™t sell quickly or for much of a price. With the proliferation of online reading apps, many people are turning away from physical books. A group Iâ€™m in recently had a bunch of books that had been donated, that they sold at an event - paperbacks for 0.50 and hardcover books for $1. There was a pretty good selection as there were over 600 books. They barely sold any, even at that price. I listed a bunch of books four years ago, and finally sold one.

If you want to sell all from one author together in a listing, youâ€™ll need to do a Variation listing. Look for the words Create Variations. This will allow you to post a different picture and different price for each one.

comics-scifi-collectibles · Answer

@catso2cleo Have you checked sold listings to see what prices your books have sold for? eBay fees for books are 14.95% and charged on the TOTAL the buyer pays including shipping and sales tax. So I wouldn't bother listing books that only sold for less than $10.

If they are low value then I'd create a listing of a LOT of books by the same author. Be sure to put the authors name and at least the title of the popular book in your listing title and say Lot of X number of books.

An easy way to list book is to use the app. I never use the app to list EXCEPT for books.

Open the app. Click Selling> List and item> then on the upper right there is a "square" symbol. Click on it and scan the bar code of the book. It will list the book info for you. Just double check everything is correct. It's a good idea to add an actual photo of the book too so buyers can see the condition but it's not required in the book category. Next select the condition of the book and how much you want to charge for shipping.

Let me know if you have more questions.