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Buyer confusion.

I have listed a book written in Portuguese and made sure that was made clear in the item name and in the description, but buyers keep purchasing it, thinking it is in English. This has happened 5 times. I have changed the listing several times and ev...

2022 Caldecott & Newbery Medal Winners Announced

There are annual arbitrage moments in the collectible book market, and one 'sure-fire bet' is the American Library Association's announcement of the Caldecott and Newbery award books at their annual mid-winter conference.The conference is held every ...

Subterranean Press

Keep an eye out for Subterranean Press books, see here for sold books on eBay. They often publish premium re-issues in limited production, therefore 'first thus' copies, however they sell for nice prices. Occasionally they publish true first editions...

Ephemera: Think twice before you throw anything away

I'm going to follow Stan's example and put a few links to now-closed or hard to access ephemera threads within this thread. First of all, here is the original "Think twice" thread: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Booksellers/Ephemera-Think-twice-before...

Jennifer Haigh’s New Novel Humanizes Hot-Button Topics

Excellent NYT review of a new book by Jennifer Haigh, an author who was a native of my hometown. Her father was my English teacher in Junior High and he opened the doors for me to Emerson and Thoreau. Two of her past books were set in our hometown ar...

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Why can't this happen to me?

He Paid $30 for a Drawing. It Could Be a Renaissance Work Worth Millions.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/arts/albrecht-durer-drawing-discovered.html

A tax question

Kind of complex, and silly (for me) since I haven't paid taxes since Trump doubled our exemptions. BUTThis year we are all (at least partially) beholden to the Bank of eBay for our payments, which they hold until the purchase has been shipped and the...

America ends 2021 with censorship surge

"As 2021 nears its close, a spasm of book banning has spread surprisingly quickly among state and local officials. Happily, if history is a guide, this accelerating spread of censorship will fail. But in the meantime, conservative elected officials h...

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Resolved! Website for literary research

Hello - I used to have a website bookmarked where one could type in the basic information about a book and the site would bring up all editions, years of publication, where a copy of the book can be found and other helpful information. I think the we...

Vintage Cookbooks Could Be Worth Up to $15,000

"For decades, Julia Child’s cookbooks have enriched home cooking with classic recipes. The same cookbooks can enrich your bank account, too.In 1961, Child and co-authors Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, published “Mastering the Art of French Cook...

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Sold Items are NOT self-deleting

After the second sale in as many days of titles I just sold, I went through my sold items list and searched for active listings. Every single sold item from Dec. 2 to today was still active. I had to manually end each one.

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