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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

My New Used Bookstore

It's virtually true, anyway. I am now selling used and collectible books online at Amazon. My collection is getting too large for my shelving, and I keep buying more books! So something had to give, and I decided to start selling some of my books online. Amazon has a simple to use interface that allows me to list my books and pay them a modest fee if something sells. Last night was my first sale! To one of my sisters, but hey, it was a sale :) Thank you, Maggie!

I will continue to add books as I sort through my collection. You can see what I have for sale at any time by checking the widget in the side bar called Railey Ridge Books (that's my "store" name). Clicking on a title will take you to the book on Amazon. You can also find me on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/shops/raileyridge

As retirement comes ever closer (3 months away!), I'm still exploring other things I can do, and books is one thing I know a lot about, so this seems like a natural. I hope you'll take a look from time to time as I add more books to the store.

13 comments:

  1. Hey Granny Sue!

    That sounds like a great idea! I tried to click on the link you gave in your post and it came up that it didn't exist. I looked at it and you have a typo in the link. Thought you would want to know so you could change it.

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  2. Oops! I'll fix that right away, Angela. Someone else emailed me about it too. Thanks for letting me know :)

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  3. Good for you. What better place to start a book business than Amazon. I buy all my books used from them. Will check out your Amazon listings in the near future. -- barbara

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  4. What a good idea, it's something I should do too, I always have more books than shelf space and I occasionally offload a few to charity shops but selling them would be a better idea.Hope you do well.

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  5. Thanks, Barbara and Rowan! It's going to be a slow process, I can see that. In order to do well, a seller needs to have good ratings. The way to have ratings is to sell. The way to sell is to have good ratings--the vicious circle! But if I can get a few sales and a few people make good comments or provide a good rating, that will get me moving. It takes time to get that part going.

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  6. Good luck, Susanne. I also clicked on the link and it doesn't work. I think it says it doesn't exist.

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  7. I just checked it again, Janet, and it's working fine now. Who knows? Thanks for letting me know. I'll try it again later too.

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  8. Annnndddd ... I look forward to being one of the first to give you good ratings! You had a book I've been wanting ... :)
    --Mario

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  9. I too have way too many books and am considering best way to sell.

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  10. Yours will be in the mail today, Markin! Thanks for ordering :) I listed a few more last night. And I have some with no Amazon record; so unless I want to spring for a paid account, I'll have to wait until someone else makes a listing, or sell them on eBay.

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  11. SW, books seem to have a way of growing on us, don't they? I am still a lover of print when it comes to books, and especially old books. So I expect to always have too many--but all necessary!

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  12. I didn't realize you were so close to retiring! Can't wait to hear what you do to keep yourself occupied once it happens - I have a feeling selling books will just be the tip of the iceberg!

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  13. It's kind of surprising to me too, Liz :) I decided last fall that I was just...done. Burned out with the job and ready to do something else. AND eligible to retire. So why not?
    We will have to watch the money like crazy, but I don't care. I needed out of a job that was sucking me dry. Once the decision was made, a huge weight lifted.

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