| 1. Many category books, such as romance, Western, | | | | how others list their sales, use description and scans, |
| or science fiction, sell best on lots of 20 or more. | | | | and, above all, research what your book is going for. |
| 2. Some authors sell very well individually. Popular | | | | I'm amazed that people list books for $20 when |
| romance author Nora Roberts is one. However, | | | | everyone else is asking $1 or $2 for the same title. |
| there's a glut of books by other popular authors like | | | | 8. Check your own bookshelves for books to sell, |
| Stephen King and Dean Koontz which only sell in a | | | | then ask friends and relatives if they have books to |
| large collection or as part of a more general horror | | | | get rid of. My sister contributed five bags of |
| lot. Low prices also apply to something like Star Trek | | | | paperback books she'd stockpiled. Then hit yard |
| books...you need a huge lot to get even a small bid. | | | | sales, garage sales, flea markets, and, the best, |
| 3. Some authors or themes do not sell at any price. I | | | | library sales. Library sales are bargains, especially on |
| once gave away 80 routine Harlequin silhouette | | | | $2 a bag day where you pay literally pennies per |
| romances for which I could not even get a $3 bid. | | | | book. You can also run a newspaper ad offering to |
| 4. Children's books are considered very popular. | | | | buy paperback books. |
| 5. With lots, subcategories will generate higher prices. | | | | 9. Make your sales goal $1.00 per book when selling |
| Romance subcategories, for example, include | | | | by lot. Ideally, the per unit expense will be .25 or less |
| medieval, Civil War, Western, time travel, occult, | | | | per book. You can justify buying a few books for .50 |
| fantasy, American Indian, etc. You can come up with | | | | or even .75 if it substantially increases the value of |
| some specialized category for which some buyer will | | | | your lot. This way the per unit expense averages out |
| salivate. | | | | to more than .25 but less than .50. |
| 6. Do not underestimate the power of the word "lot" | | | | 10. Recycle packaging material wherever possible. |
| in your title when appropriate. It is a top eBay search | | | | Environmentally sound, it also cuts the handling charge |
| term. | | | | you must request. Check store dumpsters, ask |
| 7. Your ultimate information source is eBay itself. See | | | | friends to save their packaging. |