| QUESTION: I want to open an eBay Store to sell | | | | works fine. They've been in business several years, |
| books at fixed prices. How can I add book cover | | | | so users must be getting their money's worth. I've |
| photos and descriptions to my listings? I've tried | | | | listed the most popular eBay seller tools at the |
| TurboLister, but it's so difficult. What about paid | | | | bottom of this post.eBay Stores offer a bit more |
| listers like Andale? | | | | flexibility than marketplaces such as Amazon. You can |
| ANSWER: eBay has made some improvements to its | | | | sell with auctions or at fixed prices. You can |
| Stores. Your books are visible in regular search results | | | | experiment with different words in your listings, |
| now, so eBay Stores are becoming an option for | | | | allowing a bit of flair and salesmanship. And your |
| booksellers who want their own store without | | | | Store inventory is automatically exported to and |
| building a site from scratch. | | | | Froogle, giving your books some added exposure on |
| You can enter ISBNs for most books while you're | | | | the Web. |
| listing on eBay's Web form. This will add the book's | | | | I agree with your strategy on selling most books at |
| cover image and synopsis to your listing. | | | | fixed prices. It is possible to get a higher price at |
| Unfortunately, eBay's free TurboLister software is | | | | auction for a truly unusual book -- perhaps one out |
| hard to use, especially for complicated book listings. | | | | of 10,000 books you'll sell. |
| You can enter ISBNs using TurboLister, provided | | | | Here are some of the most popular listing services |
| you're able to work around its quirks. | | | | for eBay sellers. A few are free, and some offer a |
| I've never used Andale, but my hunch is their service | | | | trial period. |