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I have some books I'm trying to determine the "condition" of, but Ebay's definitions don't adequately let me judge it. I would consider them "brand new" but with the exception of having a small tear in the dust-jacket. I imagine this lowers the condition, but there isn't good guidance on what it becomes.

The grading system for books which eBay has designed is somewhat different from the grading system actually used by antiquarian booksellers. Under the eBay grading system, there is very little wiggle room between "Brand New," "Like New" and "Very Good," since eBay has decided that ANY flaw (no matter how minor) drops the grade down to only "Good," which is drastically different from the grading system actually used by professional booksellers. (I've been ragging about this for over 10 years now; but eBay has yet to grow a pair of ears!)

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Unfortunately, eBay's system is the only one available on eBay -- so tread VERY carefully! Grade your books VERY conservatively -- unless your books are SPOTLESS and PERFECT, they may not pass the eBay test. And there are plenty of eBay buyers out there just champing at the bit, waiting to pounce on new, inexperienced eBay sellers who try to wiggle around eBay's grading system.

As I've mentioned before, eBay's grading guide is NOT the grading guide used by most antiquarian booksellers, who might grade a book with a tear nearly ANYWHERE on the "real world" scale of book grades, depending on more realistic data such as the edition of the book; the book title; the age of the book; the author of the book; and so on: Obviously, a torn cover on a first Boni & Liveright edition of IN OUR TIME by Ernest Hemingway would not be graded as only ACCEPTABLE by a real antiquarian bookseller -- but that's the grade that eBay would assign to it!

I have a question on shipping individual books. I see a lot of books selling in the $4-5 range with free shipping. My question is how to ship single books and still make a bit of money? I know they would ship media mail, but even then, I don't see how there could be much profit. Any tips on how it's done would be appreciated.

Im sure That if they make a profit it is less than a dollar but generally speaking books and movies can be shipped USPS media mail which is a discounted service ($2-$3) for a single movie or book meaning it would be possible to sell cheep and still turn a profit.

@beaverplt No there would NOT be much profit at all selling books for 4 to 5 bucks ... the FVFs were 14% on books so after fees on the item, shipping and sales tax you have to ask yourself if a Net sale (notice I did not say "profit") of at or under $ 4 worth your time?

You also need to ship books in boxes not a bubble mailer, the latter is asking for damage issues right out of the gate. One account here has sold a lot of books, they get packed in a box and sometimes a slightly wider fold over piece of cardboard at each end is added to protect the corners from damage.

Other way is to sell them in sets. One of the books might not be worth selling, but group it with two or more books, you might start seeing some profit. Particularly if the books themselves were bought at less than a $1 each (preferably 25c or less).

But the big guys pay a few pennies per book. They hire minimum wage workers to scan the isbn numbers and process. They offer very little description. Often just Good, Very Good, etc. Usually they use stock photos or some random pic. Each worker can probably process 30 books an hour. They also get cheaper shipping rates and buy their shipping supplies in bulk.

I know that on Amazon the big booksellers don't combine shipping. You get a book for a buck (Amazon finally dispensed with the 1 penny book sellers who made their money solely on shipping), pay $4.50 shipping and they don't combine. When I used to purchase penny books on Amazon, I'd get 3 books for 3 cents, and pay $13 for shipping. Having a Kindle ended that, but very few booksellers on Amazon combined shipping. And yeah, the really big book sellers probably have a bulk contract - they don't get subsidized (against postal regs) but they probably get a cheap bound matter/pre-sort rate where they just pre-palletize.

Years ago I was reselling a lot of used books that I purchased at library sales. Typically I'd list a book in a 7-day auction with a starting bid about half the average price in the same condition on ABEbooks. I'd sell about 50% of the listings, which I considered satisfactory.

I dealt mainly in technical books on odd and obscure topics that a person with a related occupation or hobby might want to buy for use. I also sold collectible books that would appeal to the same type of people. Here are a couple of representative listings that I have right now:

I've been away from eBay for three years, and away from selling books for years longer. Now I'm trying to liquidate the books I have on hand. I'm listing and pricing things the same way I used to, and nothing is selling. What has changed? What do I need to do to get a reasonable sellthrough rate?

As another used book seller, we tend to price things based on the sold prices on eBay, and not reference other websites unless it's hard to find sales data (granted, some of the types of books you're dealing in that will likely be the case). We also almost never run auctions, as people rarely want to wait to find out if they are going to win an auction anymore. We simply do our best to price things reasonably and put them up as Buy It Now listings, though we're testing whether having offers enabled makes a significant difference in our sales. Hope that helps a little!

1) People are generally more mobile and cognizant of the bulk that books represent. Given online platforms with ebooks, people are hesitant to put a lot of money on books because they know they'll have to give them away should they move.

2) With online resources available and books aging for reference, anything with content that has a relevant time frame on it is going to be near unsellable. In other words, almost nobody wants an encyclopedia set from 1967 for example. (Im hedging there but pretty sure no one is going to want such a thing) Basically all you can do with non-fiction books with old information like this is to just toss them out.

3) People tend to have a disposability factor with books too, for that reason. Most book sales on ebay are from people that mean to read the book and then dispose of it afterwards. This usually leads to them giving it away or simply throwing it out. This along with #1 are going to be reasons that ex-library books aren't going to work that well. If people want to buy books to keep, they want them to be a lot nicer than books that have been put through the wringer. People don't care that much about condition when they just want to read the book and pass it on.

4) Given #3, a lot of entities have taken to buying donated books for pennies on the dollar. Charities have also ramped up huge presences. Given advantages of both of these in procurement costs, shipping and lower FVFs (for the charities), they put out a large number of used books for very cheap prices on an industrial scale. To wit, I had to pass on listing a couple of books because the shipping alone was much higher than what a large number of other sellers were charging for the book. Basically put, I simply couldn't offer a competitive price on the item so I just didn't list it.

Basically put, my suggestion is to think about how someone might consume the books you put up (if it's Ex-Lib it probably is that for a reason). Then research each book as to what people are selling it for online, using Terapeak if necessary. Chances are if you putting a used book up for $15 that others are selling newer editions of for $5 (to echo a rather infamous example on these boards), you aren't going to even get noticed much less get sales.

Fewer and fewer people buy physical books of any kind, fiction or nonfiction, as they increasingly read on e-devices. Younger people don't want to deal with the bulk and the weight of physical books because they tend to live in small spaces and move around a lot for employment. Older people find e-readers a great boon for failing eyesight.

Reference and technical books age very quickly and those seeking current info just use the web. Many older reference and technical books, which interest hobbyists and historians, have been digitized and are readily available on-line.

personally I don't think people are replacing books with e-texts. They are replacing books with texting and 1 min dance videos and an unending barrage of binge videos depicting human degradation as entertainment.

Ha, a conspiracy theorist/survivalist (maybe) after my own heart! I have always though that a library of fix-it and how to books would be great after the Apocalypse. Assuming anyone lives through it, old cookbooks with recipes such as Possum Stew, and foraging for wild greens would be good. Old copies of Mother Earth News, how to identify edible mushrooms...building a windmill, digging a well. Raising sheep and chickens, spinning yarn, well you all get the drift. Hard copies will last after the electricity is gone. Not to be a Debbie Downer but the way the despots are waving the swords...I fear for the future and am glad I am old now.

2) Because of the digital revolution, US readers are utilizing e-books and e-readers like Kindle in greater numbers. 25% of American readers chose digital-formatted books over traditional books in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center.

But changes in book-selling also shows some positive shifts in the used book market. As of 2022, the market for second-hand books is at a net value of $24.03 billion.This shows a year-on-year growth of 5.5% from $22.78 billion (Used Book Statistics 12-20-22).

More than half of consumers within the US & UK choose to buy more second-hand than new books, driven both by lower prices on the goods and the environmentally-conscious.