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BookThink is an industry-leading resource provider for
online and open shop book dealers, book collectors,
and serious readers. Resources include the
BookThinker, a free twice monthly newsletter covering a wide
range of book-related topics; BookThink's Gold Edition, a monthly paid-subscription newsletter
supplying profit-generating insider information to
booksellers; BookThink's 50/50, a bimonthly market
report targeting high-profit, in-demand books that are
likely to surface on scouting trips; a moderated book
forum; an extensive library of active and pertinent
book-related links; book reviews; interviews with
authors and other notables; and intensive tutorials on
practical book repair, grading, terminology, buying
for resale, selling books online and off, building a
personal book collection, and more
The BookThinker Newsletter
ISSN 1547-9501
#44, 30 May 2005
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Out of Their Heads
The Theme of Transferring Consciousness in Science Fiction
Collecting Science Fiction
Tim Doyle didn't fall asleep last month. I did. Instead of publishing his Collecting Science Fiction article in its usual time slot, I blanked out and put together a full BookThinker edition instead. No idea why ... unless it had something to do with the topic of today's better-late-than-never article - transferring consciousness. Anyway, Tim explores the phenomenon of mind-hopping in Science Fiction, notes the key authors and titles in this thematic realm, and yes, I'm certain it was worth waiting for.
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Gold Edition #16
How to Buy Inventory Online
Part IV Buying Inventory on Fixed-Price Venues and from Other Online Sources
Having trouble finding good inventory on scouting
trips? Maybe it's time you started shopping at the
world's largest bookstore. Selection is unlimited, you
can do it in the comfort of your home, and if you know
where to look and how to shop, prices are right. Learn
the secrets of buying online with BookThink's new Gold
Edition series - "How to Buy Inventory Online." Part
IV, "Buying Inventory on Fixed-Price Venues and from
Other Online Sources" is available for purchase now.
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How to Build An Effective
eBay Presentation
Part I: What Your Buyer Wants to Know from You: Photographic Content
In a recent BookThinker article I discussed some coming attractions at BookThink, one of which was an article on how to build an effective eBay auction template. After giving it more thought, it occurred to me that it might be more useful to readers if I expanded this into a series of articles that addressed not only the design or shell of a presentation but its content as well. Both are vitally important for communicating information to your buyers, and either can sometimes make or break a sale, not to mention affect final values hugely. Part I of this new series - "What Your Buyer Needs to Know from You: Photographic Content" - appears today.
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Building a Book Website
Part II: Marketing
Catherine Petruccione is back with Part II of her series on building a book website. This time, in addition to offering valuable suggestions for upgrading site content, she tackles some technical issues as well. Writing meta tags, submitting your site to search engines, and monitoring activity with a log analyzer may not be as much fun as creating eye-popping web pages, but they're necessary in any case for attracting traffic in meaningful numbers. Once again, Cathy makes the daunting undaunting and includes lots of links to additional sources of information.
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Previous BookThinker Update -
BookThink Update
23 May 2005>>>
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Why Some Dictionaries are Valuable, Others Not
And Why Newer Isn't Always Better
In one of BookThink's premium newsletters, 50/50, I try to explain, as much as time and space permits, why the titles I showcase perform as well as they do, but there are times when more depth is necessary. This is certainly the case with dictionaries. Why, for example, would a dictionary published in 1828 be purchased for content? Used daily? By children? Think of the tens of thousands of words it wouldn't contain, the archaic or obsolete meanings, etc. On the surface, it sounds like an educational disaster waiting to happen. And yet, for many home schoolers, it's anything but. Today's feature article explains why.
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50/50 Issue #3
Now Available
Issue #3 of 50/50, BookThink’s new market report, is now available for purchase. Published every other month, 50/50 lists and annotates in detail 50 books that typically sell for $50 and up online and - here's the best part - includes only those books that surface with some regularity at sales and other viable venues for purchasing inventory. In other words, this is information you can actually use and profit from often. Subscriptions are also available at the annual rate of $20. Payments may be made instantly or by
mail. For details, click here.
Gold Edition #15
How to Buy Inventory Online
Part III: Miscellaneous eBay Search Techniques and
Sniping
Having trouble finding good inventory on scouting
trips? Maybe it's time you started shopping at the
world's largest bookstore. Selection is unlimited, you
can do it in the comfort of your home, and if you know
where to look and how to shop, prices are right. Learn
the secrets of buying online with BookThink's new Gold
Edition series - "How to Buy Inventory Online." Part
III, "Miscellaneous eBay Search Techniques and
Sniping" is available for purchase now.
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