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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
#46, 27 June 2005
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BookThink Update
4 July 2005>>>
Update Announcements
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Bookselling at Science Fiction Conventions
Part I
Collecting Science Fiction
Thinking about upgrading your inventory? If so, part of this process will necessarily include culling lower quality stock, and we're here to help. In today's BookThinker Update, Science Fiction Editor Timothy Doyle begins a 2-part series on bookselling at Science Fiction Conventions. As he explains, cons are great venues for ridding yourself of underperforming books and making a few bucks while you're at it. Along the way, you can also make valuable contacts with authors and other sellers.
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Gold Edition #17
How to Buy and Sell
Foreign Books
If you sell books written in only one language, you
will effectively eliminate the majority of this
planet's books from your pool of potential inventory.
Unless you have - or can consistently acquire - more
quality books in your native language than you know
what to do with, therefore, it makes sense to at least
consider foreign language books when they become
available for sale. There are challenges, of course,
with both buying and selling them, but to a
significant extent these can be overcome. Learn how
with the July issue of BookThink's new Gold Edition -
"How to Buy and Sell Foreign Books." - available for
purchase now.
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My Worst Scouting Day Ever
Bookselling Proverb #14
and the Plight of Expectation
Summer is prime book scouting time for many booksellers, especially so for those who live in more severe climates. Given how competitive things have gotten in recent years, some disappointment is probably inevitable. Fewer good books are out there, and more buyers are competing for them. Is there anything you can do to increase your chances of success? Definitely, and it has something to do with expectation - or, rather, its absence - and BookThink's Bookselling Proverb #14. More details are in today's feature article, "My Worst Scouting Day Ever."
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BookThink's Bookseller Profiles
Profile of Stacy Moskus
June's Bookseller Profile features Stacy Moskus. This is timely because we've been discussing eBay bookselling in recent weeks, and Stacy is primarily an eBay seller who makes a full-time living working part-time hours. And loves every minute of it. She's also living proof that bookselling can be a great fit for those who are facing challenges in their lives that may shut them out of other professions.
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Previous BookThinker Update -
BookThink Update
20 June 2005>>>
Update Announcements
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.
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