selling books
Tagged Discussions
patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
12 Nov 18
This Saturday we had the third annual author event called W.O.W. at our local library. We had 3 published authors speak. Afterwards I overheard someone saying how inspirational the event was. Myself? I felt deflated. Getting...
6 responses •
6 people
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
15 Aug 16
I have listed a few books on Amazon for several years now, mainly to clear my shelves of books I've collected over the years and no longer want. To be honest, it's not a big money spinner but every now and again - that is, about...
17 responses •
16 people
patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
17 Feb 16
And I'm not thrilled about it. Because I know again I will end out losing money instead of making money. Amazon only charges the customer $6.49 for shipping. This 2 inch soft cover book is going to cost at least 12 bucks to send...
22 responses •
19 people
patgalca
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
29 Dec 15
Okay, I'm done with them. I spent all day yesterday emailing back and forth about the payment for the book I sold. They indicated to me that my credit card information was not up-to-date therefore they could not make the...
5 responses •
5 people
leafygreens08
@leafygreens08 (754)
• United States
19 Jun 12
This question is mainly directed to self-published/POD authors. I am such an author and I have been trying to sell my book at Hastings, Barnes & Nobles and Amazon with only limited success. Most of my of sales have been through...
5 responses •
2 people
leafygreens08
@leafygreens08 (754)
• United States
3 Feb 12
I am a new author and my book has been out for about six months. I have been trying various local fairs and book signings. The book signing events have been my most profitable means for selling and promoting my book, but it's hard...
7 responses •
1 person
leafygreens08
@leafygreens08 (754)
• United States
16 Aug 11
I have never been to college to learn about business nor marketing but I am now in the position where I need to promote my new book,"Realmwalkers", on the Internet. I have an account on Facebook and have made a page there about...
2 responses
Marmot
@Marmot (590)
• United States
12 Aug 11
I recently sold one of my text book on Amazon, and I found that the settings of Amazon is quite bad. While you listing your book, the flat shipping is set as $3.99. But when I went to the USPS, I have to spend $5.94 because my...
13 responses •
4 people
Transformed
@Transformed (1259)
• United States
23 Sep 07
Has anyone ever sold books for cash? How much cash did you make doing so? I have a lot of books from my personal library that I'll probably not read anymore. I wish to make some cash from them by selling them to a local bookstore....
6 responses •
1 person

