Archive for the ‘Selling Books’ Category
Birds of America, by John James Audubon, is the world’s most expensive book and, come December, a copy is to be auctioned at the London Auction House, alongside a First Folio from 1623! Both come from the estate of the late Baron Hesketh, who died in 1955 – aged just 39. Read the rest of this entry »
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The online retail industry is booming. Already worth over £14 billion and growing at a rate of over 12% every year, the industry is led by the huge markets for of clothes and electronics, though this doesn’t necessarily accurately reflect sales. After all, a single TV can sell for £1000, whereas used books frequently sell for pence – even for free if the buyer pays for post and package!
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These days, there are hundreds of thousands of people publishing their written work in some form or another. Be it in physical books, magazines and newspapers, or e-books, blogs, online articles and websites, the written word is now publicised in more forms than ever before. Although this is a great step for civilisation, it does make it very hard for any writer to get themselves noticed.
Not everybody who is interested in writing books necessarily knows how to go about doing so. Today we provide a basic guide to starting to write a generic informative book; not so our readers can earn themselves a Nobel Prize for Literature, but so they can get to grips with the basics of writing.
Writing e-books is becoming an increasingly popular way for amateur and small-time writers to publicise their material. However, for this very reason, it is now harder than ever to get your e-books noticed or, more importantly, to make any money from your enterprise.
In order to make money in any field, you must first ensure that what you’re doing is needed or at least wanted by the public. Read the rest of this entry »
There are many advantages to selling books online, be they books you’ve written yourself, a personal collection you’re looking to sell on, or stock you want to sell for a profit. Probably the most useful part about selling them online is that, unlike selling from a high street shop or market stall, there is little – if any – financial investment required to get going! After all, you can’t always guarantee enough people will buy books every month for you to pay the rent, especially on a shop in a town centre!
