Books that sell/Amazon tracking program

External Since: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 86

I am a long time book collector who recently began selling on Amazon and using
other internet resources for both my collecting and selling activities.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a site or sites on the internet that shows
information on modern firsts as to what books are currently selling more than
most (and prices if possible). I subscribe to Firsts magazine which has limited
information, and also Pages and just submitted a new sucsciption to OP, but
those sources, as well as Publishers Weekly, seem to concentrate on mostly new
books.

Also, I understand that there is a program for Amazon sellers that lets you
track a number of things (your sales prices compared to other sellers, etc.)
and it is free to those who only list up to 10 books at a time. Can you tell me
where I locate that program to download (I thought it was on the Amazon Seller
site but can't find it) and, if you have used it, if the program is worthwhile
and has the same full features that the "purchased" edition has.
Thanks for your help.

External Since: Dec 01, 2003 Posts: 5

BookEditions wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone knows of a site or sites on the internet that
shows
> information on modern firsts as to what books are currently selling more
than
> most (and prices if possible).

Well, the most comprehensive results are probably got by tracking completed
auctions on eBay. You can't search completed items across a whole category
(such as "books"), but you can go to "browse all books" and search for all
items in that category which have, say, the word "book" in the title or
description. That would sweep up most of them, and you can select "completed
items" to see what the final bid price was. Obviously, you can also search
for specific items in the same way. Take a look at the recent "Continual
Amazement!" thread, where people are comparing prices of completed sales on
eBay with uncompleted ones on ABE. As that thread indicates, prices may vary
from one online marketplace to another and even within the same marketplace,
but it's still probably the best tool available.

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John
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