Allan Adler wrote:
> "Francis A. Miniter" <miniter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> If you read the responses, I think you will see that most of us have
concluded
>> that the person was not listing books for sale but checking out what he
could
>> get selling them retail if he were to buy them and list them.
>
> Most of us, perhaps, but not all of us. There is a definite advantage to
not
> having to risk any capital or to have to maintain any kind of storage
facility.
Leaving books you're listing at the public library sale is going to be
about as successful as putting them on the sidewalk in front of your
house WRT being able to go get them again after you've made a sale.
> Also, the mere fact that a book is listed online at a certain price
doesn't
> mean that anyone is buying it at that price or any price.
Certainly.
>The online listings
> would be useful information if they were prices that people said they
were
> willing to pay. It is not unusual to see books being listed for
thousands
> of dollars at Amazon, just because some bookseller is waiting for
someone
> who is both rich enough and desperate enough to pay it. It doesn't mean
that
> someone can actually sell that book at any price.
That's true, over the course of time for certain books; but for some
books that will work.
> Someone suggested that the books move too quickly for such a scheme to
work.
> I'm not sure that is true.
You're welcome to run any field tests you care to make. Do let us know
what the results are.
> What I'm wondering now is how many booksellers might be listing the very
> same books, all sitting on the library sale shelf.
Probably almost none, since their fulfillment rate will quickly fall
below the thresholds of the big online services.
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