Allan Adler wrote:
> Some Guy <noemailformethanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> If I understand you correctly, here and in your other posting, you seem
to
> be thinking in terms of s****adic book sales, which I agree would not
make
> it possible to get the book to the client within a few days of the book
being
> ordered. But some libraries have continuous book sales by allocating
some
> permanent space for sale books. So, there would be daily access.
Sure, that's one aspect. But the much more im****tant one is that other
people have access to "your" stock and can take it away from you without
there being anything you can do about it. That will virtually certainly
result in a high non-fulfillment rate for you, and consequently eventual
ejection from the listing services.
>> Allan Adler wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> Actually, I was thinking in terms of articulation and computer
simulation
> of the relevant stochastic processes. I'm not good at doing that, but
I'm
> making some inquiries. In your other posting, you mention that you are
familiar
> with some theoretical models. Can you describe any that might apply
here?
Well, I've described one already in another post, e.g. that
cir***stances have to be so heavily and unrealistically tilted in the
favor of such a bookseller that an extraordinary situation is the only
wherein their scheme could work.
As far as computer models, I can't help you with that; but I can tell
you that I have seen library sales before and after the booksellers have
gone through the lots, and the results bode ill for anyone trying to
make a living on the leftovers.
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