As a small publisher, you may utilize Amazon Marketplace to move some of your books. A lot of small publishers do this to move damaged books that otherwise would not sell. Well, Amazon is getting ready to introduce something new called “Charge When Ship” to Marketplace accounts. This means that you will have to ship items with some sort of tracking number. And you have to actually ship the item and then enter in the tracking number in order for Amazon to charge the customer. Here is the potential problem that I see with this - what happens when there is a problem with the payment? Currently, you get an email stating not to ship until the buyer updates payment info. With “Charge When Ship” the item will already be shipped. Is Amazon prepared to eat those costs?
Looking for some book related humor? Have a look at the The Worst Review Ever blog. It is a blog that lets authors send in their worst reviews ever. Readers vote on the reviews. And each season a Worst Review Ever is crowned. And that winner gets a prize! Pretty fun stuff indeed.
Today I ventured into the Book Soup on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. I was curious to see why it was so well known. I suspected that it would just be your average book store. And be full of poseurs. I was surprised to see that it was a pretty cool book store. There are a LOT of recommendations from the staff on the shelves. And the recommendations were great and not your run of the mill “read this because…”
So, if you are in LA, check it out! It really is cool.
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You can donate a lot of things to charity. You can donate a car to charity. Heck, you can even donate a boat or RV to charity. You can also donate other things - like books. If you have a lot of remainders sitting around that you do not know what to do with I suggest donating them to a charity or someplace. Who knows, a homeless shelter might love to have your books. Or maybe even an orphanage!
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