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I sell stuff on Ebay and Amazon for myself - and I can make several suggestions -- first, look up some of the titles you are considering to sell. Using Amazon, you can see what other copies are being sold and for how much. The same thing for Ebay, which also allows you to do a sold search and see if other copies have been sold. Ebay also owns half.com. If you sell on Ebay, you will need a Paypal account. You will pay an insertion fee for listing the book (and it depends on what your starting bid will be). You will also pay a final value fee if the book sells. Starting in July, Ebay's final value fee will include the postage cost. (YUCK). Here in the USA, one can send a book using media mail. If you sell the book outside the US, the postage will be higher as there is no separate rate for books. First class international, and heavy books will cost a lot. Amazon does not charge you to list, and they have a certain rate for postage, but sometimes the book's postage costs more than what Amazon has allowed for, and you pay the difference. Amazon does take a percentage of the sale price. You can link your bank account or checking account to Amazon, and get paid directly by Amazon. They pay after you notify the shipper that the book has been shipped. Ebay owns Paypal. You set up a paypal account (linked to your own financial account), and Paypal also takes a cut of the sale! Marlene A. Koenig Librarian WAAC - Virginia Tech 1001 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 703-706-3039 (phone) 703-549-0532 (fax) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret English Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:41 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] AbeBooks or Ebay in lieu of a booksale? Hello Collective Wisdom, I know we've had many discussions about books sales at our institutions. Some of my library's cast-offs and donations are too good to sell at rock-bottom prices to students and dealers and I am wondering about offering them to a larger pool of collectors. Have any small or mid-sized libraries had any experience or success in this area? Please reply to me off list. I will post the results if there is enough interest. Warm wishes, Margaret -- Margaret English Librarian Department of Art Library University of Toronto 100 St. George St. - 6th floor Toronto, ON. M5S 3G3 (416) 978-5006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~