And I'll respectfully disagree with you just a little, Amy.
Rather than go to ABE, go to http://www.bookfinder.com/
or another of the book search engines that cover Alibris,
Amazon (new and used), half, and many other book sales sites
in addition to ABE.
I sell on Alibris, although I haven't
put up for sale any of my prized crime fiction there or
anywhere else (except a Willeford with the George and Condi
cover; I had two of them). ABE wanted me to run my own credit
card setup and/or use PayPal, which I'm not willing to do.
Joy
Amy wrote:
> I must respectfully disagree with you just a little.
The whole book
> world is a buyer's market right now, especially on
ebay. There are
> some authors who are very colletible (Goodis is one
of them) and
> supply right now can't meet the demand. To find a
copy of Of Missing
> Persons in fine condition, comparable to the one on
ebay, a collector
> would have to pay $100 on ABEbooks. And the buyer of
Fire in the Flesh
> actually got a deal at $59.99 in that fine
condition. Since the buyers
> set the price on ebay I can't agree that the all
sellers are greedy.
> However, I think some sellers take advantage of the
fact that not
> everyone knows about ABEbooks where a buyer can
sometimes get a
> comparable copy of some books for much less than
they pay on ebay.
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