Book pricing question/Laymon
Oct. 2nd, 2006 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiYou know, it's great that on eBay, I can see a list of completed auctions, so I can tell if the prices folks are charging for something are reasonable, or if they're pricing things ludicrously high.
I do wish such a thing existed for ABE or for Amazon's used books. Because based on the one copy of Richard Laymon's The Wilds that's up at both locations, I'm sitting on a cash cow (my copy's also mint, and a much lower number). Anyone know of any database that records either Amazon or ABE sales over a period of time?
I do wish such a thing existed for ABE or for Amazon's used books. Because based on the one copy of Richard Laymon's The Wilds that's up at both locations, I'm sitting on a cash cow (my copy's also mint, and a much lower number). Anyone know of any database that records either Amazon or ABE sales over a period of time?
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Date: 2006-10-02 03:38 pm (UTC)I've not heard of such a thing; I certainly hope someone else has, though, because one of my old 1960's witchcraft paperbacks is pricy (although on a slightly smaller scale).
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Date: 2006-10-02 04:18 pm (UTC)Which is to say ... the only way to find out is to pick a price, list the book, and see what happens :> I rambled about valuing books in a recent Birds & Bills post (http://birdsandbills.blogspot.com/2006/08/illiquid-assets.html)
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Date: 2006-10-02 04:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-02 04:36 pm (UTC)Although that appears to be an Australian site, which means it's probably "only" fetching about $141 here. Still, that bodes well.
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Date: 2006-10-02 04:37 pm (UTC)