Book pricing question/Laymon

[yendi]

You 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?

Comments

[noisyhooligan.livejournal.com]

It really is just up to how available that particular book is at that time. At ye olde booke store, we would would occasionally have to drop the price of an item because more became available, but we would also have to make sure we did not undersell some books too. The availability makes the value somewhat fluid, but the condition is also very important. If you think it's worth some moneys, wrap that bad boy in plastic and keep it out of the sun.