Ebay advice sought

Although I am not knowledgeable regarding this book, I might have titled the auction something like this:

B-24 Liberator book--Signed by author A Lloyd!

The aircraft nomenclature may catch more eyes than the name alone and even if someone doesn't know A Lloyd from Adam, knowing that the book is signed by the author may have gotten more people to look at the auction.

==I didn't know about that sub-category. First time I've put up a book auction on ebay. Thanks!!

--Stephen

Yep, I started with something similar to that, but the ebay system asks you for the book's ISBN number, then it auto-fills with that stuff. I should have gone back and changed it manually. Thanks!

--Stephen

I definitely agree with RobG re. it being worth mentioning the fact that the book is author signed in the title.

Another factor could be that your starting price is too high. I have had this happen to me where an item has been worth, say, at least =A320, and I have started it off at that price, but it has only picked up a few watchers and no bids. After relisting it at a much lower price it has had lots of bids and has sold for much more than the starting price! You always have the option of ending an item, even if it has bids on it, before the bidding ends if you think it will still not reach a satisfactory price.

Also, you might just be unlucky - perhaps no-one's looking for that book right now but they might be in a couple of weeks time.

Regards,

John

I definitely agree with RobG re. it being worth mentioning the fact that the book is author signed in the title.

Another factor could be that your starting price is too high. I have had this happen to me where an item has been worth, say, at least =A320, and I have started it off at that price, but it has only picked up a few watchers and no bids. After relisting it at a much lower price it has had lots of bids and has sold for much more than the starting price! You always have the option of ending an item, even if it has bids on it, before the bidding ends if you think it will still not reach a satisfactory price.

Also, you might just be unlucky - perhaps no-one's looking for that book right now but they might be in a couple of weeks time.

Regards,

John

Typing "define: ISBN" (without the quotes) into the Google search box brought up the following: ISBN (International Standard Book Number): A 10-digit number that is keyed to and identifies the title and publisher of a book. It is used for ordering and cataloging books and appears on all dust jackets, on the back cover of the book, and on the copyright page. Haggis.

International Standard Book Number - a unique number assigned to every book - or at least every book which requests an ISBN from one of the ISBN assigning organizations.

Cheers,

Which brings forth my question: what exactly is a ISBN? I've seen them in books for a few years but have no idea of their significance or the when and why of them.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Thanks, Bill and Haggis. I wonder who assigns the numbers. I'll go and do a search for that myself.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

As it turned out, that book got a good amount ($112, if I recall correctly) but I think Emil got lucky. I didn't do a good job of writing it up. Next time I have a book in an auction, I'll have a better idea how to approach it. Thanks for all the feedback!

--Stephen