For Booksellers

Practical articles on the business of selling used and rare books online. Originally published on my book reference site, Littera Scripta. I wrote these 25 years ago, and just pulled them out of the archive. Although I did have to do a bit of updating, the economics haven't changed as much as you might think.

Selling Books Online: An Overview — the economics of online bookselling, honestly examined. Required reading before you start.
Do You Need a Website? — the options for an online bookseller's web presence, from a simple business card to a full searchable database.
Pricing Used and Rare Books — how to research prices, when to trust your own judgment, and why you shouldn't be a sheep.

More articles coming. This section is being rebuilt from the original Littera Scripta archive.