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Lend an eBook to a friend with Amazon’s Kindle Book Lending Program (Writer, Reader & Retailer Perspectives)

by T. W. Seller | Jan 4, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 2 |

Some really exciting news out of Amazon in the last few days: You can now let a friend borrow one...

How much resistance to ebooks & online newspapers is just fear of the unknown?

by T. W. Seller | Sep 7, 2010 | Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

My father loves reading the newspaper. He reads it cover to cover over the course of the day and...

The 5 Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Self-Publishing and Print on Demand

by T. W. Seller | Mar 12, 2010 | Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

Back in early ’09, I did the following post as a guest post for Henry over at...

YouHaveIWant: 140 character classified ads for selling on Twitter and Facebook? Jury is still out.

by T. W. Seller | Mar 10, 2010 | Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 10 |

I recently got an email from a staff memeber of YHIW or YouHaveIWant.com, a new classified service. I get a lot of similar emails and sometimes I just plain don’t have time to look at the site and sometimes I think the...

The eBay DSR feedback damage done by going on vacation

by T. W. Seller | Mar 4, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

So, did you realize I was on vacation for the last week? ;-)Yeah, I scheduled those blog posts to post while I was gone so I was blogged while I wasn’t actually here. That’s how I roll. ;-)My husband and I just...

I save all my really good inventory for the people who send me sketchy handwritten postcards with no contact info

by T. W. Seller | Mar 1, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

Collectibles tend to attract a very different sort of person. Most of the time they are simply the...

How to read Amazon’s Kindle Books without owning a Kindle

by T. W. Seller | Feb 24, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 4 |

Maybe you’ve seen the preview links next to your favorite books and wished you could have a...

From eBay frustrations to eCrater success: a marketplace review from a seller on both platforms

by T. W. Seller | Feb 17, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 18 |

Of all the new platforms and marketplaces out there, the one that caught my fancy the most recently was eCrater. The biggest selling point is that they are 100% free with no fees. Think of them as a craigslist style posting...

A Different Perspective on the New eBay Fees: Not all Store owners happy with the changes

by T. W. Seller | Jan 29, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

While many of us eBay store owners were excited with the new eBay fees coming in March 2010 and happily chatted away on Twitter, not everyone was thrilled. I wanted to share with you this email from a reader who wished to remain...

Whine along: My disorganized thoughts on the new eBay fees structure

by T. W. Seller | Jan 26, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

Normally I would take my time and write out a considered post on all these fee changes but instead, here are just some random thoughts as they come to me while I read this announcementThey are combining Fixed Price and Store...

Beyond email: Answering customer questions via telephone, IM, chat and Twitter

by T. W. Seller | Jan 25, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 8 |

There is a big push for big companies to offer more customer support options like Twitter, Facebook and chat. But what about us small businesses? Is email still good enough for us or should we be reaching out to our customers in...

Buyer’s PayPal funds are reversed but seller already shipped the item

by T. W. Seller | Jan 8, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

I got this email from a regular reader in the beginning of December and was too darn busy to address it then but it’s something I wanted to come back to. Leaving off the name just in case the sender wants to remain...