Comments on: Why Whine if You Can Sell More Books? http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/selling-more-books/why-whine-if-sell-more-books/ Successful online bookseller, Adam Bertram, teaches his secrets to starting and maintaining an online book-selling business. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jdbooks http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/selling-more-books/why-whine-if-sell-more-books/comment-page-1/#comment-369 jdbooks Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:33:03 +0000 http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/?p=760#comment-369 I agree. BWB has a business model that works for now. It may not hold since they are still not showing a profit. Let's let the market place adjust/heal itself. I agree. BWB has a business model that works for now. It may not hold since they are still not showing a profit. Let's let the market place adjust/heal itself.

]]> By: jdbooks http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/selling-more-books/why-whine-if-sell-more-books/comment-page-1/#comment-138 jdbooks Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:33:03 +0000 http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/?p=760#comment-138 I agree. BWB has a business model that works for now. It may not hold since they are still not showing a profit. Let's let the market place adjust/heal itself. I agree. BWB has a business model that works for now. It may not hold since they are still not showing a profit. Let's let the market place adjust/heal itself.

]]> By: TC Byrd http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/selling-more-books/why-whine-if-sell-more-books/comment-page-1/#comment-137 TC Byrd Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:28:53 +0000 http://www.sellyourbooksonline.com/?p=760#comment-137 Well, there is another level to the whole debate. In addition to being angry over BWB's perceived devaluing of book prices by selling for a penny, booksellers are also aggrieved by BWB's methods of attaining books. Those complaining say that BWB is merely posing as a charity in order to convince schools and other venues to donate books to BWB to "promote literacy." Sellers throw out some figures about the amount of funds actually used by BWB for the charity aspects of the business, stating that it is 15 percent or less. They would like to see the documents that state that BWB is operating as a charity and not a not-for-profit. So, sellers are angry that they devalue books, gain books from traditional book scouting sources that then dry up, and lie about their charitable efforts. <br><br>I think there is more to this than you have addressed in your post. I am not screaming bloody murder about the Alibris/BWB partnership, but I am not much pleased by it. Well, there is another level to the whole debate. In addition to being angry over BWB's perceived devaluing of book prices by selling for a penny, booksellers are also aggrieved by BWB's methods of attaining books. Those complaining say that BWB is merely posing as a charity in order to convince schools and other venues to donate books to BWB to “promote literacy.” Sellers throw out some figures about the amount of funds actually used by BWB for the charity aspects of the business, stating that it is 15 percent or less. They would like to see the documents that state that BWB is operating as a charity and not a not-for-profit. So, sellers are angry that they devalue books, gain books from traditional book scouting sources that then dry up, and lie about their charitable efforts.

I think there is more to this than you have addressed in your post. I am not screaming bloody murder about the Alibris/BWB partnership, but I am not much pleased by it.

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