Do you have experience selling books on ebay or Amazon.com?

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I have an account on Amazon.com and I have listed a few books. It’s very hit or miss though. The person has to choose your “business” to purchase the book from. You know when you purchase something on Amazon and you see the lowest “used” price? That’s because a lot of other people are selling the same product, some cheaply and some for moderate prices. Amazon charges you to use their service, but so does Ebay. I found Amazon more lucrative, because of lesser fees.

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