Answer: I’ve been getting a lot of questions about where to buy and sell books and I’ve been showing friends how to do it. The best place to sell books is pretty obvious to most but it’s Amazon. Amazon makes…
Author: Matthew Johnson
Distracted by Data – Is this the End of the End For Books?
Summary: It would be easy to get distracted by monthly sales reports for books this year. Year-over-year sales are tanking. In my calculus, a 5% drop in sales is cause for concern. In the book business overall, where the profit…
Book Donations – December 2014
I just wanted to write a quick update to our giving programs during this time of giving and receiving. Donated books continue to stream in. We’ve found that moving, wanting to downsize or even a break-up of a relationship are…
For Craigslist, Good Enough Has Been Perfect
You might think that you’ve hit a dead link, that you have been inexplicably transported back ten years, to when it would have been acceptable to write about the innovation and disruption that Craigslist signifies. It was a time when…
Paypal Funds Availability – How it works and how to speed it up
Answer: I received the following insight about how to speed up the 21 day hold on Paypal funds. The first thing that you may have already done is verify your Paypal account which means tying the money you get to…
Is Your Book Collection Emotional or Intentional?
Summary: Your life is a constant and evolving story of emotional responses to uncontrollable circumstances. And so is your book collection. Intentional or unintentional, large or small, book collections tend to form chaotically and impulsively through a haphazard combination of…
Creating Your Ivory Tower
Oh it’s easy to get pulled into the modern day, everyone’s a CEO models, where everything is a hyper kinetic blur. But what about the older, more relaxed models. With the right intention and focus that is possible and almost…
Why are textbooks so expensive?
Answer: I have received many variations of the question, why are textbooks so expensive? I spoke with textbook consultant and author Chris Johnson about this and came up with these four main reasons. 1. It takes dozens of editorial staff…