BookFinder.com Journal

Amazon.com outages

The Register reported on outages at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, affecting customers and Marketplace sellers short weeks before Christmas.

[Update: fixed?]

Posted by Anirvan

Guardian on used books online

If you haven't seen it already, the Guardian recently ran an overview of the online used book market. The article refers to the big A's (Abebooks, Alibris, Amazon.com), and interviews two British online booksellers. Not particularly interesting, except as an indicator of general press interest in the field.

Posted by Anirvan

Beyond Half.com

eBay's been encouraging Half.com booksellers to move over to the eBay platform, but many booksellers have been checking out some of the other options. AuctionBytes is running a three-part series called "A Look at Half," about how Half.com sellers are dealing with the site's closure.

Part 1 ("Some Half Booksellers Not Embracing eBay?"), discusses the backstory, and interviews a former Half.com seller making the transition over to Amazon.com Marketplace.

Part 2 ("Booksellers talk about where they will (and will not) go next"), interviews a number of sellers about their post-Half.com plans. Some of those destinations include Alibris, Amazon.com Marketplace, Abebooks, eBay Stores, and Choosebooks -- all sites that BookFinder.com searches.

Posted by Anirvan