Question for thosde who sell books on Amazon.

[Mirage]

I've got some new,unread gardening books to sell,but am a bit confused about Amazons postal charge.It states that it is £2.95 per book,so I'm assuming that is what I have to charge?

The problem is that these are heavy hardbacks & will cost a lot more than that.What happens in these circumstances?

I'd be grateful for any help,or suggestions of anywhere else other than Ebay to sell them.
Thanks

I used to sell on Amazon - are there not higher charges for heavier books?

I looked into this - I think you just have to include the extra in your book price.

Yeah, the postage charge is standard. Just make sure the book price is enough to make it worthwhile - and check to see what the books are going for already on amazon to decide if it's worthwhile.

Yeah, actually that is right winestein - it is a standard charge - it does mean though that if you sell something light you keep the extra money from the postage cost.

Is it better to sell books on Amazon than ebay in your experience?

Probably depends on the book. I have sold technical books, which were often quite expensive. I couldn't see any of them on ebay, so listed them on amazon instead.

Good things about Amazon:

• easy to list (no photos, no typing descriptions)
• payment is automatic and easy

Bad things:

• you have to ship within 2 working days
• fixed postage + handling charge

umm . I have some tech/guide Apple Mac books. Just sold one on ebay, but still got a reasonable price. I suppose it depends on listing and paypal fees that you have to take in to account.

The ones I had/have are very very specialised - I couldn't see that anyone had sold any of them on ebay before, and lots of them have new prices of like £50 - I could get £20 or £30 for them on Amazon.

I expect more popular technical books go fine on ebay.

I just charged more than I would have to make up the difference in P&p