I got the book I oredered….

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I received the book I ordered the other day.   I had never ordered a used book before.   It has a small black line about an inch long on the jacket back cover.  I think that’s called a “remainder” mark, whatever that means.  Other than that it’s in excellent condition. 

I ordered it Sunday afternoon from one of Amazon.com’s independent vendors, Clemintine’s (listed through Amazon) and receiver it today (Wednesday) paying 6.95 for expedited shipping plus the $2.95 for the hardcover book.

I’m very satisfied with the purchases.  Hopefully the book will be as good…. when I get time to read it.

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3 thoughts on “I got the book I oredered….”

  2. The purpose of the remainder mark is when a store does not sell a book they mark the bottom or top edges. The remainder mark is put onto the book and sent to a distributor to make room for new inventory. Then the distributor will re-sell them for a discount rate. That is why when you see a book with a remainder mark it is usually for a discounted price. It’s a way that distributors tracking the book once it leaves the store that way a store can’t return a book for credit. From a collectors stand point a book that is Remainder marked is not worth as much as a copy that is not. The Remainder mark that is on top edge of a book is worse from the stand point that you can see the mark when shelved.

    Excerpted from here: http://reviews.ebay.com/What-exactly-is-a-Remainder-Mark_W0QQugidZ10000000001625850

  3. After ordering used books that way several times, we decided to sell some of our own on Amazon. It’s free to set up a store, list your books, and start taking orders.

    Amazon takes a cut out of the purchase price (almost all of that 2.95, in fact), and pays the seller the difference plus all the shipping. I’d bet the seller made a lot more on the shipping part than on the sale part — lots of Amazon stores sell books for a penny, and make money on volume alone.

    We’re just small-time, and very selective about our books. It’s a nice way to pare down your collection, and do some casual book-scouting.

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