Posted by admin on 15 Mar 2010 under books, business
Frank Florence
Books are said to be man’s best friend as they impart knowledge. The type of content in the book ranges over many a categories, it may be a sci-fi or plain fiction, romantic or travel books. Most of the book readers like to own them. However, what happens after you buy these knowledge treasures. Well you just read them once or twice and they then get added on to your book shelf pile. They might get referred back if you remember that it has important information. Still most of the books you buy just lie around in your homes.
Now comes to you a better option to deal with these over-stuffed books in your closets. You can actually sell them off to some one who might just be searching for them. If your books are in a good state they might just get the correct price. This is a new trend that has evolved on the internet and that is selling and buying books through an online used bookstore. If you look back in times possibly doing something of this sort was impossible, but now it is all easy and accessible. This could help any one make some more money out of this.
There’s a special type of merchant account designed for online business that may be the best choice for you. Be sure to weigh the technical considerations versus the benefits before deciding who should handle your credit card processing.
However, how can you achieve the selling of books using the net? There are some steps that you can follow to build your own shop cart to sell your books online. Or else you can decide to sell your used books collection on Amazon or eBay. To sell your books on the Amazon or eBay all you have to do is register online as a used bookseller by simply following their steps. On these websites, you need to submit some of your information like your name, your address and other contact details like phone number, valid email ID, along with user name and password.
Once your registration is done then you need to create a list of the books you would be selling.
To list on the online used bookstore you might even have to add the estimated price of the books, the condition they are in, the type of payment you would like receive and how are you going to be shipping them to the buyer. You also have to guarantee that the books are in a very good state, with neat covers and in a readable state.
Well you have to keep you shop running, so you will have to create an inventory for your online bookstore. To do that you will have to collect such used books possibly from garage sales or buy them from your friends and neighbors. Remember one thing when you are creating an inventory for your store that buy books at a lower cost.
To learn more about online bookselling, please visit: http://www.CreativeBookSourcing.com
Article Source: Online Used Bookstore – Renewal of the Book’s Life
Posted by admin on 03 Mar 2010 under books, writing
Simon Rose
Editors, teachers, librarians and critics may scrutinize the imaginary science in your science fiction story and the same applies to historical facts in time travel stories. Just as the scientific equipment has to be in working order, the historical details have to be well researched for the story to remain credible. In The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, Jack discovers a letter in a drawer and finds himself corresponding with Edward V, one of the princes imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1483. After penning a reply, Jack finds himself trapped in late medieval England.
While it was not overly important to explore the political complexities of England in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, facts had to be checked and rechecked. Some of this naturally involved research into the clothing of the era, everyday life, maps of medieval London and so on, but some aspects of the novel required more attention. The language of the scroll Jack finds had to be appropriate for the time period and be written in both the style and the alphabet of Middle English, as it was spoken in 1483. Real characters are also used in the book, such as Richard III, so that their exact location at the time described in the story had to be accurate. Research focused on the Tower of London, such as which buildings existed within the complex in 1483 and the layout of the grounds, plus many other aspects related to the historical background of the novel, featuring who was who in late medieval England, Richard III, Edward V, the Wars of the Roses, the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, pretenders and imposters, medieval maps, the history of the English language and links to various websites about the time period depicted in the story.
Simon Rose is the author of science fiction and fantasy novels for children, including The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse and The Heretic’s Tomb. He offers a wide variety of workshops, presentations and Author in Residence programs for schools and libraries around the world, covering such topics as where ideas come from, story structure, editing and revision, character development, time travel stories, history and research and more. He is also available for presentations, workshops and public speaking engagements with a wide range of adult audiences, offers creative services designed for writers, including editing, critiquing and manuscript evaluation and also freelance writing services, including website content and copywriting, for the business community. Details of school and library programs, plus online readings, excerpts from his books, reviews, and reader, student and teacher comments may be found at http://www.simon-rose.com/ You may also visit his blog at http://simon-rose.blogspot.com/
Article Source: Science Fiction and Fantasy For Younger Readers – Part Four – Historical Research
Posted by admin on 01 Mar 2010 under books, writing
Simon Rose
It is crucial that your time machine, method or device, whether it is mechanical, magical or even supernatural, appears to be authentic and is easily believable in the mind of the reader. In my workshops on this topic at schools and libraries, the majority of children have wonderfully inspired ideas related to time travel, but some struggle to explain how their machines or methods actually function. They are also usually very clear on the way their character travels back in time, but have given little thought to the return trip.
In The Alchemist’s Portrait, Matthew is on a field trip with his school to the art gallery at the local museum. When he places his hand on the canvas of the portrait of Peter Glimmer, a seventeenth century Dutch boy, his hand sinks into the painting, like quicksand. He can also step through the frame and actually be inside the picture. From the inside, he can see the museum gallery he just stepped out of, complete with other museum visitors, although they are unable to see him. From the inside the frame is capable of showing images from all the different time periods wherever the painting ever existed in the past and just as Matthew can step into the painting from the outside, he can also step from the inside into any of the historical periods shown in the frame and travels back not only to 1666 but to the French Revolution in 1792, the American Civil War in 1865 and the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Impossible? Perhaps, but if the process is described in such a way as to make it believable to the readers, the concept will work. Although the story involves travel to another world rather than into different time period, we do not question that four children can walk into a wardrobe and reappear in the magical land of Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Similarly, the fact that Alice can tumble down a rabbit hole into a strange underground dimension or that a flying boy outside the bedroom window can lead his young friends to Neverland, seems perfectly reasonable in the imagination of the young reader.
Simon Rose is the author of science fiction and fantasy novels for children, including The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse and The Heretic’s Tomb. He offers a wide variety of workshops, presentations and Author in Residence programs for schools and libraries around the world, covering such topics as where ideas come from, story structure, editing and revision, character development, time travel stories, history and research and more. He is also available for presentations, workshops and public speaking engagements with a wide range of adult audiences, offers creative services designed for writers, including editing, critiquing and manuscript evaluation and also freelance writing services, including website content and copywriting, for the business community. Details of school and library programs, plus online readings, excerpts from his books, reviews, and reader, student and teacher comments may be found at http://www.simon-rose.com You may also visit his blog at http://simon-rose.blogspot.com
Article Source: Science Fiction and Fantasy For Younger Readers – Part Three – Creating Credibility