Take our quick Shipping 101 Workshop -- You could win a $100 shipping credit!
Take our Shipping 101 Workshop to make sure you're getting the most out of the adjustable shipping matrix. You could win a $100 free shipping credit, plus 50 rolls of Abebooks packing tape. [Shipping 101]

Tip of the Month - by Kathleen, Customer Service
Have an over-sized or heavy book? Find out how you can request extra shipping for Abebooks orders.
[Kathleen's Tip of the Month]

Abebooks staff member Andréa is traveling through Australia in July and August to promote Abebooks to book buyers and sellers. Abebooks is the first international online bookseller to launch sites dedicated to the Australian and New Zealand markets, and Australian booksellers are seeing immediate benefits to selling books online.

Guy Weller, general manager of Mr. Pickwick's Bookshop in Katoomba, New South Wales is one of the 300 Australian and New Zealand booksellers now selling via Abebooks. "Frankly, we are impressed. In a very short period, Internet sales via Abebooks have climbed to around 14% of our total sales, and we sell a lot of books in our store."

Find out more about Andréa's travels and successes down under: Gone Walkabout.

Bookseller Spotlight: Wonder Book

When Chuck Roberts opened Wonder Book in 1980 he had no business or bookselling experience. Today, his bookstore has almost 600,000 books online. Find out the secret to his success. [Full Profile]

Would you like us to help you market an interesting collection?

Half Price Books recently purchased 100,000 books from Penguin Books' archives -- probably the largest concentration of Penguin/Pelican titles available for sale anywhere.

We are helping HalfPrice Books by issuing a news release in North America and the UK, featuring this collection on the homepage and in our buyer newsletters. [Visit the Penguin Books feature.]

There is no charge for this service. We invite you to submit ideas to features@abebooks.com and we look forward to discussing possibilities with you.

What are the HOT selling books on Amazon.ca?

Find out what's selling at Amazon.ca! Check out their bestselling titles: Amazon.ca.

Order Your FREE Fall Textbook Collateral

Order your Abebooks.com textbook collateral while supplies last! Abebooks.com is offering textbook-focused bookmarks and stickers free of charge to assist booksellers in targeting the student community. Brand the bookmarks with your company's contact information for more exposure. Collaterals will be shipped out at the beginning of August in time for the back to school season. Order a minimum of 1000 pieces before July 30th while supplies last. (See sample of sticker, below.) Please send your orders to toolbox04@abebooks.com.

Upcoming homepage features - Get your inventories ready!

Olympic Fever
The Olympic Games are fast approaching and we would like to get your recommendations for our upcoming homepage features. Starting in late July, we will feature books about Greece and Athens past and present, as well as the ancient and modern Olympic Games. We'd like your suggestions for books that highlight your country's greatest Olympic moments. We will be running features on the Olympics in English, French, German and Spanish, so please feel free to send book suggestions in any of these languages.

Back to school
And just in time for back to school, we're going to run a number of features geared to students, including career planning, organizational skills and a history of the dictionary. If you have interesting books in your inventory, please let us know. And don't forget about Textbook Central - we have a big campaign geared toward students and educators right now.

You can send your suggestions or recommendations to features@abebooks.com.

Visit the full list of upcoming features.

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What Are Your Favorite Children's Books?
We'd like to get your input on our upcoming "Favorite Children's Titles" feature. Booksellers and buyers were busy posting their suggestions last week and you can now vote in our polls. The highest ranking results will be showcased in a homepage feature.

Vote Now For:
Favorite Children's Series
Favorite Books For Very Young Children
Favorite Books For Older Children
Favorite Children's Author

Next Roundtable - Meet our new Director of Product Management
August 16 at 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST

Joining us this month is our new Director of Product Management, Marven Krug (left). Marven is an expert on e-commerce product management, and has worked with various companies in Europe and North America, most recently as General Manager of Amazon.ca. Marven's role here is to direct our product management initiatives including web site and bookseller tools. This is a great opportunity for you to meet Marven and to discuss your ideas on buyer/seller ratings.

Call for nominations for the Colby Military Writer's Award

Abebooks has been asked to nominate books for the 2005 Colby Award, which recognizes a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs. We know quite a few of you have an expertise in this area and we'd appreciate your recommendations and suggestions.

Find Out More & Submit Your Nominations

Thank you booksellers!

We receive many kudos from our book buyers about your fast responses to their queries and purchases. Thank you for helping to make Abebooks the largest marketplace for books online!

"This site is unbelievable. I have been searching for a particular book that I remember fondly as a child for the last 23 years. And in vain until now. Another book that I have also been searching for the same amount of time I also found. Both of these last night. The joy of ordering these books after all these years is hard to describe. The system is so simple, bookstores from all over the world, you don't have to worry about currencies, its already done, made so easy with credit card payment facilities. Keep up the good work, you guys are the best." - Ramona, Germany