Wayne Stoler - eBay Bookseller

How this all got started:
About 15 years ago my father-in-law got his first VCR. He had to make some room on his bookshelf, so he cleared out about 100 OLD paperbacks from the early 1940s and 1950s. He handed these to me and said I could have them, or try to sell them and I could keep the money. Nice guy, huh? Well, I went around to all the bookstores in Baltimore and found I was sitting on a goldmine worth about 25 bucks - tops! So I figured it would be better to pack the books up in a box, store them in my office, and maybe I'd get a chance to read them myself sometime. I promptly forgot about them.

About 1-1/2 years ago someone on the rec.arts.disney.parks newsgroup mentioned that this new service - eBay - had lots of Disney stuff that they were auctioning off at really good prices, and that I should take a look. I did, and I bought some stuff (my wife collects Disney pinback buttons, my sons collect Disney stuff, and I collect Disney comics). I searched around the site and found the Books section. Some people were selling Used Paperbacks from the 1940s and 1950s and getting a bit more than the two bits (25 cents) I could have sold them for in the mid-1980s. So I got myself a camera and started listing these books. In about a month and a half I had sold 80 of the 100 books for about $240. Figuring this was pretty good, I located sources of newer used paperbacks and hardbacks, and started listing the books on a more regular basis.

At the time, my oldest son was 12 years old and summer was approaching. I made him a deal - I'd buy the books and pay all the eBay expenses. His job was to take the pictures, crop them, load them on my website, and help me with some of the listings. I'd handle contacting people and the shipping. All the profit we'd make (after taxes) would go towards our next trip to Disneyworld. He took to the idea, and even learned HTML and Java programming, and always had something to fill in the idle, boring times of summer. (A year later, we booked our two-week stay at Disneyworld, paid for by our eBay work).

My Bookselling Philosophy:
I sell pre-owned "reading quality" books on eBay. Occasionally there's a first edition, sometimes a signed copy, and some books could pass for new, but most of my books are good condition used books, the kind you'd buy in a used book store back home. I maintain a low shipping fee of only $2.00 to encourage you to buy more books. And I'm pleased to say that my little "bookstore on the net" has taken off - I'm selling 200 or more books each month to people who enjoy reading.

In early October 1999 I purchased 12 skids (a skid is about 50 boxes) of new hardbacks and paperbacks from a bookstore that was closing down. All of these books are new, and I'll be listing them as well as the used books I've been listing over the past 1-1/2 years. Many of the paperbacks will be sold in lots of 10-20 of the same type (mysteries, romances, westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.). My estimate is that I have about 7500 paperbacks and about 7500 hardbacks in all. This is in addition to the 2000+ used books already in my collection.

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Item	Start	End	Price	Title	High Bidder/Status
3587089599	Feb-10-04	Dec-10-09 23:29:37	$5.00	MARY ANNE du Maurier Rare 1960 Vintage PB nr	Available
3587089643	Feb-10-04	Dec-10-09 23:29:47	$5.00	WEST OF THE LAW Rare 1960 Vintage PB Western	Available
3717767135	Apr-12-04	Dec-12-09 17:30:37	$3.00	FOOLED 1955 sheet music Perry Como piano nr	Available
3723679011	May-10-04	Dec-10-09 20:17:22	$3.00	IF THERE IS SOMEONE LOVELIER THAN YOU sheet music 1935	Available
6909676727	Jun-29-04	Nov-30-09 18:13:00	$4.00	BIOLOGY OF SEX textbook pics drawings health book	Available
6909676766	Jun-29-04	Nov-30-09 18:13:11	$3.00	WOMEN'S NETWORKS Getting a better job book nr	Available
6909882554	Jun-30-04	Dec-01-09 19:46:34	$4.00	ONLY ONE EARTH Living for the Future book ecology nr	Available
6912182659	Jul-11-04	Dec-12-09 06:33:36	$6.00	DETECTING HERITABLE MUTATIONS IN HUMANS book research	Available
6912182662	Jul-11-04	Dec-12-09 06:33:37	$4.00	THE MANY HUMAN SENSES psychology hb dj nr	Available
6912182683	Jul-11-04	Dec-12-09 06:33:43	$3.00	FIELD GUIDE TO NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS pictures nr	Available
4502421713	Nov-07-04	Dec-11-09 10:36:01	$5.00	GEN. ADM. IN NURSING HOME Rogers textbook hb nr $2s/h	Available
4534384166	Mar-08-05	Dec-12-09 19:06:32	$5.00	THE INN OF FIVE LOVERS rare 1961 vintage PB by Cherie	Available
7311463352	Mar-27-05	Dec-01-09 19:35:24	$3.00	HOW MANY HEARTS HAVE YOU BROKEN sheetmusic BILLY ROGERS	Available
4549001824	May-08-05	Dec-13-09 19:29:18	$5.00	DEATH HAS THREE LIVES Mike Shayne mystery 1969 nr $3s/h	Available
4554961482	Jun-06-05	Dec-12-09 11:28:42	$5.00	KNOWN BUT TO GOD story of unknown soldier war history	Available
8314682573	Jun-25-05	Dec-01-09 21:02:32	$4.00	Happy Endings by SALLY QUINN hardback romantic novel	Available
8315214304	Jun-28-05	Dec-04-09 05:12:50	$5.00	THE ALIEN WAY by Gordon Dickson rare 1965 SF vintage PB	Available
8347474428	Oct-27-05	Dec-05-09 02:38:13	$5.00	AGENT OF VEGA rare 1962 vintage PB science fiction	Available
4585637494	Oct-27-05	Dec-05-09 02:41:19	$5.00	THIS IS AMERICA rare 1964 vintage PB society	Available
6585426303	Dec-03-05	Dec-12-09 04:07:18	$5.00	MAN WHO NEVER WAS spy true WWII rare 1964 PB ed. war	Available
7729566994	Dec-03-05	Dec-12-09 04:07:27	$5.00	PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT Manchester rare 1964 PB KENNEDY	Available
4609271145	Jan-31-06	Dec-11-09 03:49:11	$4.00	COMIC SPIRIT IN AMERICA by Massey book anthology nr	Available
320008644104	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:23:33	$5.00	The Chess Garden pb Brooks Hansen gustav uyterhoeven	Available
220008724535	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:21	$5.00	Roadkill a poetry portfolio Linda Hassestrom poems pb	Available
220008724547	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:25	$5.00	Choosing the President b League of Women Voters of U.S.	Available
320008644574	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:28	$5.00	A Year in Provence pb Peter Mayle illus. Judith Clancy	Available
220008724577	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:37	$5.00	The Young Church in Action acts ofthe Apostles Phillips	Available
320008644602	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:42	$5.00	Alaska insight guides history culture vacation pb $3s/h	Available
220008724615	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:27:50	$5.00	Wrinkles in Time space George Smoot, Keay Davidson pb	Available
320008645203	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:32:42	$5.00	Calendar accurate year David Ewing Duncan 2000 pb $3s/h	Available
220008725069	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:32:47	$5.00	An Elementary Introduction to the theory of Probability	Available
220008725079	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:32:54	$5.00	Lot of 5 Dover Thrift Edition Classics James, Franklin,	Available
320008645216	Jul-19-06	Nov-30-09 00:32:55	$5.00	Vanity Fair barnes & noble classics William M Thackeray	Available
320103850355	Apr-14-07	Nov-29-09 15:57:30	$5.00	TIGER IN THE SMOKE by Allingham rare 1952 vintage PB	Available
320105764300	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:43:35	$5.00	TICKETS FOR DEATH Halliday MIKE SHAYNE 1965 vintage PB	Available
320105765113	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:48:13	$5.00	Elements of the Theory of Functions dover Konrad Knopp	Available
320105765134	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:48:20	$5.00	THUNDER ON THE LEFT Christopher Morley 1946 vintage PB	Available
320105765161	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:48:28	$5.00	BLACK DUDLEY MURDER Allingham rare 1962 vintage PB nr	Available
320105765696	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:51:23	$8.00	Outline of Physiology 2nd ed. ACC 1948 illust Amberson	Available
320105765745	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:51:43	$7.00	Chemistry A Modern course smoot price barrett Merrill	Available
320105765767	Apr-19-07	Dec-04-09 18:51:51	$7.00	Economics Principles Problems ed7 McGraw-Hill McConnell	Available
320114462931	May-14-07	Nov-29-09 19:30:16	$5.00	THE FINAL STEAL Peter George rare 1965 vintage PB nr	Available
320114463017	May-14-07	Nov-29-09 19:30:23	$5.00	SEVEN ISLANDS Jon Godden India Rare 1957 vintage PB nr	Available
320114463246	May-14-07	Nov-29-09 19:30:57	$5.00	BACKLASH Morris West rare 1964 vintage PB edition nr	Available
320114463359	May-14-07	Nov-29-09 19:31:12	$5.00	CORPSE THAT NEVER WAS Halliday MIKE SHAYNE 1964 vint PB	Available
320114463774	May-14-07	Nov-29-09 19:32:02	$5.00	THREES A SHROUD Prather SHELL SCOTT Rare 1958 vint PB	Available
320115648250	May-17-07	Dec-02-09 18:35:41	$5.00	THE CAUTIOUS MAIDEN Saint Laurent RARE 1954 vintage PB	Available
320115648353	May-17-07	Dec-02-09 18:36:03	$5.00	THE DEVIL WAS HANDSOME Procter Rare 1965 vintage PB nr	Available
320127552825	Jun-14-07	Nov-30-09 21:18:48	$3.00	The Story of the Hindus cambridge children J. S. Hirst	Available
320127552837	Jun-14-07	Nov-30-09 21:18:54	$8.00	The Book of the Sea essays story pics A. C. Spectorsky	Available
320127553040	Jun-14-07	Nov-30-09 21:20:07	$5.00	PUZZLE FOR FOOLS Patrick Quentin RARE 1957 vintage PB	Available
320127553059	Jun-14-07	Nov-30-09 21:20:15	$5.00	Medieval Myths by Norma Lorre Goodrich sifrit cuchulain	Available
320127931232	Jun-16-07	Dec-02-09 02:50:51	$5.00	TELEMANN TOUCH William Haggard RARE 1963 vintage PB nr	Available
320131119442	Jun-24-07	Dec-10-09 22:51:35	$5.00	ASSIGNMENT ANGELINA Aarons SAM DURELL 1958 vintage PB	Available
320131119455	Jun-24-07	Dec-10-09 22:51:38	$5.00	ASSIGNMENT BUDAPEST Aarons SAM DURELL 1957 vintage PB	Available
320131119472	Jun-24-07	Dec-10-09 22:51:42	$5.00	ASSIGNMENT ANKARA Aarons SAM DURELL 1961 vintage PB nr	Available
320131119481	Jun-24-07	Dec-10-09 22:51:46	$5.00	ASSIGNMENT BURMA GIRL Aarons SAM DURELL 1961 vintage PB	Available
320131119490	Jun-24-07	Dec-10-09 22:51:50	$5.00	FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS rare 1961 vintage PB nr	Available
320170556268	Oct-14-07	Dec-02-09 18:28:51	$5.00	LYNDON JOHNSON Man and President RARE 1963 vintage PB	Available
320205768677	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:22	$5.00	ABOUT THE KINSEY REPORT rare 1948 vintage PB Sex Study	Available
320205768747	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:40	$5.00	Child Development indiv longitudinal Leland H. Scott	Available
220190530380	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:43	$5.00	Bogs of the Northeast ecology environmental sci Johnson	Available
320205768776	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:47	$5.00	INHERIT THE WIND play book RARE 1960 vintage paperback	Available
220190530395	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:50	$5.00	Loyalties A Son's Memoir mccarthyism Carl Bernstein hb	Available
220190530404	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 20:59:55	$5.00	The Monster Under the Bed knowledge profit Davis Botkin	Available
320205769093	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 21:01:39	$6.00	College Algebra Raymond A. Barnett 3rd 1984 hb gc $3s/h	Available
320205769426	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 21:03:49	$7.00	Physical Chemistry txtbk Glucker and Meldrum 1944 gc	Available
220190531050	Jan-09-08	Nov-29-09 21:03:55	$7.00	Topics in Physical Chemistry students of medicine Clark	Available
220191140575	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:07	$5.00	Patterns of Living youth foundations of science biology	Available
220191140585	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:10	$5.00	Craig Claiborne's Gourmet Diet low sodium hb coookbook	Available
320206513673	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:19	$5.00	Diet for Life Fracine Prince 80 recipes text, cookbook	Available
220191140665	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:22	$5.00	The Luck of Roaring Camp and other stories Bret Harte	Available
220191140716	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:33	$5.00	Light Style new american cuisine diet cookbook hb Dosti	Available
220191140756	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:43	$5.00	Shinny's Girls and other stories Mary Burns mother-daug	Available
320206513741	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:46	$5.00	Water Resources Data Maryland Delaware 1976 chesapeake	Available
320206513752	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:49	$5.00	MY BUSINESS IS MURDER by Kane 1956 vintage PB CHAMBERS	Available
320206513760	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:52	$5.00	MESSAGE FROM SIRIUS Cecil Jenkins RARE 1963 vintage PB	Available
320206513765	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:55	$5.00	The Ring of Truth companion pb Morrison science method	Available
320206513769	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:10:57	$5.00	The Behavioral Sciences Today 1963 ed. Bernard Berelson	Available
220191140814	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:11:01	$5.00	Chapters in American Obstetrics 2nd ed Herbert Thomas	Available
320206513790	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:11:04	$5.00	The Education of American Teachers study 1960s Conant	Available
320206513804	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:11:08	$5.00	BLUE HURRICANE van Wyck Mason rare Vintage PB Civil War	Available
220191140865	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:11:12	$5.00	Taking the Literary Pulse psychology Joseph Collins gc	Available
220191140880	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:11:17	$5.00	Too Strong for Fantasy america, europe Marcia Davenport	Available
320206514451	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:15:01	$4.00	Opinion of the Court hb William Woolfolk 1966 gc 1st ed	Available
320206514461	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:15:04	$4.00	Francine Prince's New Gourmet Recipes for Dieters	Available
320206514494	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:15:11	$4.00	Indigo Necklace / Orchids to Murder / Death at the Door	Available
220191141896	Jan-11-08	Dec-01-09 20:15:17	$8.00	DK Ultmate Visual Dictionary 2000 ed. gc dj technology	Available
320206932568	Jan-12-08	Dec-02-09 21:35:48	$5.00	THE GRUDGE by Hitchens RARE 1963 vintage PB mystery nr	Available
220191483603	Jan-12-08	Dec-02-09 21:35:52	$5.00	OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS Davidson RARE 1962 vint PB	Available
220192210141	Jan-14-08	Dec-04-09 18:55:12	$5.00	CUTLASS EMPIRE Van Wyck Mason RARE 1951 vintage PB nr	Available
220192210167	Jan-14-08	Dec-04-09 18:55:18	$5.00	SECRET VANGUARD by Innes RARE vintage PB APPLEBY nr	Available
320210497626	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:36:56	$5.00	Understanding Human Communication 4th pb Adler, Rodman	Available
220194567781	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:36:59	$5.00	Childhood and Adolescence child psychology Stone, Curch	Available
220194567792	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:37:01	$5.00	Educational Psychology teaching Robert M.W. Travers	Available
220194567799	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:37:03	$5.00	Systems of Psychotherapy comparative study Ford, Urban	Available
320210497676	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:37:05	$5.00	Changing Frontiers in Science of Psychotherapy Bergin	Available
320210497685	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:37:07	$5.00	Contemporary Schools of Psychology Woodsworth revised	Available
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220194567880	Jan-21-08	Dec-11-09 14:37:20	$5.00	System and Function theory of society Piotr Sztompka	Available

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Praise: As always, GREAT products and GREAT service. THANKS! AAA+

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