America's perfect curmudgeon runs sweet bookstore, is like totally awesome

Once I committed to ebooks, I tried selling all but the books that had extra sentimental value to me via Amazon. When I started, I managed to make a scant profit, and even managed to sell one or two inexplicably rares for some good money, but the majority weren’t worth the effort of shipping. I really don’t know how anyone makes it worth the effort when they sell a book for a penny, even considering the 3.99 Amazon allocates for shipping. I think I figured that I ended up with a couple of small coins in profit after I calculated the book rate shipping fees, the packaging costs, and Amazon’s cut. I eventually quit and donated the ones I couldn’t sell to charity.

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