Amazon Sales - Getting Your Book Published

The most simple way to sell an item on Amazon is to list it in the Amazon Marketplace. There's no up front cost. With Amazon Marketplace, you take care of all shipping. Amazon sends you an alert when someone has bought your item, and you are responsible for sending it out with an invoice and such. Now note, the item MUST be in their system already, so this is good to do with books that have normal publishers lined up. You can sell an autographed version via the marketplace, and let them handle the larger number of sales.

If the book is NOT in their system, you need to sign up for a Marketplace Pro Merchant account, to add it in. This is $40/month so it's really only meant for larger companies.

Basic Steps
Go to the Amazon.com website and log into your account. If you don't have an account, create one. This isn't a special account, it's the normal account you buy books with.

Once you're logged in, go to "Your Account" the link is in the top right of most pages. Make sure you're logged in. Then, at the bottom of the page, slick on "Sell on Amazon". The direct link is Sell On Amazon. The regular (free) account is the one they label "Sell a Little".

Now use their tools to search for the book you are wanting to list. When you find it, you can list the condition of the copy you want to sell. They show you right on the page the current list price for both used and new versions, so you can see how to price yours to get it to sell. That's really it!

Here's an example of an Amazon marketplace sale statement. For books, the Amazon commission rate is 15%.

Funds should appear in your account in approximately five banking days.

Here's your statement.

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STATEMENT

Account Summary

Closing Balance as of 05-May-2007: $11.12

Marketplace

              Payments Received        $15.04
              Fees                     -$3.92
              Seller Fees              $0.00
              Buyer Refunds            $0.00
              --------------------------------------------
              Subtotal for Marketplace $11.12

    Balance from Previous Statement    $0.00
    Credit Card Decline                $0.00
    Misc. Credits                      $0.00
    Misc. Debits                       $0.00
    Reserve carryover
    from previous settlement           0.00
    Reserve Amount                     0.00

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    Disbursable Balance:               $11.12

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