No Starch Press Releases "The eBay Survival Guide: How to Make Money and Avoid Losing Your Shirt"
From: Kerry Beck (nostarchpr_at_oreilly.com)
Date: 09/13/05
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Date: 13 Sep 2005 13:10:05 GMT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact: Patricia Witkin
patricia@nostarch.com
415.863.9900 x303
NEW BOOK REVEALS WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE eBAY
Skips the how-to basics and shares valuable tips, tricks and strategies
for scam-free eBaying
September 13, 2005, San Francisco - Now more than 114 million members
strong, according to company data, eBay attracts all kinds of buyers and
sellers and an unimaginable variety of items up for auction.
Unfortunately, a lot of trashy products and unscrupulous people are mixed
in with the legitimate business. "The eBay Survival Guide: How to Make
Money and Avoid Losing Your Shirt" (No Starch Press, September '05) faces
this reality head-on and shows readers how to get the best experience from
the online auction site while steering clear of the bogus offers and shady
characters.
"The eBay Survival Guide" will be a valuable resource to both seasoned and
novice eBay-ers, whether they use the site for fun or for serious
moneymaking. A regular contributor to AuctionBytes.com, author Michael
Banks dispenses advice in clear, understandable terms without addressing
his readers as if they're "dummies." At the same time, it's filled with
entertaining anecdotes from Banks' own auction experiences and engages the
reader with its friendly tone.
Among the book's gems, "The eBay Survival Guide" includes:
-Secret strategies to help bidders win any auction
-Advice on setting prices and writing item descriptions that sell
-Search techniques to help you find sought-after items, research
competitors and uncover "hidden" merchandise
-How to avoid being ripped off - and what to do if you are
-Recommendations for how to handle non-paying bidders and/or sellers who
fail to deliver merchandise or who send defective products
"I admit it; I've been obsessed with eBay for years. The problem I've
noticed with other eBay-related books is that too many of them are simply
step-by-step manuals that show how to navigate eBay. Who cares? It's a
website; it's easy to navigate," said Bill Pollock, founder of No Starch
Press. "'The eBay Survival Guide' skips all that and gets right to what
people (like me) really want and need to know - how to get the best price
if you're selling; how not to overpay; and how not be get ripped off. Now
that's information that even a cheap-ass eBayer like me would pay for."
eBay can be a minefield for the ill-prepared. The eBay Survival Guide will
help users anticipate and avoid the pitfalls, so they can enjoy their
online auctioning experience - while also making some money and/or finding
the object of their desires.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Banks has been trading online since 1983, when
he sold an old printer for parts. He's been an eBay seller and active
bidder for several years and considers eBay the most fun, efficient, and
varied online auction site. A full-time writer for more than 20 years,
Banks has authored more than 40 books and has published countless articles
on topics as varied as technology, model rockets, and writing.
The eBay Survival Guide: How to Make Money and Avoid Losing Your Shirt
by Michael Banks, September 2005, 352 pp., $19.95, 1-59327-063-1
Available at fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch, or
directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com,
800.420.7240).
ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS: Founded in 1994, No Starch Press is one of the few
remaining independent computer book publishers. We publish the finest in
geek entertainment - unique books on technology, with a focus on Open
Source, security, hacking, programming, and alternative operating systems.
Our titles have personality, our authors are passionate, and our books
tackle topics that people care about. See www.nostarch.com for more. (And
by the way, most No Starch Press books use RepKover, a lay-flat binding
that won't snap shut. Geeks love it.)
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