It is becoming more and more difficult to source books that have any value on Amazon.  For my first four years of selling, I would find about 30% of my books worth listing; I am now lucky to find 5% as I refuse to sell at silly prices.  Many of those that I do list are, of course, immediately undercut by 1p.

And it was not unusual to get a 'Seller Waiting' message.  These books invariably sold immediately.  Not seen that for 6 months or more.  Neither have I made an immediate sale for the same length of time.

With the huge decrease in my sales levels since Seller Central appeared, Amazon is largely a waste of time.  I will persevere until Christmas and if I see no improvement there will be litle point in continuing.

I was expecting the sort of replies I have received. I would gladly offer my "1p" books for sale at £2 each on this site,  this would increase my sales greatly but unfortunately the present situation does not allow for this as the system obviously favours the large sellers and leaves us small fry to pick up the scraps with some select books and hope to make a small return on our efforts. I aggree with your comments MFS, I am thinking of digging out my books which are listed by other sellers at 1p and   off loading to auctions or Car boots and concentrate on more collectable /sellable items. This would deplete my stock by approximately 75% which demontrates how far the 1p situation has inflicted on us small sellers.PPI agreements  are fine for those living in urban areas with large turnover but are they freely available for others and would RM entertain a small seller living in a rural area.

Ray (Mid Wales Bookworms )  

Hiya

you beat me to it - I would advise the OP to spend a little bit more time on market research. Large swathes of books being offered at a penny are in reality worth much, much more than that.