Antbo is one of many not as well known websites selling books.
Additionally, there is Froogle. Froogle is Google's dedicated selling site. It is not like Abe nor even like Amazon (though, like Amazon, it sells everything under the sun). It is a search engine of items for sale, but rather than selling anything itself, it leads people to the vendor's site (come to think of it, it is more like Books For Sale). You can search everything on Froogle, or limit your searches to specific fields, such as books. We find Froogle also brings traffic to our site, perhaps only 10% of what Google brings, but traffic nonetheless. When you're selling books, every piece helps. However, for your books to show up on Froogle, they must be separately submitted to them through "Google Base" (sort of like the way you submit your listings to book sites).
Since Books For Sale directs the prospect to the bookseller, rather than making the sale itself, we do not know how many of these prospects become buyers or their average order size. BFS does provide an email form to send dealers, and we would presume most who make such as inquiry are at minimum a serious prospect. Roughly 1%-2% of the people who access a listing send either an email inquiry or an offer to buy. We do not know how many others contact the seller by phone instead.
These are not huge numbers. Neither are they insignificant. Here is something to know about listings found through Google searches. Google is not likely to send a customer for your used copy of Tom Sawyer. Google finds over 2 million matches for the terms "Tom Sawyer." No one is going to see your listing among all of those. It is going to be the obscure title, or the book about niche fields or with unusual imprints which are going to be found. It is the phrase that only finds five matches in Google, rather than 2 million, which will lead a searcher to click the link to your listing. The good news is that this book is likely to be more valuable than your $2 used copy of Tom Sawyer. In other words, it is the obscure, and likely more valuable material, that is most likely to be found in a Google search. While we do not have any hard numbers on average order size, from talking to those who list on Books For Sale, we find orders are typically substantial, some reaching into several thousands of dollars. People are finding the rarities they might never have thought they could find through internet searches. What's more, when the listing is on a site that encourages direct customer-bookseller contact, such as AE's Books For Sale, ILAB, ABAA, Tom Folio, or your own site, you may be starting a long-term relationship with a serious buyer. Being seen on Google, Froogle, and other search sites can be an important part of your strategy after all.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions Rare Books Signature Auction December 15, 2025
Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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