Posted: February 27, 2009 at 9:33 pm | Filed under: Books, Business, Save Money
Found a way to save money on all of your books!
Children’s Books
Disney Books
SparkNotes
Manga Books
you name it!
@ PaperbackSwap.com you post all of the books you want to get rid of and trade them for new ones. You only pay for shipping, around $2.00! Not bad for a $20.00-$30.00 O’reilly book :) IF you post 10 books you’ll get 2 free! They have a huge selection… over 3 million available for request. I think selection is just one of the things that makes them better than the others.
Box-O-Books
They also have this feature called Box-O-Books. It essentially allows you to save even more because you agree to swap books by the box! Everything is shipped media mail so it’s crazy cheap. Now you’re talking like 10 books for $5.00. Anyways, I think this could be awesome for schools/teachers. They could just ship the 50 or so copies of the book they’re reading for whatever is next in the curriculum.
How do they make money?
Small convenience fees on printable shipping. Upgraded member services such as Box-O-Books and a Book Journal service. They’ve also started up two sister sites- SwapaCD.com & SwapaDVD.com.
Find’em on Twitter: twitter.com/paperbackswap
Save Money. Trade Books.
Posted: February 26, 2009 at 7:38 pm | Filed under: Business, Future, History
I’ve been thinking about this for a while.. like a year or two.. just decided to do a little more research on it.
“Technology grew - the country shrunk - as popularity of automobiles, radios, and movies exploded. Buying on credit or installments was an outcome of the industrial age. In the fall of 1929, the New York Stock Exchange was more active than it had ever been. Economists predicted a permanent high plateau. By October 24, 1929, Black Thursday, the stock market crashed and panic broke out. Banks closed. The nation stayed in this depression through the end of the twenties and most of the thirties. Check out the Regulatory environment of the 1920s“ —with high highs, comes low lows.
The Roaring 20’s similar to our late 90’s & early 2000’s?
Curious which types of Businesses made it through the Great Depression the best?
In those days…Oil? Spam? Coke, Campbell’s Soup, Hersheys, Disney, Cereals like Quaker Oats, General Mills, Kelloggs, Post, P&G, Chevrolet & Ford, GoodYear, GE, Nuclear Engineering, Camel & Lucky Strike Cigarettes, Radio & Print Advertising Companies. The Great Escapes> Gambling & Alcohol, Radio, Movies, Baseball/Boxing etc.
Who would make it Today…
Oil. Spam?
Most if not all of the same Cereals & Canned Meats. Ramen Noodles/Pasta. P&G, Disney, Coke, Made in China?, Google!- Digital Advertising as TV/Internet Ads combine. Toyota? VW, Microsoft? Apple/Macs, Verizon, Internet/Cell phone/Cable/Satellite-Service Providers.The Great Escapes> Gambling & Alcohol, Football/Ultimate Fighting, Movies, Internet-Movies like Youtube, SwapaDVD, Netflix, Games-Wii, PS3, etc., Couple of Airlines,
Interactive Map of Auto-Plant Closings.
Which types of businesses Suffered the Worst?
In those days… Industrial: Mining, Farming, Logging, Construction…Stock Brokers & Banking.
Who is hurting Today…. Stock Brokers & Banking, Realtors, Car Dealers starting to go out from credit crunch,
Gone: Several Banks, Mervyns/Wickes Furniture and Levitz Furniture/Linens-n-Things/Sharper Image/Shoe Pavillion/
Mrs. Fields, Airlines, Circuit City, Dairies (higher feed costs than price of milk), …lots!
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=178334
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/20821.asp
Anywho…not meaning to depress… just trying to think ahead.
A Free Newsletter that summarizes what’s happening in manufacturing all over the world. Who’s closing what? Laying off? Etc. http://www.manufacturing.net/freesub.aspx
Let me know what you think!
