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Lessons Learned From Selling Books on Amazon

November 7th, 2007 · 33 Comments · Other Markets

I am now a hardened seller of books on Amazon. After watching the books pile up on the bedroom floor it finally dawned on me that I could sell them on Amazon, make a little extra cash, and clean up my bedroom at the same time. A good plan … right? Well … er … [...]

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Public Prediction Markets Heuristic Review: Smarkets

May 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Prediction Markets

Who Is … As the help section says: “Smarkets was created by Steve Odom as an experimental prediction market.” Traders can buy or “short” stock in Amazon products, and prices are determined by their Amazon sales rank. (Aside. I fully realize that shorting a contract on Smarkets, like on HSX, is not shorting in any [...]

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