Dogmaw

eBay Is a Losing Bid - Barron's

Once ebay eliminated sellers being able to leave feedback for buyers, they were doomed. I deal mostly with the artist sellers, and they are switching over to etsy. It isn't an auction format, just fixed price, but they have a clean look and easy searches.

Kindle + College Textbooks = A Huge Opportunity for Amazon

Yes, the publishers would get it back on volume. Say half of all texts get resold. By doing away with that market, the publisher sells twice as many books, and so does make it up in volume.