Gargoyle, you're correct. People are compensating for apparent low prices on items they sell by charging higher than necessary shipping fees. eBay is aiming at getting sellers to charge reasonable shipping fees while half.com underpays any shipping so the cost has to be built into the sales.

ABE and Bookfinder are great for finding books (I've purchased hard-to-find scholarly books through them many times) but for someone who isn't a business themself, is it really a practical place? I've had books that were hard to move on eBay that go for quite high prices on ABE--I figure my low $ sales add to the supply of some of the high sellers. But how would one get their catalog of books for sale listed at ABE? They must charge something somewhere along the way. And how do they judge the viability of the businesses offering these books?

SRS