Thursday, August 25, 2011

Updates

In August WildWildWildBooks became an Ebay rated TOP SELLER and a POWER SELLER!

*FICTION books (adult and children's, excluding audiobooks of any genre) are listed exclusively through Alibris. A browseable storefront is coming soon! There are currently 280 items listed (up from 200 on 4/11).

*Our shop at Half.com stocks our NON-FICTION books. This catalog is online and searchable right now!

*Media are also available for purchase at our Half.com store. Computer and video game titles, music compact discs, VHS and DVD video, and Audiobooks on CD and cassette, are listed there. There are currently 1160 items listed (up from 800 on 4/11, 200 on 1/27!)

*Our extensive collection of VINYL RECORDS is available at our Ebay Store, along with a variety of other premium gifts and collectibles. We specialize in autographed items, Beatles & Star Wars memorabilia, US coins and currency, posters and prints, and pretty much anything interesting we've discovered in the New Orleans area. There are currently 180 items listed (up from 100 on 1/27!)

Please watch this update feed for changes, and as always, email or IM all inquiries to revolvlover@gmail.com.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hello world!

WildWildWild Books, Ephemera, Et Cetera is our hobby sales enterprise. We are longtime collectors of books, art prints, coins, stamps, vinyl records, autographs, manuscripts, musical instruments, Beatles memorabilia, NASA memorabilia, Star Wars collectibles, Lladro, Hummel, and much, much more!

Bookmark this page to stay abreast of news and updated links to our online auctions and catalogs. And please support our efforts by clicking on ads, and be sure to visit our pages at Half.com and Ebay!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Doing Our Part

WildWildWildBooks.com is now an eBay Giving Works partner! A percentage of many of our new premier sales and auctions proceeds will go to charities such as the Wounded Warrior Project, the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Habitat for Humanity, United Way, and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Our special emphasis is on rebuilding New Orleans!

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You may already know that WildWildWildBooks.com lists items for sale on Half.com and Ebay, but we are now an Amazon.com affiliate as well! This allows us to access a much larger catalog of SKUs, including import books, CDs, and software.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Business in the Commons

Some have wondered, how did this little book-mining operation get started?

In the 1990s, L. Wild founded The Belladonna Underground, Inc., a Florida-based consignment salon and tea room. In a few years of operation, the business amassed an amazing collection of antique furniture, vintage linens, books, vinyl records, art and art prints, musical instruments, and much else. Yet before the planned brick-and-mortar store had opened, the Wilds were obliged to return to their birthplace of New Orleans to care for their elders.

Years later, our dream of bringing the corporation to New Orleans was renewed during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when WildWildWild.com became a legal entity and A. Wild began to catalog the Wild collections in earnest. The first priority was to develop the necessary skills for safely and cheaply storing, retrieving, and shipping inventory. And after a few years of experimentation with various approaches for driving overhead to zero, our online business has been growing steadily using e-commerce portals such as Half.com, Ebay.com, Amazon.com, and GEMM.com. Meanwhile, the boutique on Camp Street opens once a month making the entire inventory available to local customers.