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Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, And Desire
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by Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, and Nathan Scott Epley
Sales Rank: 730054
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List Price: $26.95
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Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition April 13, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415974364
ISBN-13: 978-0415974363
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Product Review
This book is a first, sorely needed attempt to learn from eBay, to understand it, and to situate it in the broader field of contemporary culture.
–Jonathan Sterne, McGill University
This book is a first, sorely needed attempt to learn from eBay, to understand it, and to situate it in the broader field of contemporary culture.
–Jonathan Sterne, McGill University
This is an excellent idea for a book; eBay is a fascinating and timely subject, allowing authors to touch on a large number of interesting issues that are densely interwoven in the practices that constellate around eBay: cyberculture and cybercommunity, consumption, material culture, cultural economy, collecting.
–David Bell, author of An Introduction to Cyberculture and co-editor of The Cybercultures Reader
This is an excellent idea for a book; eBay is a fascinating and timely subject, allowing authors to touch on a large number of interesting issues that are densely interwoven in the practices that constellate around eBay: cyberculture and cybercommunity, consumption, material culture, cultural economy, collecting.
–David Bell, author of An Introduction to Cyberculture and co-editor of The Cybercultures Reader
Product Description
On any given day, more than two million items are listed for sale on eBay, from everyday objects to kitsch and collectibles to the truly bizarre. Since its debut ten years ago, eBay has quickly become a central destination for millions of web browsers. According to eBay itself, up to 165,000 Americans now make their living by selling through the website, and other business analysts project that hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide now make their living through eBay.
Everyday eBay is the first scholarly analysis of the internet marketplace that has become a global social, cultural and economic phenomenon. The nineteen new and classic essays gathered here examine eBay from a wide variety of perspectives as a bellwether of taste and material culture; as a rich site of cultural, racial, and sexual discourse and practice; as an emergent media form; and as a facilitator of global consumerism. From old toys steeped in nostalgia to "rare" limited edition shoes, the contributors demonstrate that value on eBay is never simply about "price."
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is a really great book. When I first read through it I was a bit surprised as I'd assumed it was a straightforward "how to" book about buying and selling on eBay. Actually it's a collection of easy to read articles that look at the ways various groups of collectors, sellers and other folks use ebay and how it relates to their lives on a daily basis. There are 19 short pieces and as I read through them I realized the book is actually full of stories and ideas on how to improve my sales and how to be more savvy as a buyer. So even though it's not mainly a "how to" book, for my money it's actually the best "how to" book on eBay there is. Highly recommended and easy to read.
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Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, And Desire
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