eBay

Would you like to star in my next book on eBay?

Watch this space. My next book delves into the phenomenon of eBay, the online auction site. Its working title is Great Brand Stories: eBay, the brand that taught millions of strangers to trust one another.

I am auctioning Chapter Seven of this book on eBay from 10pm on Sunday 25th June. The auction will run for seven days across the US and UK. I will interview the highest bidder and tell their eBay story in my book.

I will travel to interview the winner within a few weeks of the auction ending, in order to hit my deadline. The rest of the proceeds for this auction will be donated to a charity called Book Aid, which distributes books in developing countries. 

I’m hoping the auction will attract some genuine eBay addicts who are keen to tell their eBay story to a wider audience. As well as writing a book that delved into the eBay phenomenon, I wanted to use eBay itself as tool to write the book.

Great Brand Stories: eBay is a book about a remarkable brand that has changed the way we buy and sell forever. It investigates the mad, mad souk of eBay, an eccentric flea market where shoppers can buy anything from a $6 million Gulfstream jet to a bucket of seawater or a small town in California. It will be published by Cyan Books this autumn.

Link to auction