Making a Living from Your eBay Business

Appendix B. Listing Abbreviations

The following table presents the most common abbreviations you can use in your item listings. These abbreviations can be used to describe the condition of the items you’re selling.

Abbreviation	Description
1E	First edition. The first edition of a book or similar item. Don’t confuse with first printing, which is the initial print run of a given edition.
2E	Second edition. The second edition of a book or similar item.
ARC	Advanced readers copy. A prepublication version of a book manuscript, typically released to reviewers and bookstores for publicity purposes.
AUTO	Autographed. An item that has been autographed by the artist or other celebrity.
BB	BB-sized hole. A small hole drilled through a record label.
BC	Blister card. ...