Things You'll Need:
- The internet
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Step 1
The most important source of used books you will have is booksalefinder.com. Sign up for a free account and you can have them send you a weekly e-mail that lists all the library book sales within the radius that you specified on your account. I bought 80% of my used books at these sales.
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Step 2
Do not neglect your local thrift stores. Goodwill tends to charge a few dollars for used books but The Salvation Army almost always charges under a dollar.
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Step 3
The Dollar Tree carries books for a dollar. At least once a month I would raid my local store, buy 30 dollars worth of books I knew were selling well on Amazon and sell each one of them for 8-10 dollars a piece.
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Step 4
Check your local newspapers for Church rummage sales. These books are often priced in the 10-50 cent range.
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Step 5
Mass Market Paperbacks do not sell well on eBay or Amazon. There are hundreds of copies starting as low as 1 cent. If you find these books in good shape at a book sale for 25 cents or less; buy them and start putting together author collections. I sold a complete set of Sue Grafton novels for 200 dollars on eBay. I only had about 30 dollars invested.
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Step 6
Get the internet on your cell phone. I used a program called ScoutPal on my phone. I was able to see what used books were worth before buying anything.
Comments
CrystalR said
on 2/26/2009 This is great thanks so much!
WickerWoman said
on 11/25/2008 Loved the article on selling books online, just the impetus I needed to do it myself! Thanks for the article. 5 stars!
vallain said
on 8/18/2008 I'd love to do this. Wish I had more space to accumulate books for resale online.
csmarie said
on 8/14/2008 Good information.
Soulsearcher83 said
on 8/7/2008 That's an interesting idea. The dollar tree idea is genius because you know they get them dirt cheap because they are left overs that other retailers didn't pick up.