How to Buy Niche Books for Resale
Selling books for profit takes a little work since books usually have to be stored climate controlled and shipped from your home or business. Any money to be made must be in the BUYING since unsold books take lots of space and are costly to your business.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- an interest in a niche market
- capital to purchase books
- an outlet for selling books
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Find a niche or type of books you would like to sell, and search on the internet to be sure that these books actually sell. Once you find a niche, decide if you want to limit the niche to hardcover or softcover and size limitations. This is important for shipping, discussed below.
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Determine where you plan to source your books for resale. If you choose to sell old books, you will not be able to order them from a bookstore. If you choose new books, be sure that you can get them at a price to sell under the market price on the internet.
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Gardening books are a niche
Establish where and how you plan to sell the books, and if it is on the internet, set up your shop and sell a book or two to see if it will work for you BEFORE you purchase many books.
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Learn about shipping books and how to ship safely as book buyers do not want corners bent or bruised. They also want reasonable postage charges so it is wise to analyze the different methods of shipping, since books are heavy and shipping can easily cost more than the book.
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Tips & Warnings
Choose a niche that is something that interests you, but also something that will sell. Novels may not be successful because they are readily available and the price is low.
There is some demand for older books in certain categories, but you may not find them available to you.
copyright 2009 Linda Richard
It is important that you have a source for the items you want to sell and that the price is below market. Do not purchase books at half retail price, since that is probably what they will sell for.
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