Sell Books Blog

According to an article posted today on thedenverchannel.com (the website of ABC’s Denver, Colorado affiliate), Goodwill is currently trying to overhaul their image. This includes stocking more high-end, brand name merchandise, as well as giving the stores themselves makeovers. The idea is to bring Goodwill stores more in line with other retail stores and to [...]

Selling books online these days means knowing how to sell on Amazon. I’d estimate they’ve got about 70% share of the market for online used book selling. If you want to give yourself the best chance for success, you need to know the ins and outs of the different marketplaces, especially Amazon. A lot of [...]

I had just put up a post that dealt with Library Sales when I ran across this article about a library in Waterloo, Iowa that just opened its own bookstore. The article, written by John Molseed, is from the WCF Courier out of Waterloo/Cedar Falls Iowa. Apparently, in addition to holding regular sales, the Waterloo [...]

As I’ve said before, finding books to build and maintain your inventory is one of the most important keys to being successful at selling used books online. Finding books is getting more and more competitive every day. The pressure to get to the books first, combined with people’s desire to make money has led some [...]

Being a bookseller means wearing a number of different hats. One of the roles you have to play, a role that you might not have considered when you got into the business, is that of a warehouse coordinator. After deciding on a shelving option, you need to decide how you are going to organize your [...]

You just wanted to make a few bucks selling used books online. It all seemed so simple and straightforward until you ran into the one thing you didn’t count on: dealing with customers. Now that we’ve talked about difficult customers and scammers, you may be feeling pretty vulnerable. Can a disgruntled customer damage your business [...]

Selling books, like selling just about anything else, means dealing with customers. In part 1 we talked about difficult customers. In this post we’re going to look at customers who just out-and-out lie to you, the ones who try to scam you out of your hard earned money. Beware of scammers. Especially if you’re selling [...]

Selling used books online is actually a kind of retail sales. Even though you’re not standing in a brick-and-mortar store, handing people receipts and wishing them a nice day, you’re still selling directly to individual customers, and that means interacting with those customers to some degree. A lot of people learned all they know about [...]

Many booksellers consider questions like “What books can I sell?” and “How can I sell my books?” but fail to ask themselves “Where can I sell my books?”.  Where on the planet can you find customers? What countries can you ship your books to? Where can you sell your books? Worldwide. It’s too bad that [...]

**DISCLAIMER** The following is based on my own experience, yours may vary. I am not claiming to provide professional financial advice, legal advice, or tax advice. Find out for yourself what the laws are where you live, and consult a professional before making important decisions. Sales tax can be a sticky subject in the world [...]