How to Sell Used Books on eBay, Amazon, and the Internet
"The complete guide to starting and running an online book business"
How to Sell Used Books on eBay, Amazon, and the Internet
Skip McGrath
VISION-ONE PRESS 1004 Commercial Avenue Anacortes, WA 98221
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How to Sell Used Books on eBay, Amazon, and
The Internet
The complete guide to starting and running an online book business
By Skip McGrath Fourth Edition: November 2016
Copyright 2010-2016 by Skip McGrath and Vision-One Press, 1004 Commercial Ave, PMB 223, Anacortes, WA 98221. All rights reserved. This book does not come with resale rights and my not be resold or reprinted in any form without the express permission of the author. Short quotes from the book are allowed for publicity purposes.
Forward
My grandmother taught me to read before I entered the first grade. I used to sit on her lap and she would first read to me and then have me sound out the letters and then the words. This was the beginning of my love of books.
I can't remember why, but sometime around my 12th birthday, my grandmother extracted a promise from me that I would read at least one book a week. I was already an avid reader so it didn't take that much effort to read a little more. But somehow over the years the habit stuck and I have read at least a book a week for my entire life. I won't tell you how old I am, but that adds up to well over 2200 books. Actually it's much more, because there are some weeks where I read two or even three books. And this does not count reading I did for school and while in the business world. I have probably read well over 4000 books since my 12th birthday.
The book business is a natural choice for someone who loves books. Life is always better when you are doing something you love. If you love books and reading as much as I do, you can find joy and satisfaction in helping others find what they are looking for and you can make some really good money doing it. What could be better?
Collecting books is such a passion with some collectors, that there is even a disease named after it: Bibliomania--literally, mad for books.
But even if you don't love books as deeply as I do, as long as you like books and respect them for what they are--the world's storehouse for ideas, you can build a nice little business while doing something you enjoy.
I am often asked, "Skip-- will the Kindle and iPad kill the used book business?" The short answer is "No." The longer answer is-- there is no doubt it will have some impact, but there are over 50 million books in print in the English language alone, and it would be impossible to digitize all of them. At present, eBook readers account for about 22% of new book sales and less of used--or out of print book sales. Also, books that contain illustrations, maps, charts and graphs and so on, do not lend themselves to devices like the Kindle--although that could change.
In some ways reading devices are good for the used book business. Let's say a new book comes out that the publisher would normally print 40,000 copies. But because of Kindle-type readers, they only print 30,000. Those 10,000 fewer books in print, will make the book harder to find a few years from now--and that will increase the price.
The Legal Stuff
This book contains statements and claims relating to how much money one can make using these methods. Please understand these are estimates and projections. The exact amount you can make will depend on your talent, your experience, and how hard you work at it.
In 2011, The Federal Trade Commission issued new regulations pertaining to how authors of books and videos could talk about earning potential of the topics they are writing about. The regulation stated "If I say I--or someone else, earned X dollars with this program or method, then I have to state the actual average of how much every person made using this book, method or program." Well, as you can imagine, after selling hundreds of copies of this book, there is no way I could contact every person who bought the book and get them to tell me just how much they earned after reading it. As silly as that is--I still have to comply with the law. So here goes: "The average person who purchased this book earned something less than one penny (1?)."
I ran that statement by my attorney and he assured me it complies with the new FTC regulations.
All websites and URLs in this book are current at the time of publication. However, websites change, may be taken down, or moved. The publisher and the author are not responsible for the content contained in any website mentioned or featured in this book, nor shall they be liable for any loss or damage arising from the information contained in this book or with any of the resources mentioned.
This book contains links to other websites that offer products and services for sale. Some of these websites have affiliate programs that pay me a commission if you make a purchase through my link. However, I wish to assure you that I only recommend products and services that I use, or have used, and mostly ones that come with a complete refund. If you ever have difficulty getting a refund from any product I recommend, please contact me and I will assist you. My policy on affiliate links is that if I wouldn't recommend it to my mother or my sister, I won't recommend it to anyone else.
eBay and the eBay logo and PayPal and the PayPal logo and Amazon and the Amazon logo and any other logos are the property of those companies. All references to eBay and PayPal and other trademarked properties are used in accordance with the Fair Use Doctrine and are not meant to imply that those companies endorse this book.
You can print a copy of this book on your computer, but please keep the electronic copy as there are lots of valuable links in the book to various resources and recommended websites.
If you want to have this printed at a copy/print shop such as Kinko's, just show them the statement below, as most shops will not print copyrighted information without permission.
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