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Books - A1Books and other evils
By businessbroad | January 19, 2007
I’ve had a few questions about reselling books, but I have to tell you - books are a tough one. To be certain, you can use a wholesale source like Baker & Taylor if you have a resale license. They can usually get you a fairly reasonable wholesale price. You could also go straight to each manufacturer, and you might manage to get a rate of about 50% of the suggested retail price. That method is very time consuming, and you’re still not likely to be able to compete with many of the big competitors like A1Books.
Perhaps the easiest way to get into books is to seek out large wholesale lots of used books. At 5 to 10 cents for each book, you can do very well with a “real” brick and mortar store, or moderately well in an online store. And of course, there’s always the thrill of discovering the occasional very valuable book in your lots.
If there are any more specific questions, feel free to ask. If I don’t know, I’ll do my best to see if someone else does.
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