| In the world of eBay, Amazon and other places that | | | | and even black and white, put these details in your |
| allow you to sell books, there are a few rules which | | | | listing and even show one. The reason behind this is |
| work time over time. One of the main ones is always | | | | that some people will buy a book just for the colour |
| choose hardback books over paperback books. Now | | | | plates, as they take the book apart and sell these |
| of course this is not always true. For instance if the | | | | colour plates on their own or make craft items out |
| paperback was a 1st edition and it was never done in | | | | of them. |
| hardback, or it contains printers errors. Again never | | | | In fact you can take these colour plates out yourself |
| discount paperbacks if you can buy them at a good | | | | and throw the story away. Now if you bought the |
| price, buy them. | | | | book for £1.00 and the book contained 12 |
| As we look at childrens books people often buy | | | | colour plates each coloured plate can sell for between |
| them for many reasons. Maybe they just want to | | | | £4.99 - £9.99 giving you some fantastic |
| buy a childs' book for their little one, or as a gift for a | | | | profit margins. |
| christening or a special birthday. Then you have | | | | When you write the description tell the buyers all |
| buyers who see a book they had when they were | | | | about the book. The title, the author, the publisher |
| small and want to re-live the memory, or have their | | | | (the publisher is very important because some times |
| children enjoy the books they read when they were | | | | people are looking for a title published by just one |
| small. | | | | firm). If the book contains any markings to the pages |
| Now you have got into the minds of why people buy | | | | tell them. If the binding is broken or loose tell them. |
| new and 2nd hand childrens books you can start to | | | | This is only fair and will get your good feedback, and |
| look for them at charity sales, garage sales, car boot, | | | | repeat customers. |
| and by asking friends and neighbours. Very soon you | | | | Once you book has sold, either in auction or shop |
| will be finding books that you can buy for very little | | | | format the time has come to ship the item. It is best |
| and sell for a good profit. | | | | to wrap the book some waterproof protection |
| As you buy and source Childrens books know what | | | | before you place it into a jiffy bag. This will protect |
| the top selling price for this book is. From my | | | | the book in case the jiffy bag gets wet when it is |
| research I have found 2nd hand childrens books tend | | | | out for delivery or the post people leave it out in |
| to sell for around £6.99 sometimes more and | | | | damp weather. |
| sometimes less. So when you are buying set a | | | | Remember as long as you stick to a maximum |
| maximum of £1.00 per book, by doing this it | | | | buying price and stick to it, each book you buy and |
| will allow you to make a profit even if some do not | | | | sell will also either break-even and in most cases will |
| sell. | | | | bring in some great profits. |
| If your book contains beautiful full page colour pages | | | | |