| Are you looking to get started selling books on the | | | | books that have not been selling (you'll always have |
| Internet? You will soon discover that finding books to | | | | a few duds lying around) over to the sale a few |
| sell is the easiest part of the business. Finding great | | | | days prior to the event. You want to get to know |
| books that will sell for a lot of money however is not | | | | the guys that run these things. I always donate |
| so easy. I will give you a list of places to look, as well | | | | boxes of books to two specific church sales in my |
| as how to best use these spots. In order to give | | | | neighborhood. Guess what? While others are combing |
| you an idea that I know what I'm talking about I'll tell | | | | through the stock during the sale, I am listing the |
| you about two books that I have sold recently. The | | | | books that I was allowed to purchase the day |
| first was a book about work horses called Horse | | | | before the sale started! On top of that I was invited |
| Power and Magic published by Faber and Faber in | | | | to look through the stock after the sale and pick up |
| 1979. Don't think that all the books you find should be | | | | for free whatever I wanted as they have a tough |
| priced at 99 cents or less. I found this book at a local | | | | time storing everything for the next sale. The last |
| thrift shop and paid, what I thought might be a little | | | | time I did this I found a book on the History of New |
| steep at the time, $3.99. It took one month for this | | | | Brunswick that promptly sold for $50.00. |
| book to sell for $125.00. Of course these gems don't | | | | 3.Garage Sales |
| fall into your lap every day but how many other | | | | When visiting garage sales you will probably bump |
| buyers walked right passed it before I picked it up? | | | | into other dealers but most of them take a quick |
| The second nice find was Decorative Art 20s | | | | glance at the table and if there is nothing there they |
| published by Taschen in 2000. I found this one at a | | | | move onto the next sale. You are going to use a |
| church sale for $5.00. It sold in three weeks for | | | | different angle. Actually speak with the sellers. What |
| $80.00 and I may have under-priced it. | | | | a concept! Last summer I saw two dealers plowing |
| Here are some great places to find books to sell on | | | | through a box of paperbacks at a sale in front of a |
| Amazon. | | | | rather nice looking home. Using my common sense I |
| 1.Thrift Shops | | | | guessed that these weren't all the books they had. I |
| Not just your local Salvation Army but other tucked | | | | skipped the boxes and went to speak with the |
| away shops that not all dealers know about. Selling | | | | owner. I asked if was considering selling any other |
| books on the Internet has become such a popular | | | | books. He ended up being a very pleasant fellow, |
| business that thousands of others are doing it. Most | | | | invited me into his basement where he had two full |
| of them will frequent Salvation Army stores but only | | | | bookcases of stock trading books. He explained that |
| the better ones will seek out the funky little out of | | | | he was hesitant about selling them but that his wife |
| the way thrift shops that sell books for next to | | | | would be thrilled if he cleared out the space. I made |
| nothing. A good place to start your search is the | | | | him an offer in the neighborhood of 50 cents a book |
| yellow pages. Just look up thrift stores and give | | | | and left with the whole collection. There were at |
| them a call asking if they sell books. I have 4 of | | | | least 20 books that sold for over 50 dollars each! |
| these places hidden away near my place that sell | | | | Sure, these are the standard places that you will |
| great books for about 50 cents each. You also need | | | | always hear about but there are methods that most |
| to ask friends if they know of any smaller thrift | | | | dealers use and there are methods you will use if |
| stores. If you find even one of these spots your in | | | | you want to be amongst the better ones. As any |
| business. | | | | leader does you need to think outside the box a bit. |
| 2.Church Sales | | | | All of these methods have worked great for me and |
| Here's an insider's tip for you. Church sales are a | | | | I think they will bring success to you as well. Any |
| great place to search for books but if you're battling | | | | time you think of a place that sells books ask |
| with a hundred others you may not make too many | | | | yourself 'How can I get a leg up over my |
| discoveries. What I do is take two or three boxes of | | | | competition?' And don't be shy to go out on a limb. |