| Selling books online can be one of the most profitable | | | | booksellers. |
| home based businesses. If you love books and want | | | | Once you get the hang of it then you can slowly |
| to start a home based business then selling books | | | | ramp up your business and start adding inventory and |
| online may be for you. It is not uncommon to have | | | | even use some software to manage it. Once you |
| 300% to 500% margins on the books you sell. | | | | have inventory and a way to manage it I would then |
| Starting an online book selling business can be easy if | | | | recommend branching out to other markets where |
| you do it right. | | | | you can sell your books such a eBay and Alibris. |
| First of all START SLOW. Do not run out and buy | | | | Now that you have some book selling basics down it |
| books to sell and sign up for all sorts of subscriptions | | | | will be time to search out book sources to grow |
| that you may eventually need (though not at the | | | | your business. You will also need to learn how to |
| beginning). Start with your own books and sell them | | | | effectively manage the prices of our books and |
| on only one marketplace - I recommend Amazon. | | | | polish your customer service in order to get positive |
| Learn the ropes of listing your books and fulfilling | | | | feedback. |
| your orders. While you are doing this do your | | | | There are many helpful guides and forums out there |
| research on where to source books, mailing supplies | | | | that can help you start and grow your online |
| and try out the different services available to online | | | | bookselling business. |