Questions to ask yourself when buying books to resell
April 2, 2015
As you can imagine, I am frequently asked questions about selling on Amazon. One such question is: ‘Do you check the value of books before you buy to resell, or do you buy ‘blind’?’ The answer is ‘Yes and no’. If I buy in bulk and the books are reasonably cheap (10p–30p), I just […]
How Amazon gift cards can aid your book-selling business…
March 12, 2015
Amazon gift cards are useful to use to purchase goods from the Amazon site: you can choose to have an actual card with a gift amount or an online gift card sent via email. At this point, you might be wondering what Amazon gift cards have to do with book selling! If you have […]
Will the recent Royal Mail price changes affect you?
March 5, 2015
I note that Royal Mail have announced their yearly increased postage charges, yet again… Of course they do this every year at this time, but I do think the price hike could have been worse.I am happy to see they are keeping their small packets prices/sizes as per the Christmas offer they introduced. I hope […]
The key to buying children’s books to sell
December 5, 2014
One of my biggest types of book sales are children’s books. I have to admit, at one time I would avoid them as I perceived them as a nuisance with little profitability to make it worth the bother to list. This of course is ridiculous: it is silly to ignore a whole sector of books. […]
Ten years on and I’m still going…
October 23, 2014
It’s hard to believe that, for me, 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of selling books online. How did it all begin? In 2005 I subscribed to two Canonbury Publishing products: eBay Confidential by Avril Harper and What Really makes Money by Nick Laight. It’s safe to say that both those publications changed my life. They gave me […]
Online bookselling: the packaging debate…
October 2, 2014
During the years I have been selling books/media online, I have always used Mail Lite ‘Jiffy’ bags to package products I’ve sold. I use various sizes – D1, G4, F3, H5. They are usually very reliable and customers are happy with my packaging. However, it is possible to use other types of packaging that […]
Add another money-making string to your bow…
September 25, 2014
Over the last year or two, you may have noticed promotions for my latest product, Copy Paste Profit (CPP)… If you have purchased a copy, thank you, and I hope you have taken action to get it up and running. In the run up to Christmas, CPP is an absolutely perfect way to make […]
How to deal with returns…
August 14, 2014
In the years that I have been selling online, one thing that has changed is the method of customers returning items for whatever reason… Both Amazon and eBay offer a service where customers can return items without contacting the seller first: ‘Managed Returns’. On the face of it, this is quite daunting to a […]
Hot-selling books for the autumn market
July 31, 2014
I do hope you are enjoying a lovely summer and it’s not too hot for you. Although summer is not passed yet, in the book-selling world, you need to be looking for hot-selling products to meet demand for the autumn season. Autumn is the time of year when you need to be looking to […]
The secret to knowing which books will yield a profit…
July 10, 2014
This week I have received a few requests for assistance as to what type of books are best to buy to resell on Amazon… Are study books the best type? What about biographies? Is it best to sell NEW books – or used books? Fiction opposed to non-fiction? These are really good questions, […]