Woman translates love for books into online business

There is an interesting article in the Mail Tribune about a woman that started an online bookstore in her garage. She list her books on ABE.com and obtains her inventory from garage sales, eBay, bookstore liquidations, and thrift stores.

August 7, 2004 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Porch Geese says:
    August 9, 2004 at 10:26 am

    I do the same thing
    I do the same thing, but extremely part-time.

    My inventory tends to run between 100 and 150 titles, with sales prices ranging from $5 to $120. I move about a dozen books a month. I list through Amazon because at my small volume the fees workout better. Plus it seems to be a higher-traffic, higher volume site.

    My daughter will be starting day care in the fall, and I might see if I can ramp things up to a level similar to the woman described in the article. She’s right, by the way about popular fiction being worthless in the resale market and esoteric non-fiction being the big money maker. Supply and demand.

    My current favorite research tool for pricing/availability is BookFinder4U.com.

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