Buying and Selling Used Books for Fun and also earn Profit.
Sales of used books have undergone many changes over the past decade. This used to be a favorable and more personal endeavor, when people interested in browsing books visited a used bookstore. Used booksellers expect potential customers to be bibliophiles who bring in more business as they collect and invest in books. Although bookstores still favor shopping malls and squares, Amazon has become a heavily used Internet bookstore that readers can purchase any book with just a few clicks of an iPhone. Now the name of the game is to make a quick buck, which is selling books on Amazon, not a local used bookstore. Today, selling books has become a rat race for profit.
Today, the sale of used books has gone from reading and collecting to making lots of money. These young sellers can earn huge profits by paying to download the "Amazon Seller App" on their iPhones. This gives them access to Amazon which instantly pays for each book by scanning the barcode and voila of a book it lists! - They can see book prices on Amazon. Amazon offers an incentive to sell quickly. This is called FBA ("Fulfillment by Amazon"), which pays the seller immediately after the company loads a box of books. But many sellers on Amazon reported making incredible amounts of money on YouTube, while others reported less favorable financial experiences.
Even if you want a fast opportunity to make money easily, but you can wear rose colored glasses. As the saying goes, "If it's too good to be true, it probably is." So, let's slow down this process and don't be so hasty in turning books over. What is lost here is an appreciation for books, especially for those who are older and have been collecting dust for decades, even centuries. When I visit my local trusted Salvation Army, I do not just look for modern and sometimes popular books for profit. I search the rows for very old versions that may be valuable, because the staff ignored them. Sometimes, they are literary classics, sometimes not. Or older books may be part of a volume set. A reputable bookstore that sells rare books as well as a weekend garage sale can have the complete set.
For many old school book buyers, the collection should be fun. Most sellers still purchase books using garage sales, church and library book sales, property sales, and of course using the bookstore without the aid of a barcode reader. They enjoy the challenge of discovering the rows of shelves and tables that entice the eye.
In addition, finding books that may be rare and are more valuable is the result of taking time to examine the books' rows. Buying books can become part of a private reading library that can decorate a room with a few full shelves of books with shelves reaching the ceiling. A large private library communicates about its owner, even education - a Renaissance man or woman. Books can actually define a man or woman, or as Marcus Tullius Cicero, the mythical ancient Roman philosopher said, "A room without books is like a body without a soul."
To engage in the book business, the bookseller must be a book buyer, or will not have a book for profit. But a person who buys books can keep them without financial gain. Today, many young sellers arrive to book sales armed with their Amazon seller gadgets, and the faster they scan the books, the more likely they are to find books that have large profits. But for many book browsers, it looks tough. Instead, leisurely bibliophiles search for books to find prizes that he buys to read or add to his collection. When he is enjoying his book, he can sell it for a profit.
It appears that Amazon's hustle seller program with its relatively new seller app is a real profit maker for many who use it to maximum financial benefit. Others opposed it because the program did not work for them. Perhaps if they want to sell used books, they can start a used bookstore, where fast money is diverted with a slow financial flow of income. For the Amazon seller, books are just items that are scanned for big money, flown off the table. For bibliophiles, books are like friends who never leave the shelf.
