Section three sourcing books. sourcing is another word for finding or procuring products to sell. One thing you will quickly discover is that books are everywhere. You can go into your own personal collection for an initial source to get started fast, cheap used books are most commonly found at thrift stores such as goodwill and Salvation Army. Craigslist is also another way to find cheap or free books. Even the dollar store sells books.

You cannot sell them as new on Amazon as a new account holder. However, another great source of cheap used books our library sales. book sale finder calm is a database of all upcoming book sales in the United States. You can search for various sales in your area. But before warned, library sales are very competitive. The most important thing when sourcing books as a beginner is to keep your cost per book as low as possible.

When you're learning the ropes, you may make mistakes, and that's okay. When you're buying cheap books. The risks are minimized. Let's go over what types of books sell the most. The highest profit margins when it comes to books are found by selling textbooks. They're typically used over and over by students and hold their value as long as schools use them.

College textbooks have the highest resale value, and only typically peak in value during two times of the year. from mid December to early February, for the spring textbook season, and from mid July to mid October for the fall textbook season. High school textbooks and teachers editions of textbooks have high resale value as well and sell for more money during the fall textbook season. The next most profitable type of books are nonfiction books. nonfiction books are on subjects such as biography, how tos, histories, self help and business. The least valuable books are mass market paperbacks, such as fiction and romance novels, and children's books.

The only exception to the children's books pop up books, which tend to have slightly higher resale value.