How to Find Profitable Books to Sell on Amazon

It’s a question I’ve been asked constantly since I started this blog:

“Where do you find good books to sell online?”

Most of you have heard stories of people with valuable books hiding in their attics. Many of you may have also heard how these books sometimes wind up in garage sales just waiting for someone to snatch them all up for a quarter and cash them in for big bucks.

But this still begs the question – how do online bookdealers find these profitable books every day and earn a regular income from them?

It’s a topic I’ve touched on in a few articles, but never explored in any real depth.

Until now.

I’m thrilled to announce that the fourth entry in my Sell Books Fast Online eBook series will finally reveal step-by-step not only how you can find books to sell online, but also where the most valuable books can be found.

It’s a short, information-rich read titled, How to Find Profitable Books to Sell on Amazon.

What This Book Will Teach You About Online Bookdealing

If you’ve been reading the other books in my eBook series, you’ll know that I focus on a different aspect of online bookselling in each one – from pricing your books for profit, to promoting your books to online buyers, to creating good customer relationships.

How to Find Profitable Books to Sell on Amazon continues this trend by showing you how to find and build a lucrative inventory of books you can purchase cheaply and sell for big profits on Amazon.

For only $2.99, you’ll learn how to:

• Select the book scanning equipment, services, and apps that will help you find profitable books
• Decide at a glance if a book can be resold for a profit or not
• Locate thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales, library fundraisers, and used bookstores where you can find the most lucrative inventory for the lowest prices
• Earn more money and save time by creating “book routes” that let you visit several stores every day.
• Find profitable books your competitors can overlook
• Befriend store employees and volunteers and gain access to even more books
• Turn other online bookdealers from competitors to friends who will share valuable information with you

This is the perfect book for anyone interested in online book dealing who’d like to find more books and boost their earning power. Whether you’re a college student building a vacation fund, stay-at-home parent seeking additional income, or someone looking for a gift to give to the book lover in your life (hey, Christmas is right around the corner…), you’ll find what you need in this book.

Plus, you’ll find that many of the strategies in this book work beautifully with many of the free tips and tricks I offer in this blog – making How to Find Profitable Books to Sell on Amazon the perfect supplement to locating more books to sell through Bookscouter.

I genuinely hope you enjoy and learn valuable strategies and techniques from this book. And if you do, please be sure to leave me a positive review on Amazon and/or email me if you have any more questions. I’m always available to chat with you guys and I’m very eager to know what you think of my eBooks!

Thanks! Happy Holidays!

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How to Profit from Book Returns

It’s a problem all online booksellers encounter sooner or later – you sell a book on Amazon (usually for a very high price) and send it out, only to later receive an email from your buyer requesting you authorize a return and let him or her send you back the book in exchange for a full refund.

The reasons for the return can vary. Maybe the class your buyer needed the book for was cancelled. Maybe he or she bought the book by accident – or found a different copy somewhere else.

Whatever the reason, it’s often a good idea to authorize the return. It helps establish good relations between you and your buyer and can lead to good feedback (Be sure to check out my eBook How to Make More Money on Amazon With Great Customer Service Skills to learn other ways you can improve your online reputation and earn more sales).

Okay, but that still means you need to refund your customer’s money once your book is returned, which will put a big crimp in your cash flow. Problem, right?

Well… maybe not.

Why Getting Book Returns Can Be Profitable For You

If you’ve read my eBook, Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon, you’ll know that book prices on Amazon can rise and fall constantly. A book everyone sold for $50 might suddenly drop to $10 as multiple copies flood the market. On the flipside, a textbook you thought could only be sold for $25 might start going for $80 once a new semester starts and students need those books.

Professional online bookdealers pay attention to these price fluctuations and use them to their benefit. Last month, for instance, I sold a book on Amazon for $95 and then sold a second copy of the exact same book for $150 a week later because I kept my eye on the sudden rise in customer demand and price and knew when to ask for more money.

For this reason, I urge anyone who wants to sell books on Amazon to regularly check their competitors’ prices and constantly re-price their books. Moreover, I advise booksellers to raise (rather than lower) their prices to improve their chances of getting a better profit from their books (please be sure to read my eBook to learn a fast and easy way you can do this every week).

It is for this reason that getting book returns can be profitable for an online bookseller – even though your buyer chose to return the book, the fact that he or she bought it in the first place means there is demand for the book. That means someone else will likely be willing to buy that book – often for a higher price – very soon.

Recently, one of my buyers returned a study guide that I sold to her for $60. I was disappointed – until I checked the current price listings on Amazon and learned I could re-price the book for $120.

This isn’t an isolated incident either – so far this year, I’ve re-sold many of my book returns for 50% or even 100% more than what I sold them for the first time around.

How to Accept Book Returns and Re-List Your Books

One mistake new online bookdealers make when authorizing book returns is to immediately send the buyer a full refund before they get their book back.

Please don’t do this. While most buyers are honest, some do forget to send back their books, and you could lose both your money and a valuable book if you refund prematurely.

You should also make sure to request that your buyers pack the book carefully when they send them back (I send my books out in boxes that can be reused – a padded envelope can also offer adequate protection).

When you get your book back, be sure to inspect it carefully to see if it received any minor damage on its trip back to you. In general, all of my book returns have gone pretty smoothly, but I still make sure to look over my books so I can describe them accurately in my book description when I re-list them on Amazon.

(If you’d like to learn how to describe your books to your buyers so that even your book’s flaws look attractive, be sure to read my eBook How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon. I offer easy-to-use copywriting templates that make describing your books simple and fast.)

Finally, when re-pricing your book, make sure to examine your competitors’ prices very closely. Odds are, the price of your book has risen since you last sold it – but you might be able to sell it for even more money if you discover your competitors are selling copies in poor condition, or if their feedback ratings are weaker than yours. A few seconds spent analyzing this information could mean an extra $20 or even $50 in your pocket!

What To Do If Your Returned Book is Selling for Less

Okay, but what happens if you find your book’s price has gone down on Amazon when you get it back?

I would still encourage you to re-list it on Amazon (for the price you originally sold it for or even a slightly higher one) and wait for the book to sell. As I’ve stated, prices fluctuate constantly on Amazon, so it might only be a matter of time before someone snaps up that book again.

If you’re worried about your business’ cash flow and/or feel that your particular book will not rise in price anytime soon, however, you still have some options.

Look up your book on Bookscouter and see if any buyback companies are interested in purchasing your book for a flat fee. During the holidays (as well as before college semesters) many reputable buyback companies including Textbooks, Sell Back Your Book, Valore, and Cash4Books offer higher than usual prices to buy your books, and you may find you can sell your book for a better price this way than on Amazon.

Final Thoughts

While it’s always disappointing to make a sale and then learn you need to refund your customer’s money, I hope this article has shown you that even a returned book can lead to good – or even excellent – profits.

Always remember: when you make a sale, you’re just selling to one customer – but when you list a book, you are offering your book to thousands of potential customers, many of whom are more than willing to pay your price!

PS Want to save some money? All of the eBooks I mentioned can be bought in one package – the How to Sell Used Books on Amazon Box Set – for the discounted price of $6.99! Who says knowledge doesn’t come cheap?

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Special $0.99 Offer on New Sell Books Fast Online eBook!

Hey guys!

I’m thrilled to let you know my latest eBook, How to Make More Money on Amazon with Great Customer Service Skills, is on Amazon’s Kindle store and will be selling for only $0.99 until Sunday, April 9th!

(After April 9th, the book will be sold for its regular price of $2.99, so be sure to take advantage of this limited time sale!)

This is the third book in my Sell Books Fast Online eBook series, and it covers a subject I know many Amazon sellers want to learn more about – getting a powerful feedback rating that can attract more customers and boost your sales.

How to Make More Money on Amazon with Great Customer Service Skills

If you’ve read my first two eBooks, How to Write Descriptions that Sell Used Books on Amazon and Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon, you know that I teach effective strategies for how to market your books and sell them for a high profit.

When it comes to earning good reviews and feedback from your customers, however, developing a successful strategy can seem a bit daunting.

After all, unlike writing descriptions of your books or setting profitable prices, getting customers to leave good reviews is often something that’s out of your hands. This can be frustrating when you realize that many customers can be slow to compliment you when you sell them a great book but are quick to criticize when something goes wrong.

Fortunately there are a number of easy and effective customer service strategies you can implement right now that will not only improve your feedback rating but also reduce the chances that your customers will leave you bad reviews.

These are the same customer service strategies that I’ve used to earn (and keep!) a 100% positive feedback rating for over six years, so I know from personal experience that these techniques work.

By using the strategies in How to Make More Money on Amazon with Great Customer Service Skills, you’ll be able to:
• Use Amazon’s Feedback Rating system to raise your seller rating, even if it’s currently low
• Offer great customer service that distinguishes you from your competitors and gives your buyers something to rave about
• Ask customers for positive feedback in a way that encourages them to give it
• Deal with customer disputes in a friendly way that can earn you good reviews
• Find ways to profit even when you have to refund your customers

As with all my eBooks, I’ve included a bonus appendix full of ready-to-use email templates you can modify for a variety of customer service issues, including requesting feedback and managing returns.

And while these customer service strategies were developed from selling used books on Amazon, the basic techniques can be used for selling virtually any product on Amazon since my strategy focuses on making customers feel important and valued – which is a vital skill to have in any business.

So if you’d like to earn a better Amazon seller reputation, be sure to take advantage of this special $0.99 offer! And if you found what I have to share about getting five star reviews useful, be sure to leave me a good review too!

About My Sell Books Fast Online eBook Series

Over the last few months, Sell Books Fast Online has quickly grown from an attempt to answer some of the questions I’ve received on how to sell books on Amazon into a very popular eBook series.

Each book in the series is designed to provide in-depth coverage of a different aspect of selling books on Amazon – from pricing your books to getting good customer reviews – that other online bookselling guides might gloss over.

And with How to Make More Money on Amazon with Great Customer Service Skills, I’ve reached a turning point in the series as the first three books were designed to teach you the basic skills required to market and sell used books successfully.

The next three books in the series will cover the skills necessary to build a successful online bookstore – from finding profitable books to organizing a large inventory – that are vital to anyone who’s wanted to sell used books as a home based business.

So if you’re interested in creating a steady and growing cash flow from selling used books on Amazon, be sure to watch out for my next few releases! Feel free to subscribe to this blog to receive notices or go to my Author Page and click on the orange “Follow” button to get updates.

For now though, please check out How to Make More Money on Amazon with Great Customer Service Skills – and leave me a review if you found it helpful!

Thanks guys! I hope you like my books!

Limited Time Deal on Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon!

Hey everyone!

I’m pleased to announce the second book in my Sell Books Fast Online eBook series has just been released on Amazon and will be offered for the bargain price of $0.99 until February 2, 2017!

This latest book, Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon, focuses on how to create prices for books you list on Amazon.com that will always earn you a good to fantastic profit on your Amazon book sales.

After February 2nd, this book will go back to its regular price of $2.99, so please make sure to buy it early for only $0.99 and save some money!

Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon

As many of you who have sold books online via Bookscouter know, while flipping books for profit with buyback companies can offer you a fast, steady cash flow, there is one big disadvantage to making extra money by selling books this way.

Namely, since you can’t set your own price for the books you sell to buyback companies, you may often have to settle for a much lower price quote if you sell all your books exclusively to buyback companies.

That’s why it makes sense to list some of the more valuable books you find on Amazon for higher prices than buyback companies are offering. It might take longer for some of these books to sell, but your overall profits will be greater since you’ll have an additional income stream.

That’s where Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon comes in. With this short, fast-paced eBook, you’ll learn a set of easy pricing strategies that will teach you how to:

• Set a minimum price for your books so you always earn a decent net profit
• Work out high prices that can attract customers and make you a 1000% (or greater) profit
• Keep your books competitively priced by raising your prices
• Use the Amazon Best Sellers Rank to find books that sell fast
• Know when to sell your books on Bookscouter and when to list them on Amazon

With these simple strategies, you’ll never sell books for pennies on Amazon or sacrifice profits for sales ever again.

This is the perfect book to learn how to make more money selling books online with less effort. Buy it for the bargain price of $0.99 (and please leave me a review!) today!

About My Sell Books Fast Online eBook Series

After receiving so many emails and questions about how to sell used books on Amazon, I decided to answer these requests by creating my Sell Books Fast Online eBook series.

Each book in the series provides in-depth coverage of a different aspect of selling books on Amazon – from setting competitive prices to earning excellent customer feedback – that other online bookselling guides might gloss over.

That way, if you have questions about a certain part of bookselling (or want to improve your skills in a specific area) you can choose from any of my easy-to-read guides that will help you the most.

In addition to Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon, you can now check out:

How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon

This eBook reveals how you can quickly write short, detailed descriptions of any books you sell on Amazon that will attract customers and help your books sell faster and for higher prices. (You’ll even learn techniques for how to make your used books’ flaws look attractive to the right customer).

As a bonus, I offer an Appendix full of ready-to-use description templates so you can immediately create eye-catching pieces of copy, even if you aren’t a natural writer.

Future Books in the Sell Books Fast Online eBook Series

Right now, I’ll be releasing a new eBook every month, on subjects as varied as finding better books to sell online to creating an online filing system that will make shipping your books easier.

If you’d like to know when each new book will be released, feel free to subscribe to this blog to receive notices. You can also go to my Author Page and click on the orange “Follow” button to get updates.

For now though, please check out Pricing Used Books for Profit on Amazon – and please leave me a review if you found it helpful!

Thanks guys! I hope you like my books!

How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon

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Hey everyone! Hope you’re all having a good holiday!

After four years of offering free tips for selling books online, I’ve received many emails from readers telling me how they’ve enjoyed making extra money selling used books with resources like Bookscouter.

A lot of these people are also interested in selling used books on online marketplaces like Amazon.com and have asked me questions about selling on Amazon.

But while I’ve tried to answer some of their questions in my articles, many of my most effective Amazon selling strategies take a lot more room to teach than a short blog post.

That’s why I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new eBook series, Sell Books Fast Online – a series specifically designed to show you easy and effective strategies for selling books faster and for higher prices on Amazon.

And best of all you can get the first book in the series – How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazonfor only $0.99 from December 13th to December 14th!

How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon

Did you know that writing great descriptions of your used books can help them sell faster and for higher prices on Amazon?

Many Amazon sellers don’t realize this. Most just copy and paste the same vague description on all their used book listings. (Think about all the times you searched for a used book on Amazon, only to find a bland description stating the book “may or may not contain highlighting, underlining or notes”)

Some Amazon sellers don’t even bother to describe their book’s condition at all, leaving that entire section blank.

Yet by passing up the chance to spotlight key features of their books, these sellers are ignoring one of the easiest ways to make more money selling used books on Amazon.

By writing a great book description, you can:
• Tell customers what they want to know about your book
• Highlight special features about your book and online bookstore
• Make your used book’s flaws appear attractive to the right buyer
Attract customers who will pay higher prices for your books

Best of all, writing descriptions that sell used books can be quick and easy – if you have the resources I provide in this short, fast-paced guide.

After reading How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon, you’ll know how to create a basic template specific to your online Amazon bookstore that you can use on all of the used books you want to sell.

You’ll also learn how to quickly modify that template to describe key features of each of your used books, allowing you to attract more customers and make more money online!

Even better, I include a series of copywriting templates at the end of the book that you can use to help create your own book descriptions.

These templates are book descriptions I’ve personally used over the years to help me make thousands of dollars on Amazon. Using them as your guide, you’ll be able to create eye-catching descriptions of your own in no time – even if you’re not a writer!

How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon is a fantastic resource for college students who want to resell their textbooks on Amazon, book collectors who want to get into the online bookselling business and anyone who wants to turn some of the used books in their home into cash!

Plus, at the sale price of $0.99 (regular price only $2.99!) it makes a great stocking stuffer or last-minute Christmas gift for the eBook reader in your family.

Sell Books Fast Online

The best part is that How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon is only the first in the Sell Books Fast Online series.

Every month, I’ll be releasing a new eBook that focuses on a different aspect of selling used books on Amazon – from getting great customer feedback, to finding more books to sell, to pricing your books competitively – and offer simple and effective strategies that you can use immediately to become a better Amazon seller.

That way, if you have questions about a certain aspect of selling books online – or if you’d like to improve your bookselling skills in a key area – you can choose from any of the Sell Books Fast Online guides that will help you the most.

If you’d like to know when each new book will be released, feel free to subscribe to this blog to receive notices. You can also go to my Author Page and click on the orange “Follow” button to get updates.

For now though, please check out How to Write Descriptions That Sell Used Books on Amazon – and please leave me a review if you found it helpful!

Thanks guys! I hope you like my books!