Home Business Magazine August 2012 : Page 38

BUSINESSES & OPPOR TUNITIES How to Start Your Own Online Used Book Store Continued from page 36 doesn’t want to carry any longer. Another goal: Show up for work! Get out your calendar. Write in daily goals. Set aside time early each morning or late at night when you get home from your job, log into your account to check orders and e-mail messages, and go to work listing or revising your listings. WHERE TO START? Right now, start with the books you already own, and add to them by attending library book sales and fund-raisers, estate sales, and thrift stores, and even search for them online or through newspaper classified ads. You’ll be surprised to find good used books are all around you. Post your own free classified ad stating that you buy used books, and list the subjects you are most interested in, but don’t be surprised if the people who contact you have an inflated value of their books’ worth. Be in control. State that you can pay a flat fee for their entire lot of books — example, $25 for a lot of 50 books. Make sure those 50 books contain at least $500 in retail value. Concentrate on buying trade paperbacks in the non-fiction arena. These sell well in almost all condition. If you specialize in certain fields like architecture, history, how-to, UFO’s or the like, keep adding new titles to your stock at all times. Write newspaper and magazine articles related to your expertise. Publish press releases for local media about your new venture. Post your finds to your Facebook friends or your Twitter followers. One cool feature of posting books in the Amazon Marketplace is that with one simple click of a button, it allows you to automatically post your new listing to Facebook or Twitter, saving you lots of time. If you do wind up concentrating on buying and selling First Editions, do your homework first. Become an expert in the field. There’s a lot to know and you should know that on Mailing Lists! Home-Based Business Opportunity Seekers PRIME SOURCE LEADS! From the Publisher of Home Business Magazine ® Sent Promptly to You by Labels, Disk or Email For Prices, Information and to Order Online Visit: www.homebusinessmag.com (click “Mailing Lists” link) Fax order: (714) 388-3883 Paypal: publisher@homebusinessmag.com 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Self-Publish — Open Publish — a Book 1. Marketing. Being able to hand someone a book is more powerful and memorable than giving them a brochure or business card. Expertise. Having a book on a topic or niche is an effective way to establish a company or person as an expert in their fi eld. Sales. Offering a book for sale adds another rev-enue stream for small businesses. Taxes. Small businesses have the advantage of being able to claim a tax deduction for any expens-es related to preparing the book for publication. Extension. A book offers an extension of a person’s business. It will give customers the opportunity to learn more. 2. 3. 4. 5. 20711 Holt Ave, PMB 807, Lakeville, MN 55044 38 Home Business ® Home Business Magazine ® | July/August 2012 Lulu.com, founded in 2002, is a company that specializes in open publishing, giving small business authors the ability to publish everything from print and eBooks, to calendars and cookbooks, to photo books and mini books. Visit www.lulu.com. www. homebusinessmag.com

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