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How to Hire a Book Sourcer

February 19, 2018 by Nathan Holmquist 32 Comments

Over two years ago, I hired a book-sourcer to buy books for my Amazon business.  He basically goes to thrift stores and library sales and buys books on my behalf.  The books are purchased based on the buy/reject triggers that are set on the scouting software he uses. Over the past two years, he has purchased a Read More

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Hiring Someone to Buy Books for your Amazon Business

September 8, 2017 by Nathan Holmquist 47 Comments

(The eBook below has been updated to reflect the FBA Fee Increase in February of 2017) Here’s a quick video on how I hire someone to find books at thrift stores.  I hired my first book-sourcer in November of 2015.  As of today, he has now purchased over 20,000 books for me.  This has been Read More

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Profits from Hiring a Book Sourcer

November 9, 2016 by Nathan Holmquist 20 Comments

Here are my latest numbers from hiring a book-sourcer.  It’s been about one year, so I thought it would be a good time to post an update. In this video, I show: Profits Percentage of Books Sold How to Track the Numbers FAQ’s like, “What prevents him from starting his own FBA book business” If Read More

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Financial Results from Hiring a Book Sourcer

July 18, 2016 by Nathan Holmquist 23 Comments

Last November, I hired somebody to go to thrift stores and buy books for me.  To date, he as now brought me over 7000 books.  Here are some of the financial results. 1.  What is a book-sourcer? 2.  Profits, ROI, percentage of books sold 3.  Pros and cons of hiring somebody to source 4.  How Read More

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