Here are the statistics from a book sale in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Setting City: Hendersonville, NC Type of Sale: Library Sale Advertised on: Booksalefinder.com Date: September 6th, 2013 Prices Individually priced Equipment Dell Axim X51 PDA with a Socket Scanner attached. The Neatoscan software was installed on the PDA. Purchase Numbers Books Purchased: 26 Cost Read More
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Book Sale with Negative Results after First Month
Here are the results from a book sale in Milton, Delaware. This is the first book sale that has negative results after the first month. Setting City: Milton, Delaware Place: Library Advertised on: BookSalesFound.com Prices The books were individually priced. Equipment Dell Axim X51 PDA with a Socket Scanner attached. The Neatoscan Software was Read More
Book Sale Profits in Williamsburg, Virginia
The next book sale took place in the quaint and historic town of Williamsburg, Virginia. Here’s in info. Setting City: Williamsburg, VA Place: Bruton Parish Church Advertised on: BookSalesFound.com Prices Soft Cover Books: $1 Hard Cover Books: $2 Equipment Dell Axim X51 PDA with a Socket Scanner attached. The Neatoscan software was installed on Read More
Book Sale Case Study in St. Louis, Missouri
My next book sale adventure led me to St. Louis, Missouri. I wanted to check their big annual (one million books) book sale. I met my Dad and Step Mom there for the preview night on Friday, August 16th. We stayed for about 3 hours, and I ended buying 71 books for $70.50. Setting City: Read More
Book Sale Results in Chapel Hill, NC
Here are the next book sale results. This was a sale that lasted three days in Chapel Hill, NC. I attended the sale all three days during that weekend. Here’s the info: Setting When: August 26th-28th Where: Chapel Hill, NC Place: Chapel Hill Library Advertised on: Booksalefinder.com Prices Friday: $3 Hard Cover; $2 Soft Cover Read More
How to Profit from Unadvertised Book Sales
The next book sale adventure led me to Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. On Tuesday, July 9th I looked at the membership site, BookSalesFound.com, to see if there was any sales nearby. I found an exclusive sale that was not advertised on BookSaleFinder.com which is always a good sign. Pawley’s Island is three hours away, so Read More
Book Sale Results in Cleveland, OH
Book Sale Experiment #4 My next book sale adventure led me to the friendly state of Ohio. I was on my way to visit family in Illinois, and I found a book sale in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. This took place on a Friday evening on June 20th at the Cuyahoga Library in Middleburg Read More
How to Prepare an FBA Shipment While Camping
In a previous blog post, I mentioned that I took a road trip to New York and went to two book sales. The first one was in Greenwich, Connecticut and the second was in Poughkeepsie, NY. For the New York sale, I decided to prepare an FBA shipment while camping in a tent. After the Read More
Book Sale Experiment #2: How Profitable is a Three-Day Sale?
Last June I took a road trip up to the northeast to see New York City and some other places. I hit several thrift stores on the way up and went to a couple library sales in NY state and Connecticut. Here is my experience from a sale in Greenwich, CT. Goal: My goal is Read More
Book Sale Experiment: Is it Possible to Make Money on Lower Priced Books?
Last March, I decided to document the sales of one of my favorite sourcing methods: The FBA Bag Sale Strategy. This is where I scoop up all the books that have a low value on Amazon, and sell them for a profit on Amazon FBA. Where: Carrboro, NC Place: Nice Price Books When: A Saturday Read More