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Book Description:

Selling used books on the Internet is one of the greatest opportunities available to small entrepreneurs today. Used book sales on the Internet jumped 33 percent in 2004. Now, one of every 12 books sold is a used book, and two-thirds of those are purchased online from small businesses -- with total annual sales of $609 million.

You can be part of this expanding market. For less than $100, you can launch an Internet bookselling business with profit margins rivaling those of any business. Exactly how much money you earn depends mostly on how much effort you put into your new enterprise.

Learn how to start your business part-time. This step-by-step guide, written by one of the most successful and highly rated sellers on Amazon.com and eBay, includes everything you need to know.If you're already employed, you can begin your book business as a part-time venture. If the profits from bookselling grow bigger than your paycheck, you can quit your job and enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences of your life: building a thriving business from scratch.

Nothing is more empowering than building your own business to support yourself and your family, and perhaps no line of work is more highly regarded than bookselling. You can start small -- with the books on your own shelf -- and you can invest your profits in new inventory and expand at your own pace. No business is better suited for the one-person company than used bookselling. If you want to go full-time, it’s certainly possible to earn more than $40,000 a year working on your own.

Used books are the perfect merchandise to sell online for several reasons:

-- Books are easy to find at low cost.

-- Books are standardized items that are simple to describe and sell.

-- Books are compact, non-fragile, and easy to ship.

-- Most used books are worth less than $20, and so bookselling attracts few of the thieves and scam artists that plague most online ventures.

About the Author

Steve Weber started his home-based bookstore as a hobby in 2001. Two months later he quit his "day job" to sell books online full-time. In the meantime, he has sold more than $1 million of used books to buyers in all 50 states and 31 foreign countries, becoming one of the most highly rated sellers on Amazon and eBay.