In the previous article, Book Condition Ratings Explained & Compared, we’ve covered all the essentials regarding how the book condition rating system works and how different marketplaces grade used books they sell. Today, we’ll give you a few hands-on recommendations regarding the process of determining book conditions. While most book resellers know all about it from personal experience, we’re positive some beginning book resellers will find our article helpful.
Are you one of those people who like examining staff and looking for something special to buy for yourself or someone else? You enjoy spending time at antique shops, and you were always inspired by the idea of making money reselling goods?
Selling books can be a great way to turn your passion into a profit. In this blog, we’ll explore the different ways you can make money selling books, from leveraging online marketplaces to setting up your brick-and-mortar store. Whether you’re a retail arbitrage enthusiastic starter or a professional bookseller, you’ll learn how to make money on book arbitrage. So let’s get started!
In this article, we’ve prepared a complete used book condition guide you can refer to whenever you need to understand how the book condition rating system works and how different platforms rate used books they sell.
We’re positive that if you’ve ever bought a book on Amazon or in an online store at least once, you must have seen one of these descriptions: “As new,” “Very Good,” “Acceptable,” etc. Moreover, you know these terms quite well if you resell books.
Copyright law protects the exclusive rights of creators of various works: writers, artists, musicians, etc. You can’t take someone’s painting and display it in a gallery as your own; the same goes for music and books. You can’t copy and sell these works as if they are your own works, either. However, there is a limitation to copyright law: you can buy and resell the works of others—according to the first sale doctrine.
In our earlier article, we’ve covered the topic of book scouting from every angle (you can read it on our blog — The Definitive Guide to Book Scouting), and we also singled out another meaning for the term book sourcing (or book hunting), where we specifically highlighted used book hunting and reselling, as well as making a profit on second-hand books. We also mentioned the tools that book scouts use to find books and resell them most profitably (on Amazon and not only).
Hey BookScouters!
Need a few helpful tips to help you while you’re scouting? We’ve got you covered!