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!
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It feels like everyone’s been talking about a recession for the past year and a half. Yet, have we really entered a recession? And if we have, what is the best strategy to develop during the worst economic period? In this blog post, we’ll cover the key points about a recession and reflect on the impact of past recessions—from the bookselling industry’s point of view. We’ll also try to understand what booksellers can do to stay ahead of their finances during the recession.
There is a great channel to sell your book inventory with profit and diversify your reselling efforts you probably didn’t know about. No, it’s not Amazon. It’s BookScouter Bulk Liquidation Tool.
Some of our Pro users might have known its earlier version—Bulk Lookup, but now, it definitely deserves a separate review.
Book information in the form of book metadata is usually provided by publishers upon requesting for ISBN. Adding book metadata is essential for a number of reasons: it makes a book easy to categorize and find—for readers, librarians, and booksellers—and it’s a key element of a successful book marketing and sales strategy.
Is it important to have good bookseller software? When you are just at the starting point of any retail business, inventory management for books may not seem so complicated. However, as your business scales and the inventory amount increases, it will become harder and harder to manage everything.
Inventory management software help booksellers sell their books on marketplaces and manage inventory fast and efficiently. They track the number of items you have overall (in your warehouse shelves or other retailers and distributors); they keep the prices updated, help avoid overstocking and understocking, take care of shipping and delivery, etc. All in all, book inventory software for booksellers provides total control over your inventory and helps make wiser purchasing and selling decisions.
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