Flip's Books

Updated 2024/10/22

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My Book Selling Journey In Real Time

Is flipping used books a profitable venture? I am determined to find out. I currently have 34 books listed on amazon, but it has only been a week since I sent my first books and I have not sold a book yet. I should have a few sales in the next few weeks and it should increase in velocity from there as I build my collection and reputation.

2024/10/22 Update. I have sold over 1000 books and currently have just over 2000 in FBA inventory.

2023/12/10 Update. I have been busy adding books at an average of about 75 a week which is proving to be a little to slow. But slowly but surely by average sales have gone up to about 3 or 4 per day. I currently have about 350 active books available.

STOP THE PRESSES I SOLD 5 BOOKS!

2023/10/09 Update. I have actually sold some books! 5 so far and at many different prices. My first book was very exciting as it sold for $99. I waited about a week and a half before my first sale came in, but I was thrilled when I saw that first $99 sale.

Some basics on selling books on amazon

To begin selling books you will need at a minimum a cell phone with the amazon seller app and there are a few other free apps which are helpful(keepa and bookscouter are free) . But if you want to accelerate the process you will want a paid scanner app like scoutly or scanIQ to be able to move faster.

Scoutly

I have decided to use Scoutly as my scanning app for a number of reasons. First, you can try it for free without a credit card or payment obligation. Second, it is only $9.99 a month and they use paypal which is safe and easy. Third, it comes free with turbolister a software to simplify listing your items on amazon. Turbolister only runs on Windows however.

Laser scanning tools are useful for accelerating the scanning process both in the field and at home. I am using the nadamoo for the field and the netum for listing on my home computer. both listed below.

You will need to print stickers and shipping labels so a printer will be needed. I am currently using a standard laser printer for my book and shipping labels but the arkscan thermal printer comes recommended.