Book Scouts

Do you love to read books? Is collecting books your hobby? Do you often go to the thrift stores or moving sells so that you can look at the books and pick up some on the way? If yes is the answer to all these questions then perhaps you can turn your hobby into making money! You could become a book scout!Book scouts are those who look for books that the booksellers want in the store. The bookseller may be a bookstall owner or he may have his business online. You can be a book scout for them.Book scouts are generally on the look out for those rare books like first edition with the author's signature on them. The limited edition books or out of print books that are in demand but no store has it! As a bookseller, you can get in touch with these book scouts who are in direct touch with the segment who are on the look out of books.In order to be a successful book scout you need to learn the tricks of the trade. The first thing to do is to be on the look out for garage sales, thrift
stores, or clearance sales from a bookstores or be on the look out for library sales. Visiting flea markets, yard sales or moving sales with lots of books is a good place to go to.If you are looking for a particular book and if you have the ISBN you can easily locate the book with the help of the internet system of the bookseller. Once you locate the book you buy it and ship it to the bookseller. Generally, he pays for the shipping charges.New books are expensive so lots of stores have come up with used books or second hand bookstores. If there are any such bookshops around your area, you could go to the bookshops and show what you have picked up. He will buy those books off you and give you the money for your trouble. If you are doing this on regular basis the bookseller may even tell you what books he wants in his inventory. You can pick up those books and make some more money.Book scouts can work part time or full time depending on various factors. As you go along slowly
, you get the hang of it and pick up some tricks about locating some rare books, and how to strike a deal.It is a good idea to make a note of the price people are willing to pay for the book. Generally, what happens is if you are ignorant about the true value of the book, you may give the book to the bookseller cheap and he will earn lots of money by reselling it.In order to make good money, the book scouts need to make sure that the book is in good condition. It is not water damaged or does not have any strong odor. You can get good money if the book is out of print and in good condition.

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