January 13th, 2010 by Skip McGrath

My good friend, Steve Lindhorst, author of Selling on The River has just come out with a great new eBook called Amazon – The Quick and Dirty Guide.

This great little book makes a great companion to my book, How To Make Money Selling Used Books on eBay, Amazon and the Internet. In this book Steve lays out his recipe that shows step by step how he went from $0 to $2000 per month selling used books part-time on Amazon.

Making money selling used books on Amazon

Some of the things he includes are:

• Where you can find LOTS of profitable books, CDs, and DVDs consistently
• How to find thrift stores wherever you go
• How to choose what to buy and what to leave on the shelf
• How to use Amazon’s Sales Rank to determine the likelihood of a sale
• What to do if you find products with no barcodes or ISBNs
• How to improve your chances of a sale
• Why you should charge a little more than your competition – and still beat them to the sale
• How to clean and repair books, CDs, and DVDs to pull higher prices

There’s a lot more. Steve calls it “quick and dirty” because he didn’t spend a bunch of time on a website or fancy graphics. It’s pretty much just “meaty” stuff that can help you make money in a short time. This is all new stuff. There is little if any overlap between Steve’s book, Selling on The River or my book, How To Make Money Selling Used Books on eBay, Amazon and the Internet.

Here is the link to read about Amazon – The Quick and Dirty Guide

If you wonder if Steve’s methods work, I was speaking with him on the phone today and he told me about a book he found in the trash pile outside of a thrift shop that sold on Amazon within 2 days for $120 and another old Golf book, he bought for $4.00 and sold for right around $100 within 2 or 3 days.

The used book market on both eBay and Amazon is a great way to get started on the internet. It is low cost, low risk and has high profit potential.  If you want go learn the basics, get my book: Make Money Selling Used Books on eBay, Amazon and The Internet.

Then get Steve’s book  Amazon – The Quick and Dirty Guide and you will be fully armed to make money in this profitable and fun marketplace.