Book wholesale is the next step in the bookselling business after retail. Authors, especially beginners and little-known ones, are also interested in the opportunity to sell their works in bulk. And, if entrepreneurs already have connections and business practices, then for writers the wholesale of their creations seems to be an intractable task.
Instructions
Step 1
Contact the publisher where the books were printed for help. Established contacts with wholesalers and retailers of books allow the publishing house to solve the problem of wholesale sales quickly and efficiently. Experience shows that it is easiest for an author who has published books at his own expense to sell them through a publisher.
Step 2
Please note that if you are an individual, wholesale sales without intermediaries will be difficult. This is due to the peculiarities of organizing the book trade in our country, as well as to the complication of financial statements in the case of interaction between a legal entity and an individual. Therefore, consider the option of registering a legal entity in your own name.
Step 3
Also, do not forget that when asking for help in the wholesale of books from a publisher, you will be obliged to agree to the terms offered to you. As a rule, in each specific case, they are negotiated personally. The publisher will take part of the proceeds from the sale as payment for the services rendered. And this will be a considerable percentage, because he will have to bear the costs of warehousing, transportation, and others.
Step 4
Contact the representatives of the wholesale trading companies. However, due to the above reasons, wholesale companies rarely take books for sale from a private person, except in cases where the batch is very large. In addition, the period for the sale of the goods will be quite long. For example, the receipt of books on store shelves is expected only 1-1.5 months after their transfer to a wholesale company. And the payment for the batch will come only after they are sold at retail points of sale.
Step 5
Try online wholesale. But keep in mind that large online retailers work with the same wholesale suppliers as regular retailers. Therefore, their logistics service will not accept goods from an individual for sale. Build connections with small to medium sized book selling sites.
Step 6
Make your own online book wholesale and retail website. Today, creating a good resource is not a difficult task, and the effectiveness of this trading method is high. In addition, many firms and private specialists can help in the creation and promotion of the site for a moderate fee.
