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I’ve always enjoyed reading, perhaps even past the point of a healthy interest. Whenever a new best seller comes out that I’m interested, I’ll go down to the local Barnes and Nobel and pick up a copy. I didn’t have to wait in line at the library or borrow it from a friend when they were doing with their copy, but it was a very expensive habit. Each new book is around $15.00 for a hard-back, and buying two or sometimes three a month was starting to add up over time.

I figured there had to be a better way to get a chance to crack open the latest best sellers when I wanted to, not when the laws of supply and demand decreased the price of the book. I was able to figure out a way to get the latest books that I wanted and avoid a majority of the cost associated with getting a new best seller right away. Turns out, I was right!

Here’s what I did. Whenever a new best seller that I absolutely have to read comes out, I go out and get it. I read it to my hearts desire and when I’m done reading it, I throw it up for sale online. This is where the laws of supply and demand come into play again. By the time I’m done reading a book, it’s usually only a week or two after it’s come out, so the demand for the book is still quite high, meaning people will pay close to the cover price to get a copy of the book on auction sites and the like.

Recently I picked up a book which went for $19.99 new, I took it home with me on the day that it came out. I read it in about 5 days, and threw it up on eBay. I was able to get $18.73 for the book, and the buyer paid the shipping costs and some of my eBay fees with a slightly inflated shipping rate. I still paid about a dollar in fees, but none-the-less, I still received over 85% of the amount that I paid for the book back. I was essentially able to read the brand new book for $3.00. There was even another case where I actually made money on the deal! Getting paid to read books, imagine that!

Now you’ll be able to get the latest best sellers, and not have to pay nearly as much for them. Some might argue that they like to collect books and keep them on their shelves, but let’s be honest. We rarely ever read a book twice, and chances are the book will just be sold at a garage sale a decade later for pennies on the dollar. There’s no great reason to have your own library at home.

Buying the latest best sellers, reading them quickly, and flipping them is a great way to get the books you want to read for practically nothing.



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