A state of joy in business is a state of being in the present moment. Being in business for yourself is a place of reliance on creating joy for yourself, your team and by extension your customers. You can succeed…
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Buying remaindered and used books by the shipping container
Buying remainders and used books by the shipping container is a great way to build your collection because you are paying as little as 4 cents a pound for around 60,000 pounds of books. Thrift books sells shipping containers of…
New book donation pickups in Tampa Bay and Chicago
In our continuing push to solve the one million books thrown away a day problem we are now offering free book donation pickups in the following cities. Orlando Book Donation Pickups Chicago Book Donation Pickups Tampa Bay Book Donation Pickups…
Ten Ways to Save Book Stores – The Book Driver Manifesto
Bookstores can be saved and thrive but it’s going to take a radical new approach. Here are ten ways Book Driver is doing it. Develop an online revenue stream – You actually don’t have to build your own e-commerce website. There…
Thinking Differently
I welcome 2016 as a year of stabilization and optimization of my business. I look back at this three-year start-up adventure with a mixture of relief and also nostalgia. To me, there is nothing like the euphoria of seeing a system…
Finding a good home for your books
Summary: Readers value finding a good home for their unwanted books. If you are down-sizing, moving, or spending more time on electronic devices, readers want to make sure their books are in a place where someone values them. Here is a…
How do I sell books on Amazon
Answer: I’ve been getting a lot of questions about where to buy and sell books and I’ve been showing friends how to do it. The best place to sell books is pretty obvious to most but it’s Amazon. Amazon makes…
For Craigslist, Good Enough Has Been Perfect
You might think that you’ve hit a dead link, that you have been inexplicably transported back ten years, to when it would have been acceptable to write about the innovation and disruption that Craigslist signifies. It was a time when…
Paypal Funds Availability – How it works and how to speed it up
Answer: I received the following insight about how to speed up the 21 day hold on Paypal funds. The first thing that you may have already done is verify your Paypal account which means tying the money you get to…
Creating Your Ivory Tower
Oh it’s easy to get pulled into the modern day, everyone’s a CEO models, where everything is a hyper kinetic blur. But what about the older, more relaxed models. With the right intention and focus that is possible and almost…