Online bookselling is one of the greatest opportunities available today for persons wanting to establish their own small business. Personal computers and the Internet are revolutionizing the used book selling and the opportunities are vast. Selling used books online is perhaps today's greatest example of how anyone in the United States who is willing to work hard can build a substantial, moneymaking business.

Selling books online does not require expertise in computers, selling, or even a great knowledge of books. The only requirements are average intelligence, a commitment to learning the business, and serving customers well. No significant capital is required since inventory is available at a very low cost through the various channels.

There are fewer experiences that are more rewarding than building a thriving, profitable business from scratch. And perhaps no other line of work is more highly thought of than bookselling. No line of work results in happier, grateful customers. Booksellers perform an immensely valuable service to our society. And used booksellers in particular help our communities by conserving natural resources, reducing the amount of waste going into landfills, and making books more affordable to people throughout our society.

To begin you won't need a shipping department or a warehouse or delivery truck. You can begin with the old books on your own bookshelf. In the old days, being big was good. It gave you economy of scale. The mantra of Amazon

.com founder Jeff Bezos was "Getting Big Fast." But being small gives you advantages too. Being small means you can attend to the details that customers appreciate. Being small means you can answer e-mails from you customers -- real answers, not canned responses that fail to answer the question.

In short, if you work hard, as a one-person bookselling business, you can make better return on investment and have happier customers than practically any other company in the world. Since you won't be able to delegate any work, you'll need to focus your efforts on what provides the biggest return on your investment of time, effort and resources.

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