1. The new way to buy & sell books online
How to make money
from your books
2. About us
Simply, the Perfect Book Store buys We provide our customers
with the most attractive
and sells books. From the rare and
discounted prices whilst
desirable, to the best sellers list, being recognised as
via our technology our books are the most respected and
available for sale on every major comprehensive online
book retailer.
book store online.
What we do
The Perfect Book Store’s mission is to be the leading
online bookseller providing customers with the widest
choice, great value and expert advice from a dedicated
customer services team who are passionate about Books.
We aim to spark interest and excite our customers with
our comprehensive range of quality books.
Some of our channel partners
3. Two models to suit your requirements
Online Sales programme
Solve the problem of what to do
with your books (min. 1000)
1. You send us your books
2. We will do all the work to sell your books
3. You get a share of the retail value
Sell us your books
3 easy ways to sell us your books
1. Online at www.perfectbookstore.com
2. In our stores
3. By arrangement
4. (Option 1)
Online Sales programme
The Perfect Book Store looks to help everyone, such as
libraries, schools, charities and retailers to establish online
sales programmes for used and new books. We rely on
custom software and many years of online sales expertise to
maximize revenues for our customers by selling as many books
as possible at competitive prices in a wide range of online
marketplaces.
The Perfect Book Store online sales programme allows you or your
organisation to take full advantage of the global nature of online sales
with none of the upfront expenses of purchasing software, hiring staff and
maintaining an order processing facility.
Who is it for
Charities Public Personal Academic &
Libraries Collections Special Libraries
The Perfect Our programme We offer a sales Academic and
Book Store’s for library discards platform using special shoppers
unique online and donations gives custom built are especially
sales programme turnkey access software, allowing likely to use our
helps you raise to leading online you to list items online resource
more funds than marketplaces, with for sale to all and are willing to
traditional methods, no investment in leading on-line pay top prices for
increasing revenues software, staffing marketplaces the resources they
and solving the and space. with no upfront need.
problem of what to investment costs.
do with unwanted
donations.
5. How it works
1. We grade all books and enter them into our database and upload for sale.
2. We pick, pack and dispatch sales orders and handle all payment
processing and customer services.
3. We e-mail you a detailed activity report with payment of your share of the
proceeds.
The Perfect Book Store’s online sales programme will put
your books in front of hundreds of millions of customers
throughout the world and return you the best possible prices.
Schools Wholesalers Publishers
& Retailers
Our online sales We offer The Perfect Book
programme will wholesalers & Store’s online
help your school retailers a unique sales programme
take full advantage choice of a physical can help liquidate
of the worldwide / virtual model, overstock of new
marketplace, tapping into the / used books, or
turning unwanted & power of online expand your direct-
discontinued class sales, putting your to-consumer sales
room textbooks into inventory in front of efforts beyond
much-needed cash millions of shoppers existing channels.
for the school. worldwide.
6. (Option 2)
Sell us your books
What do we pay for used books?
We will only buy books we can resell. Our offer price will be based on
the expected retail value of the books.
How do you get paid?
We will make a direct payment via PayPal or we can provide a cheque.
What we won’t buy
It’s impossible to say exactly what we’ll be interested in at any one
time. However, we can say what kinds of books we’re not interested
in: damaged books (ripped), family bibles, outdated textbooks, old
encyclopaedia sets, book club editions, magazines, original software
users manuals.
3 easy ways to sell us your books
1. Online at www.perfectbookstore.com
2. In our stores
3. By arrangement
For more information email The Perfect Book Store on
sell@perfectbookstore.com
7. FAQ’s
1. Where will you list our items for sale? 9. How much will the shipping cost?
You will get turn key access to our websites and also Pallet–based shipping costs will vary based on the
all the major online marketplaces including, Amazom, volume shipped and the originating postage code.
eBay, Alibris, ABE Books, Barns & Noble and Play Limited access and special need pickups (requiring
among others. a tail lift or pallet trucks) generally incur additional
charges.
2. How long are our books allowed to sell?
Your items will remain listed for a maximum of four When you are ready to ship, our Customer Services
months. Team will be able to help you get a competitive quote
for your individual needs.
3. How do you set the prices for our books?
We use powerful custom build technology to compare We offer a collection service and can organise the
competitive pricing across all the sales channels. collection and delivery of your books and also pay
the costs so you have no out-of-pocket expense. The
4. What happens if the books don’t sell?
shipping charges will then be deducted from your
Any remaining unsold books will be recycled into
future proceeds.
reusable raw materials. None of our books go to land
fill. 10. Do we have to sign a contract?
No. Only if you want to. We are happy to enter into an
5. How much money do we make on each book?
agreement for a specific period of time, but you won’t
The Perfect Book Store pays 25-50% of the net
be required to sign any long-term commitments to do
proceeds. These are the sale cost after commissions
business with us.
and fees ranging from 15 - 25% charged by the online
marketplaces. 11. What kinds of materials do you accept?
Books in all genres and almost all binding types
6. What is the payment and reporting cycle?
are acceptable. All items should be in at least good
Monthly activity reports and payement are sent on the
condition.
10th of each month.
12. Who else in my area is using The Perfect Book
7. What will our costs be?
Store?
Your only costs will be those involved in getting the
The Perfect Book Store works with a range of
shipment to us. You will be responsible for packing the
customers. Your account manager can give you
books in sturdy boxes (recycled used boxes are fine)
references of librarians, schools and charities in
and preparing them for shipment.
your area.
8. Is there a minimum quantity we’re required to ship?
13. Won’t this conflict with the book sales held by
No. You can tailor the programme to suit your
ourselves?
requirements. However, most customers find that
Many of our most successful partners find that The
overall net proceeds improve dramatically when you
Perfect Book Store programme complements their
ship 100s at a time.
in-house bookstore.
14. How should we package shipments to The Perfect
Book Store?
Books should be sent in sturdy, sealed cardboard
boxes.
For a lot more FAQ’s please visit www.perfectbookstore.com
8. Get started...
Write to:
Head Office
The Perfect Book Store Ltd
265 King Henry’s Drive
Croydon, Surrey
CR0 0AE
E-mail:
sell@perfectbookstore.com
Online:
www.perfectbookstore.com
Our business development / Sales number:
020 8123 7037
