7 Book Seller Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start A Book Seller

Here are some real life success stories of starting a book seller:

1. The Bootstrapped Founder ($6K/year)

How much they make: $6K/year
Current team size:

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Balancing the Grind With Arvid Kahl

Learn from The Bootstrapped Founder's blogger who made $500/mo and grew his newsletter to 2500 subscribers, while promoting his website to 79.7K Twitter followers.

About
Arvid started The Bootstrapped Founder over 5 years ago
Revenue
Arvid grew the business to $500/month
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2. Charlie Hustlez Books ($108K/year)

How much they make: $108K/year
Current team size:

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Flipping Books for Profit: How to Make $4000 a Month Selling Used Books

This case study outlines how Charlie William went from reselling books as a side business to making over $9,000 each month as an Amazon FBA seller.

Revenue
They grew the business to $9K/month
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Learn more about starting a book seller:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a book seller?
-> Pros and cons of a book seller

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established book seller
-> Marketing ideas for a book seller

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4. Charlie Hustlez Books

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How much they make:

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5. Amazon

Online shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes, jewelry, tools & hardware, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, beauty & personal care, broadband & dsl, gourmet food & just about anything else.

How much they make:
Where they're located: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Current team size: 1
Website traffic: 2.65B/month

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6. WILEY

Website traffic: 39.2M/month

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