Used Booksellers Skew Older
If you're curious as to who is selling used books online, AbeBooks.com, which operates a network of such dealers, has some answers. The company surveyed 1,949 online sellers that do business with it and found that 79% are over 45, most were in white collar jobs, and 20% work 51 or more hours a week. Many are on the road buying books, 60% operate strictly online, and a third read between five and 10 books a month. So much for graceful early retirement.
Labels: AbeBooks.com, books, booksellers, online, used
posted by Erik Sherman @ 5:55 AM
1 Comments:
At 12:23 PM,
Jeffrey Henning said…
25,000 books per day * 365 books / 8000 booksellers = 1141 books per year per bookseller
And that's a maximum, since the release says "up to 25,000 books a day", so most days are below that.
The used books I buy are usually below $10, so there is not a lot of profit here for the hours worked.
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