Penny-seller rakes in millions: Thrift Recycling gets hefty investment January 6, 2011

ERRATA: The original post mistakenly referred to Thrift Recycling Management as the parent company for Thrift Books. I have been informed that Thrift Books and Thrift Recycling Management are two separate and distinct companies. My apologies to the folks at Thrift Books for the error. The funding was secured by Thrift Recycling Management and the original story has been amended.******************************************* Thrift Recycling Management has announced that it has secured an $8.5 million investment led by venture capital firm QuestMark Partners. According…

Thrift Books ‘Aims for Domination of the Internet’ May 6, 2010

We are all well aware by now of how the internet and online bookselling has forever altered the trade. For many of the new players the book has become the latest commodity with all its cultural and material attributes having been stripped away. We are left with a torrent of cheap books. One of leaders in this new space is Thrift Books, an online only bookseller based in Auburn, Washington which, ironically enough, is in…

“How To Make $100,000 or More Each Year As a Used, Rare and Out of Print Book Dealer!” October 15, 2009

“The Easiest Business That Really Makes Money on the Internet!” Veteran rare and out of print book dealers who have struggled for decades trying to make their monthly nut, acquire new stock, sell books and earn a profit will be dumbfounded to learn that we’ve been doing it all wrong yet deeply thankful that salvation is at hand. But, aside from an annual income that 95% of rare, used and out of print book dealers…