Book Flipping Business

Book Flipping Business Success Stories [2024]

Updated: October 10th, 2024

The book-flipping business involves buying books at low prices and selling them for a profit.

To start, you’ll want to look for inexpensive books at places like thrift stores, garage sales, or online marketplaces.

Focus on genres or categories with high demand, such as textbooks, vintage novels, or niche topics.

After acquiring the books, list them for sale on platforms like Amazon, eBay, or through your own website.

As you gain experience and learn what sells best, you can reinvest your profits to grow your inventory and expand your business.

In this list, you'll find real-world book flipping business success stories and very profitable examples of starting a book flipping business that makes money.

1. Flipsnack ($9.6M/year)

Janina Moza, Chief Marketing Officer of Flipsnack, joined the team a year after its launch and has been part of the project for almost 10 years. Flipsnack is an online tool that allows anyone to create digital flipbooks, and it has seen impressive growth, with business revenue increasing by over 50% year over year. The idea for Flipsnack came from analyzing the needs of the target audience and recognizing the opportunity for an easy-to-use flipbook maker.

How much money it makes: $9.6M/year
How many people on the team: 70

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How We Started A Digital Flipbook Making Tool That Makes $9.6M/Year

Flipsnack is an online tool that allows anyone to create digital flipbooks and has increased its business revenue by over 50% year over year, with YoY growth rates between 50% - 84%, shifting from a B2C approach and focusing more on B2B.

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