I’m looking for companies that purchase large amounts of books
(1,000+) at high discounts (around 25%=30% of cover price). Usually
they buy surplus or remainders of print runs.

These companies may sell to wholesalers such as BJ’s, CostCo’s, etc…
and Book Outlets.

Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by jroff-ga on 24 Mar 2003 19:21 PST

I found once such company a while ago, but I lost the link. I’m
looking for a couple (3-4).

These companies purchase the rest of a printing from a publisher at
75% (or more) off retail price to sell them to book discounters,
outlets, computer shows, etc… This is where the people on the street
that are selling books in NYC are supposedly getting the books from.

I’m looking for a couple of companies that do this. Or any company for
that matter that is looking for a large lot (100-1000+) copies of a
book at a big discount.

I’ll up the price to $10. I hope this helps the incentive.

Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by jroff-ga on 24 Mar 2003 19:22 PST

If it matters... I'm referring to technical/computer books.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 18:14 PST

Hi, 
I wanted to know if any of the following is what you are looking for:
Advance Marketing Services Inc.
http://www.advmkt.com/Wholesaling/wholesaling.html
Cromland Online - The Computer Book Wholesaler
http://www.cromland.com
West Coast Bargain Books
http://www.cirobe.com/program/exhibitors/westcoas.html
TIA Books
http://tiabooks.com/about_us.html

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Clarification of Question by jroff-ga on 27 Mar 2003 19:22 PST

Yes, these are very similar to what I was looking for. I found two of
these after ‘giving up’ on the question I posted. Some of the things
that I have learned to look for are ‘remainders’,  ‘hurt’,
‘overstock’, ‘print surplus’, etc..

Find me a couple more and you can have the answer. Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 19:45 PST

Here are some more links:
75% Off Books
http://www.bookliquidator.com/Merchant2/4.12/merchant.mv?
Half Price Computer Books
http://www.halfpricecomputerbooks.com/index.php
bcb.com
http://www.bcb.com/
Computer Book Express
http://www.bookstorewizard.com/webpages/cbx/index.asp
Readme.doc
http://www.readmedoc.com/default.asp

I found most of these links by using the query:
<Google Search>"wholesale distributor" "computer books"
<Google Search>"leading distributor" "computer books"
I also used site names to look for related sites.

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Clarification of Question by jroff-ga on 27 Mar 2003 20:10 PST

I don't think that these places purchase books in large lots. I think
they purchase them from Ingram or another distributer.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 20:31 PST

What about this link?
Computer and Technical Books LLP
http://www.candtbooks.com/

by the way, If I have not answered your question, 
I'm sorry I can't be of further assistance.

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Clarification of Question by jroff-ga on 27 Mar 2003 21:05 PST

Again, I don't know if they buy lot books... but you've given a
valiant effort. You can claim the answer.

Thanks for your hard work.

Thank you for letting me answer your question.  I know the links I
found will be useful for future book purchases.
Thanks again.

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Clarification of Answer by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 22:15 PST

Thank you for the 5-Star rating. Greatly appreciated.
I was just curious if you thought about selling to used bookstores like:
http://www.strandbooks.com

On the contrary, I'm looking to sell books, not buy them.

Thanks for your help.