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First create a fake library. Nobody has to know it is just a
warehouse full of books.
Fill the warehouse with books, and make sure they all are marked
as library property, with official-looking catalog-ID numbers.
Now create a bookstore in which all those titles are listed for
sale, say
by Amazon or Ebay or some other well-known site.
Collect fees and shipping costs, naturally.
Concerned book-lovers won't be able to tell if the books were
stolen, and the honest ones will contact your library, and offer to
return the books they bought, possibly also paying shipping.
Resell the returned books, ad infinitum.
Emereo Publishing 'Emily Smith' Pseudonym Scam
https://www.amazon....ead=Tx23GENTZ77TIQF
1600 books. She's very prolific it seems... [RayfordSteele, Aug 26 2015]
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The other day, as I write this, I received a book that I
purchased via Amazon, and there is no indication that the
book was ever formally released from the library system to
which it belonged. I will attempt to return it, but, hey,
IDEA! |
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The beauty of this idea is that (i) it preys on the honest and socially responsible (like taxation), and (ii) it's just barely legal (also like taxation). |
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Don't forget to have them autographed by the author with a short note to from a famous person. |
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About 10% of withdrawn library books do not get stamped, Very annoying if you are selling used books. |
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As a real bookseller I used to get signed items... even some obviously legit with "autographed copy" sticker, but the fake signatures got so numerous Amazon won't let ordinary sellers advertise autographed copies anymore. |
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Many libraries have bookstores, (and coffee shops and dance classes). |
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Since libraries get books at a discount you might also wish to pretend to be an actual library. Say only open Saturdays. |
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I've naught to say about the idea itself, but I do enjoy purchasing ex libris, and will whenever I get the opportunity, simply for the amount of provenance one gets. |
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Many of these are stamped ex libris, and others look as though they simply could have been stolen from a library. |
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I worked in a library once, for about a year. I was
hoping to tell you something interesting or amusing
about this experience, but nothing interesting or
amusing happened. |
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It did, but you were looking the wrong way at the time. |
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A similar sort of scam is perpetuated by Emereo Publishing.
They print off Wikipedia articles and sell them as books on
Amazon to unsuspecting buyers. See link. |
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