New business

[somefarawaydream]

Apologies for the naivety of this post, it's just I've had an idea and I'm not sure of the legalities/ rules of it.

I would like to start a sort of online book business. Are there rules on the resale of books from wholesalers? Do I need permission from the authors or anything? For example, I could buy 100 copies of 3 different books and sell on for a profit? Does the author need to be aware? I've never done anything like this before but I've had a good idea and don't know where to start with it.

Thanks in advance!

[olderthanyouthink]

Why don't you contact and wholesaler or publisher and ask?

Also how are you going to compete with the likes of amazon, whsmith and waterstones?

[somefarawaydream]

Because I thought I'd ask mumsnet to see if anyone had any experience of it

It's not simply selling books, it's a more interesting idea than that! I just don't really want to say what it is as it's quite unique and I can't really see anyone in the UK that's doing it, that's all.