The life of an online bookseller

[Kristijntje]

Article profiles an online bookseller

Five years later, Mr. Weber estimates he has sold more than $1 million worth of books through www.weberbooks.com. Profits match his $35,000 to $40,000 salary as an editor, Mr. Weber says, and his quality of life is vastly improved since becoming a lifestyle entrepreneur. "Even if I'd made a little less, it still would have made sense for me," he says. "I had been miserable for a while and I've been really happy as a bookseller."...

Challenges include competing against big-box bookstores and high-volume Internet retailers, grappling with the number and variety of books for sale and withstanding sometimes-demanding work. "...

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