You might need a GoPro with chest harness. Then you can film and work at same time without even thinking about the filming part. Thats a birthday gift idea for Thom haha

Mel: excitedly shows Thom $400 book. Thom: Yeah, well, that’s nice. 😂😂😂

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Secretly jealous ha ha ha ha

@LisaTalamo-oo5to

20 күн бұрын

Oh, he’s super concerned about the seller rankings!

@emilasmith4279

20 күн бұрын

Yea what’s up with that! How bout a bit more enthusiasm for your gal’s successes?! ❤

@beckyboopz1

20 күн бұрын

I saw that too. Tom is unshakable

Thirty minute video felt like five! Loved it!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Yay, thank you Amber!

They have that well organized! Great finds. I love that so many people still love actual books 📚

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

It's a wonderful organised organisation. The Lifeline bookfairs within Australia are wonderful.

Brenda is a star. She works SO hard!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

She is amazing! Such a beautiful lady.

Thanks for taking us along. That was interesting and a $400 book WOW! Nice find.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Fingers crossed I can sell it for a high price. That one was a new book so it might fetch more. I’ll do some further research before listing.

I have been going to Lifeline Bookfest for years and as a book collector I have never been bothered by booksellers purchasing their stock. There is thousands of books and it’s fantastic to see businesses buying their books from a wonderful grassroots charity rather than some international corporation. I just can’t see what’s not to love! Keep hauling those books! 💪❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing! We all want to rehome as many books as possible. There is so many books and Lifeline just need to sell them and make as much money as they can to help them. I appreciate your support.

@soeighties

20 күн бұрын

I always attend the Bookfest in Brisbane and it is MASSIVE. Each event raises over $1 million for Lifeline! Yay for booksellers!

Love watching you shop the book fair Mel. It’s never boring watching you find some great stock.🙂

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

Burrrrr!!!! Stay warm! Thanks for sharing all of the great videos! My fav KZreadr for sure! Love your plan for shopping.You scored Mel! Fun! Nice sale.

I have loved every minute of being at the book fair with you Mel. I did get a bit dizzy 🥴 a few times because you work so fast, running in & out of the aisles & dodging all the other buyers. Many thanks for working so hard and taking us with you. xx💗xx

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Yes it’s hard to film and source/work. I always stress about the quality of footage while I try and do it all. Thank you for watching me!

You are such a breath of fresh air!! Look at all the people that are excited to see you and talk to you and you are so genuine! ❤️

Absolutely one of my favourite videos of yours Mel! Thank you! And, I have watched most, if not all, of your videos.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you! I appreciate that!

I've watched this twice. It's so fun watching you pick the books.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@ET-si7rl

13 күн бұрын

​@@backfromburnout❤

I have never heard of such an event here in the states! That was a pretty interesting fundraiser! ❤. Well done finding such great inventory for your business! ❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Oh really? You don’t have bookfairs in the states? Wow! We have them all over the country here.

@debbieholt8261

20 күн бұрын

@@backfromburnoutWhat is called a Book Fair here in the US or at least in the state of Georgia, is a celebration of Authors who showcase their books, give interviews and possibly writing seminars etc. It’s not a place to shop for books. We have local library sales for used books or the elementary schools have book fairs for children’s books only but I can’t find anywhere they have what I’ve just seen on your video.

@TracyEauClaire

18 күн бұрын

@@backfromburnout We definitely have book fairs in the US😊

Thanks for taking us along! I haven’t done a book fair to source books yet! That one looks very well run!!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Lifeline are extremely well run bookfairs. Wonderful staff and volunteers.

It's so interesting to watch your approach and method. I was inspired (by you!) to try reselling books a few years ago. I went to our annual book fair, which is at a fairground area here. I was definitely overwhelmed and did not pick well at all. Plus the books are very heavy as you said. I might try again next year, now that I have some experience behind me. I am an 'everything' seller still. I do love selling books but not sourcing them.

What a great video! It was exciting to see you find a lot of great books. Thank you for bringing us along :)

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hi Mel, love all your videos but this was great! I know you said it was difficult to film and pick at a book fair, but more of these videos please. You are so organised and it was great Lifeline had a table for you 😀😀👍

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Ok thank you. I always worry the camera footage isn’t straight and I cut peoples heads off lol. It’s just hard to push the trolley, hold the camera, pick the books and price comp on the other phone. I have high expectations on myself and how I want the quality so I always stress the bookfair footage isn’t good enough. I filmed another one a few weeks ago but it had loud music playing so I have to voice over and it will be a bit harder to edit but I’ll get it out soon. Heading to another bookfair tomorrow so will try and film that one :)

@lisaadams4505

20 күн бұрын

@@backfromburnout maybe you can get something like hairy tornado has that can hold the camera on you while you’re searching so both your hands are free. Also love these videos too

Mel, I love how you know so many people by name. It's a wonderful community you have. ❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

It really is! And I’m lucky to meet other resellers at the bookfairs who approach me

Yes a clax carrier ! I bring them to all the farmers markets and everyone always asks about it. My favorite cart

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

I just ordered a second, I love them!

What a great selection of books Mel. Loved to see you find that 400 dollar book. You are freezing and we hit 32c in our car today. Phew,! Hope you managed to find more gems the next day. Looks like you will have to move into that new warehouse sooner rather than later. Have fun photographing and listing all those books. Love from sunny Spain xx

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

The $400 book was a new one but hopefully I can still get a great price for it!

Loved this book fair vid. Thanks for taking us with you. I want to do a book fair when I grow up. Ha! Part time side hustle seller here. Regularly learn so much from you. Thnx!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

You can do it! Thank you so much!

Loved this so much! You’re amazing at what you do!!! Not sure if I’ll ever be a book seller at that level but because of you I always look up a couple of them wherever I’m sourcing at. 😘

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

Books are great to add a few into your store at anytime! When I was a clothing and shoe seller I always had a small amount of books in my store.

That was amazing!! Never seen anything like it. I loved so many of those hard backs - cooking and gardening. Hope you do really well out of it Mel.

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

I hope so too! Thank you!

Love, love, loved this book fair clip and watching you in action: selection method, speed and positive attitude. Book fair shopping is the only 'sport' I play 😂 and I barely worry anymore about the odd looks I get when price comping and stacking up big book piles. I agree, it's certainly exhausting with all that visual overload and trying to quickly price judge by eye or comp on a little screen. Xx

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Honestly there is so many people there buying up large loads. If people ask me why I’m buying so many I just tell them I’m a dealer. I find they like and react better to the word dealer rather than reseller. The bigger bookfairs like Lifeline welcome resellers. It’s the smaller small town bookfairs that sometimes struggle with the idea of what we do. At the end of the day we’re all just trying to rehome an abundance of unwanted books.

I love these book fair videos so much! Thanks for making them!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

Wow, you did really well Mel!! I can see how that would be exhausting but you seemed that you were definitely in your happy place 💕

Mel, I saw a book in your trolley that I liked. The Austalian boating book. I used to teach safe boating and used the equivalent in the US called Chapman's book. I enjoyed this adventure.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

That's a great book! Hopefully I can sell that around the $50

GREAT JOB MEL, you were highly focused and got some great picks 📚 📖

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!! 😁

what a great great great vid and congrats on your haul mel!!!

Great video Mel!!

I really enjoyed this video. You have inspired me to find something like this book fair near me. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us! I can imagine it’s difficult to juggle the camera while you are on the move. Have a blessed day!

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Good luck!

Thanks for sharing ! Loved it!

I loved this video. The way a lot of people knew you and they were all so nice! And you got a massive amount of books for cheap. I'd love to have something like that where I live.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

I buy a lot of books often from them so they’re all very familiar with me :)

I enjoy your videos so much and then you add the books and fairs and Thom WOW. You deserve the best. Bringing you much love and warmth from sunny South Florida. 🎉❤❤❤❤4th of July 🇺🇸

You even had to do a bit of off road trollying to get in that big queue wrapped around that building! I like your trolly, looks light weight and good quality, perfect! Easy for you to spot Thom amongst the crowds in his orange fluorescent fleece 🤩 Thanks Mel for bringing us along, enjoyed it !!

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

I don’t think he will ever wear the fluro to a bookfair again ha ha. He was a little sick that day and finds the fluro warm. It’s the best trolley. I just ordered a second one for back up :)

We filled 44 x supermarket bags at the Yarragon book fair. Their prices are $1 softcover, $2 hardcover. Personal bugbear at sales is when friends and family come afterwards and push in to the queue.

Thank you Mel for sharing. Very cool seeing this! Not done yet but loving this one

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Thank you Kristie and Tim!

Good on you Mel,looks like a great haul 😊Can see its really hard work thats for sure😮Hope you do really well you deserve it 🥰Great video❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

GREAT JOB!! We have one book sale a year that is great here in Illinois USA. I agree grab the good books because you can always put them back. I loved this video.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Great job!

Thanks for the great video Mel! A go pro that you can wear hands free to make filming and sourcing easier might help. I admire your hustle!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

I have tried the go pro at book fairs and I seem to either film the floor or the ceiling ha ha

I really enjoy these types of videos. Strap on your GoPro or set up a camera and shop, pick & pack, photograph books, whatever it is. Very fun book fair. Great haul.

As a junior re seller. You inspire me greatly. Thankyou

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you! We all start somewhere! I was a small seller in my living room also not long ago!

Love your videos Mel, I've started trying to sell books on ebay as a hobby thanks to you. I love the videos were you go to book fairs, and I noticed at 30:12 you have a book that is called "What Bird is That?" and you bought that same book at another book fair like 3 years ago. I thought "I'm learning what good books are just by watching Mel!" Anyway, keep up the great content.

So cool to watch thanks Mel

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks James

So excited! Wish we had one in my area!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

They are great, we travel a lot to go to them.

Yay perfect timing ❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Yay! 🎉

The whole place is so beautiful and clean! Outside and inside do clean!

By the time you only get book in the car you have handled it: into the trolly, onto the table, into the car, into your warehouse, and then onto the table for listing. That is physically heavy work. You must be very strong!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

It is a laborious job selling books. Some of them are very heavy. Some days I enjoy a hot magnesium bath after a long day.

Holly mackerel that’s some books ma’am.. and it’s 107 in Florida today and you’re freezing hahah

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Winter is cold where I live! I’m only a couple of hours away from the snow fields.

I'm a little jealous of the prices you're able to get for books in Australia. Really amazing book fair! I think the staff treat you well because you're a delight to be around, not just that you spend money there. Thank you for sharing your shopping day and congrats on all the great finds!

@backfromburnout

10 күн бұрын

The motives are good when you average them out. I’ve been shopping with them a long time so the staff are familiar with me :)

Another great video ! We are going to start looking for books. We are currently everything sellers so anything we can add to our list to offer our customers just means more chance at more revenue ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge ! Also I bought me a table top tape dispenser after seeing you with yours. I love mine !! Have a great day and remember ….. you do matter and you do make a difference in peoples lives. Me and my wife love your channel and look forward to hearing your accent 😂 don’t worry we are from Alabama…. We have an accent too 😂 Have a great day !!

Pls do more like this am learning lots from you

@backfromburnout

12 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing the price of the books at your wonderful book fair! At the last 2 trips to my Goodwill the prices were that high for obvious popular books. I have to take my toddler grandson with me so it gets very difficult to comp in the store. You have a very good strategy!

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

I like to average them out at the end and work from averages.

Love it when you go to the book fairs!!🎉

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Epic score on the Epic $415 book 🤯

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Fingers crossed! That one was new and mine isn’t but I’ll hope for a high price!

Oh man! I got excited looking at all those books - I would have been stacking up on the travel writing and there was a book called Islands that I would have picked up (for home library haha) Did well, Mel, wish we had Lifeline here in our town!! Can’t wait to get my childrens’ cookbooks that ordered from you for my grandkids ❣️🌺💕😍🌻

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Oh wow thank you for ordering something from me! Let me know if there is any problems!

12:45 looks like Britannica Great Books of the Western World usually around $500 usd

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Dang. Learn something new everyday! Thank you for teaching me something new. I appreciate that!

That book fair would be heaven for me! I'd spend that much for my personal library. LOL.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Love it! This was also only what I spent day 1 LOL

Aloha! I love when you make the book fair videos!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I think this was a great video ! Thanks !

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

Mel what a work out both physically and mentally.

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Yes multi tasking at the best lol. Including filming on top lol

I love the book fair videos!!!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

That would be so overwhelming to me... all those books and people

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

It is a lot and there are much busier bookfairs than this one.

Interesting! You did an awesome job and found some great books🎉

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 It's hard to film the bookfairs and source at the same time.

Well done Mel I have seen some books I look forward to purchasing from you

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Wow, what an amazing sale, i love your focus when shopping. Why on earth would anyone gripe about you buying lots of books, there are millions there and like you said you pay what everyone else pays for a book.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Some people strongly dislike resellers as they think we take all the good books. As you can see there is thousands of books! First in best dressed, I pay the same as anyone else and buy a lot more which contributes $$$ to the charity which is the aim of the bookfair. They need money and I have it to give :) I contribute tens of thousands to the charity shops and organisations.

Tom seems like a really solid dude.

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

He’s a keeper!

I love book fairs. I was supposed to go to one this past weekend but my husband was in the hospital.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Wishing him well wishes. There is always another bookfair, they’re everywhere :) We are heading to another one this weekend.

More of these videos please at the book fairs, loved it

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

Thank you, I'll try!

I know it must have been hard for you, but I enjoyed every minute of it. So glad you found some good books!

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

I think you did a fantastic job and congratulations on the rare find

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

It's a fascinating segment today. I enjoyed watching it. I was surprised you gave the antiquarian section a total pass. There may be little market for antiquarian material in Australia. You did very well today, young lady. :>)

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

I do look at it but not at the beginning because the books I pick first are by eye and I leave the ones I need to research further to last. I did buy a nice selection of old western books from that section a little later on.

@MrMarkS-lg7yk

20 күн бұрын

@@backfromburnout - Thank You for the reply! :>)

Just a suggestion: what if you put an ikea bag (or two if there is room for it) in your trolley and put the books directly in the bag. When you get to your table, you can just lift up the bag on the table. If it gets heavy, you can put two bags on top of each other in your trolley. And it might make the transfer to the car easier too.

What a great sale. A table to stack/ keep. Great idea. If you said. I missed it. What was the average price per book? Thanks for your time and video!!😊😊

How fun, everyone loves Mel!

Great haul! Would love to be digging with you. Love finding the best stuff.

@chasidymoberly3523

20 күн бұрын

Pick one shelf unit in the warehouse that you know that has books that have been there a long time and have a sale on them. That way you get rid of old stuff and make room for your new books.

Love, love, love! Where can I find a cart like yours Mel?

@backfromburnout

17 күн бұрын

Mine is from ClaxCart

Great video Mel. On the subsequent days are the selections just as good and do they do deals near the end of the fair to clear the remaining books? Sydney book fair next???

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

The first day is always the best. By the last day it’s heavily picked and most of the books will be low end or undesirable for reselling. They do a bag sale to try and clear that stuff in the last couple hours of the bookfair.

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

We go to as many Sydney ones as we can but I also have my daughter every second weekend so I don’t travel on those weekends as she doesn’t want to go to them lol

WOW!! You really know your stuff!! Rockstar!!!

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Still plenty to learn and I’m always researching

Loved the video.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

So glad! Thank you!

This was really interesting to see! Did you film the other days you went too?

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

No only the once. It’s hard to film and source at the same time. Once in a weekend is enough lol. I’m at another book fair tomorrow so will try and film it.

Very organized book faire

Just yesterday I reminded my son that it’s winter in Australia. Today I got heat exhaustion after walking a 10k in July. My most severe weather reaction, ever. It really is a big world.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Winter is cold where I live. I wish it was summer again :)

@beckyboopz1

20 күн бұрын

It’s our second day of heat advisories and it feels great to see Mel’s breath in the cold air. You know, if they can send a man to the moon, why can’t they make it 80* year round? Hahaha

@ale7564

20 күн бұрын

I wish there was a door we could walk through and switch places for an hour. Mel could warm up her bones and I could cool my brain down.

If I saw that line? I’m home.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

It moved quickly :)

@emilasmith4279

20 күн бұрын

Same!

@zapisanekartki3845

20 күн бұрын

There was a lot of empty space between people. Probably the line could be half the length if everyone just took 2 steps forward.

That was fun! What is a roladex? Hahaha. Look at the lens Mel, the lens, we're over here! ;)

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

A roladex is my memory basically. It's the knowledge and memory that's in my head from research and experience.

So Fun and beautiful just what I love! Treasures 🥰💃🎊🕊️

This is amazing! Not sure we have anything similar in the UK. I used to donate low value fiction to the local hospital, but since the c19 they won't take any more books sadly. So, we have set up a book exchange in the office

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

That’s a great idea and way to keep recycling the books with new owners!

That was fun. Thank you! Thom was a big grumpy pants 😂

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

He was sick that day so not really in the mood to be fighting crowds of people

@katebenade

19 күн бұрын

Fair enough 😊 ​@@backfromburnout

Keep going😊

Overwhelming is the word! How would a new book seller even start? Does one focus on one genre at a time?

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

When I first started I would spend all day there price comping. Now I can get in and out in a few hours but it can be very overwhelming. Just start at the first table and and start walking and looking.

Well Done Mel 😊

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Thank you

18:56 I definitely heard a WTF 😂

Enjoyed looking at all the books even though I couldn't reach through the screen to nab them! My nearest book fair here operates differently, you simply pay $20 per square shopping bag no matter what book/s you choose. You get really amazing value that way. Probably equates to a dollar, maybe two per book. My best find was a sealed Folio Society book set I sold for $70.

Great vid Mel, as always! Quick question, any idea how the book fair prices their books? Do they use eBay or something similar for comps or some other method? Thanks for taking us along! So much fun to watch. 😁✌

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Book fair prices vary. Some bookfairs charge flat rates per book or by size. Lifeline individually prices books for the fair mostly around $3-10 with some books priced higher around the $25. They have there own eBay stores and book stores where they also keep and sell the higher priced books.

@socalogp7296

19 күн бұрын

@@backfromburnout Thanks Mel for the info. I guess I would be a bit discouraged to know they have their own eBay store but you seemed to do great anyway! Guess they missed that one $400 book you found! 😁✌

Cheers, awesome video

@backfromburnout

19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'm an everything seller, but i definitely want to learn more about books! I do sell some book sets and I love getting nice notes from happy book buyers! :)

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

The book sets and bundles can be great!

Awesome score. Yes, lots of work for sure. If it wasn't for adrenaline, the rush, we resellers would fall on the floor an hour in😂😂❤

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

100%! It’s the thrill of the hunt that keeps us going!

Absolutely don’t slow down! If they fit your metrics then get them! Sort by month you want to list and you have months worth of work done in one day and then your 1-2 day listing each month! Fantastic! Keep going!!!!

@backfromburnout

18 күн бұрын

Thank you!

what really gets me about people who comment about resellers is that Lifeline in Queensland just had their bookfair, more books sold more programs Lifeline can do, so that person who said you are greedy does not understand why they do it.

@backfromburnout

20 күн бұрын

Exactly. The more petiole spend the more money they get to help people in need.