How To Find Award-Winning Books … Without Being an Experienced Book Collector
You Don’t Need Years of Book Collecting Experience … You Need the Guidance of a Proven Rating System
If You Want to Know What First Edition Books to Buy For Huge Price Gains then …
Discover How This Unique Book Rating System Can Help Put Valuable Books On Your Bookshelf
Now Try Out the System for only $5 for 60 days!
Dear Fellow Book Collector:
In 2007, after 10 years of book collecting, I wasn’t meeting my goal of filling bookshelves with valuable books I could brag about. Even with great advice from my brother-in-law and collector Jim … I had very few high-dollar books to show for my efforts.
Rating Books for Collectability
Then one day I was reading a book written by the famous collector Nicolas Basbanes … and some lines in it gave me an idea for a rating system.
With some trial and error, I put together a rating system using several factors I thought were important to the value of a book.
The first book I found using my system was The Name of the Wind and I have been enormously successful selling copies of it at prices of up to $700. I also pinpointed The Help … the blockbuster bestseller that was made into a movie … and sold a copy for $400.
Convinced that I had something useful I could share with other book collectors …
I decided to create:
The FictionPrediction Membership Club
This exclusive club… helps beginner and experienced book collectors find high-potential books.
Membership to this site will allow you to have … the ratings of hundreds of books … that have just been released for sale.
… giving you a window of opportunity to purchase signed first editions of the most collectible books at retail prices from independent book stores …
BEFORE they become well-known and the prices are driven up.
…. it is essential that you buy these books early as many of them have small printings and can be hard to obtain.
… and I will let you know where the authors are signing their books.
How FictionPrediction Works
• The ratings will show you the potential of the book
– for example, a rating of 70, indicates a book could ultimately be sold for $70
• New book ratings come out a couple of times a month with about 15 – 20 books a month listed in the data base
– This is too many for you to buy so I narrow the list down
• I highlight anywhere from 2 to 5 books a month in posts
– You will see the reasons why you should buy them and where to get a copy … near the release date. If there are UK versions, you will learn where to get them.
• Each month I select the Collectible Book of the Month … the highest rated book released that month
– This book will often give you the best potential price gains
– You can usually readily buy the book from an independent bookstore (for signed copies) or a chain store (for unsigned copies)
What kind of books are we buying?
• the books are hypermodern (recently published books) books
• … in the following genres: mystery, fantasy, science fiction, literature and young adult
• these books will give you the greatest potential for price increases
Books Our Members Had a Chance to Buy Early
Many of our books have been nominated for awards and several have won awards.
Edgar Awards (mysteries)
■ The Expats … winner … $50
■ Rogue Island … winner … $110
■ Bent Road … winner … $85
Anthony Awards (mysteries)
■ Gone Girl … $275
Barry Awards (mysteries)
■ A Killing in the Hills … winner … $125
■ The Informationist … winner … $45
Hugo Awards (science fiction and fantasy)
■ The Throne of the Crescent Moon … $160
■ A Dance With Dragons … $120
Locus Awards (science fiction and fantasy)
■ The Night Circus … winner … $65
Pulitzer Prize (literature)
■ The Orphan Master’s Son … winner … $85
National Book Critics Circle Awards (literature)
■ Billy Lynn’s Long Half-time Walk … winner … $65
■ The Constellation of Vital Phenomena … $40
National Book Awards (literature)
■ The Flame Throwers … $140
■ The Good Lord Bird … winner … $90
Other Books
■ Ready Player One … $200
■ Wool … $100
■ The Cuckoo’s Calling … $400 *
* – this was one of the most controversial and expensive books of 2013. J. K. Rowling wrote this under the pen name of Robert Galbraith. I did recommend the UK book (only about 1,000 copies) in April but only a few members bought early before the real author was revealed in July.
FictionPrediction is Not for Everyone
Here are the minimum requirements for participation:
1. $300 per year for buying books
The membership site is for all levels of book collectors but a member should have a minimum of about $300 per year for buying books. Buying at least one book a month is best … as you will have a better chance to have books that gets shortlisted (nominated for an award) or wins awards.
2. Patience
Also, you must have patience. This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. You should hold these books at least a year to allow them to develop their value. Hold them at least through the complete yearly cycle of awards.
3. Access to High-Speed Internet
You can get by with calling or visiting bookstores for purchases … but I recommend internet access to allow you to buy on Ebay, Amazon and Advanced Book Exchange. You will find many of the recommendations on these websites.
And for faster viewing of the pages on the FictionPrediction website
Here’s What Else You Get With Your Subscription to FictionPrediction
• 10 secrets I used to create my unique rating system … and how you can create a simplified system yourself!
• How to know if a book is really a first edition … publishers have finally made this easier for collectors
• How important is the condition of a book to buyers? … the book condition I look for when buying
• Lists of major awards dating back to 1975 … these are difficult to find in one place on the internet
• You also get a list of some of the best book collecting web sites on the internet
• Do you know what the latest shortlisted books are so you can be ready for the awards announcement? … I have that information for you
• Interviews of authors from book signings … what authors tell their readers can be very revealing and tell you the potential for their current and future books
• How to sell your books … best platform for selling … how to package books properly and more\
• The joys of attending book festivals and conventions … I have posts from one or more festivals or conventions each year
• What I am buying for my own collection in addition to recommended books …
• Chat rooms are available for you to ask me and the other members questions
• I make the book ratings available for download in a PDF file … so you can have it for trips to the bookstore or for internet shopping
Now Try Out the System for only $5 for 60 days!
Sign-up For Our Membership Site:
After the first 60 days you will then be charged $27.00 per year on PayPal. If you find FictionPrediction is not for you then you can cancel.
Renewal of you subscription is automatic each year unless you cancel on the PayPal website.
Click on Subscribe .
The payments will be conducted through PayPal. If you have a PayPal account it is easy to sign up. I will not see your credit card information.
If you do not have a PayPal account and do not want to get one, you can pay by money order or personal check. Please e-mail me for details.
After you pay you will be e-mailed a password that will allow you into the site.
Thanks for visiting.
E-mail me if you have questions.
Bob