Hi all, can anyone give an insight on how to supply textbooks to schools. A friend was discussing it with me. My friend has some other little jobs he does for schools and he is thinking of adding the supply of textbooks to it. It appears to be a lucrative business (to him) but he does not really know how to start.

Personally, i know you might need to get the book from publishers and sell to schools. But my own drawback on the business is that, it seems to be a seasonal thing and capital intensive. I think most schools buy textbooks during first term when school resumes and afterwards, the books might not be needed till end of the year again.

I would appreciate if we can get advice and details of how the business is being run profitably from people who have been doing it.