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On another topic, I ran into Alex Cochran`s post, a new member (I think?) to the community. In that post he references an eBook he wrote (downloads to free PDF file), called "Double your Retail Return -- Without Spending a Single Cent."

We have many different topics flying around on these forums, but perhaps one of the largest categories involves eCommerce and selling something to people. Although it`s "obvious" that to sell something, you have to own it and store it somewhere, I wonder how many people really understand that concept.

Alex` book is a little complicated, but only because it uses numbers. Most people have a bit of a problem holding numbers in mind, but because this is something you can go back to again and again, it`s not so bad. You can read something, think about it, then go back and read it again.

It`s an excellent breakdown of how inventory works, what does it mean, how does it represent real money, and how can you use that inventory. Now, I`m not a highly-trained inventory management control kinda guy, but from what I read, I believe there`s a significant amount of really helpful "stuff" in this book. :-)