Selling ebooks on eBay can be a great way to establish your own home business. But if you are like most people, you probably haven't the first clue how to draft your own ebook, let alone a good one. That's why most ebook sellers purchase ebooks from others to sell all over the internet. Purchasing just one ebook can give you a never-ending product to sell online for years to come.

Before you purchase an ebook to sell, however, there is one key thing to remember: you need to purchase resale rights. The resale rights are what give you the authority to resell the ebook as many times as you'd like, to whomever you'd like. Without these rights, the only thing you can use your ebook for is personal reasons. If you are caught selling an ebook on eBay without the appropriate resale rights, you run the risk of having your account permanently suspended.

There are four major types of resale rights for digital media: normal resale right, master resale rights, private label rights, and branding rights. Each type affords you different rights for different purposes, from simply reselling the ebook, to marketing the ebook as your own creation. Depending on who you intend to sell your ebook to, the rights you are looking for make a big difference.

Normal resale rights are the typical rights that come attached to ebooks. With normal resale rights, you have permission to sell the ebook you have purchase to as many buyers as you would like. You cannot, however, make any alterations to the content in the ebook. You are also prohibited from packaging resale rights with the ebook. The author of the ebook can sometimes impose additional restrictions, such as prohibitions on where you can sell the ebook, and how much you can sell it for. Normal resale rights are generally the most affordable, so for a first-time eBay seller, this would be the way to go.

Master resale rights are similar to normal resale rights, but you are allowed to package resale rights with your ebook. This means that you can offer your buyers permission to resell the ebook themselves. Your buyers are still bound to the same restrictions as you, though, and may not alter the ebook in any way. Master resale rights are slightly more expensive, but are a great choice for those who want to sell ebooks to other sellers.

Private label rights are the most expensive, but give you the most freedom with your ebook. In addition to being able to resell the ebook an unlimited amount of times, you can also edit, add, or remove content from the ebook, and replace the author's name with your own. You can sell the ebook as if it were your own creation, and allow your buyers to resell the book to their own buyers.

Branding rights are the least common, but they are an affordable alternative to private label rights. Branding rights are just like normal resale rights, but you can claim the work as your own. You may still be bound to other restrictions imposed by the ebook author, and may not package resale rights along with the ebook upon selling it to your buyers.