just take the ones you don't want to a library booksale or charity shops.
― Scott, Monday, 9 August 2004 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
This means I can always find a new home for a used book I need to get rid of. I also have lots of good sources for buying them. This wealth of opportunities has deeply shaped my book buying habits. I buy used books almost exclusively and I sell or trade my books rather often. I feel very lucky.
― Aimless The Unlogged, Monday, 9 August 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huck, Monday, 9 August 2004 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mog, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 09:48 (nineteen years ago) link
we did wind up putting many books on the sidewalk for people to take. Ha, I know exactly who picked up the TSR choose-your-own-adventure books, Mr. Kilt-wearing Goth Type in the Building Next Door!
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
have there been any astonishing advances in methods to sell used books since August 17, 2004?
i'm getting ready to make a big move in a few months, and i think it's time to get rid of about 2/3 of my books. it's not like most of them are worth a lot of money, individually, but taking them to some bookstore or goodwill and getting $50 for the whole thing (most likely) seems like a total ripoff. but the other option is listing them individually on amazon and making hundreds of visits to the post office, i guess?
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 April 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
i've never sold a book online
but in my experience, selling books is like selling cds
it's good to bring in a sizeable chunk and salt it with more valuable books so they will take pity on you and offer some for the not so valuable ones
also it's good to visit a store that knows you as they will be inclined to be generous
the impulse to rid yourself of books is wise tho
― j., Monday, 21 April 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
Classic if you don't want books. Dud if you want more than taco money.
― how's life, Monday, 21 April 2014 11:52 (ten years ago) link
My wife and I just took about 75% of our books to a good used bookstore. The store bought about half of that amount, and we made a few hundred bucks. (I'd estimate that we made about $2 per book that was sold.) I was pretty happy with the outcome, tbh.
― jaymc, Monday, 21 April 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, not that's bad! And I guess you took the others to a goodwill or a flea market or something similar?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 21 April 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
I think I brought about 150-200 books to a good used book store last week and got about 50 bucks for like 30 of them. They have a p strict quality and wear policy, too the rest to a lax thrift store.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 21 April 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
took
as someone who has bought many bargain books on ebay i can say it's totally a buyers market. there's no competition for sales unless you have particularly rare books. coupled with the cost/hassle of shipping there's no profit in online book selling.
we made about $2 per book that was soldthat's an exceptional amount to make. you'd be lucky to make that at most used bookstores. you must have had decent books.
whenever i want to get rid of books i just give them to a decent used independant bookstore and figure that's my way of supporting local businesses.
― fit and working again, Monday, 21 April 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
decent independant used bookstore
― fit and working again, Monday, 21 April 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.powells.com/sell/
^^they even give you a label to print out.
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 21 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Well, it depends. By and large, it is an experience superior to the sale of records and clothing in every way. Someone will always complain about vinyl, I would only sell it if I were absolutely certain of the condition and worth. Ditto for books. Otherwise the books can easily be donated to someone ... records - I'd sell low if I were not sure - people might complain to you about your ludicrously low price but it's a learning experience. As with books those things can take a lot of space.
Selling records or clothes is stressful - books, not at all, but perhaps it's because I also spent a good chunk of my adult life buying them.
Info on your book is much easier to find, prices more stable. You'd be surprised at how many $200 and $300 books you can sell if you are branching beyond novels! I sold my dad's law and math books and netted about $600!! Art and architecture is a good investment, too - and what I like is that you are certain of the item's worth, whereas really expensive vinyl can be - musically speaking - SHIT.
― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Friday, 2 May 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link