I have a lot of books. Young Adult, Children, Adult, Classics College books… all sorts of books. When I unpacked them this year for the first time in a few years, I was so happy to have them. But now that I’ve looked at them for several weeks, I realized that I have favorites that I read on a yearly basis, but I have a lot of other ones that are just ok. I had kept them because at one point I had wanted to have a HUGE library where the room was 360 degrees of bookshelves overflowing with books. I don’t see that in my future anymore, so I think it’s time to part with some. Plus, I could use the extra personal funds.
I found that when I took them to half-priced books, I would get what seemed like pennies per book. I would like to try to sell them online, but I don’t know the best place to sell books. Is half.com decent? Do you have any suggestions on places or suggestions on how to sell them? I’m not interested in paperback swap, because I don’t read much these days nor do I typically find new stuff I like when I do borrow books.
Speaking of selling… I have some pretty nice dolls and Barbies that I’ve been thinking about selling. Where/how should I go about selling those?
Selling Books
August 12th, 2011 at 01:21 am
August 12th, 2011 at 01:29 am 1313112595
It's free to list indefinitely. If you sell one they send you an email. They take a small commission and give you a certain amount to help pay for shipping. Ship via Media Mail and it usually costs about what they gave you.
The best selling books (at least the books you can get a decent amount for) seem to be textbooks, but it wouldn't hurt to check others. If it there's no "last sold" price, though, it probably means that book doesn't sell very well.
August 12th, 2011 at 01:42 am 1313113368
Half.com works well. However, I've sold books for cash with cash4books.net and powells.com where you send the books, usually at their cost, and then receive a check or paypal deposit. They don't buy all books, so that is where half.com is handy.
Good luck!
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