De-clutter and get some money for your books - list of places to sell your books
By rachelcaron
@rachelcaron (1679)
United States
March 27, 2009 4:47pm CST
If you are like me you probably have a ton of books taking up room on the bookshelves You maybe read them once and haven’t touched them since. Well, de-clutter, get rid of those books, and make some extra cash.
There are lots of places you can sell your books.
• Half Price Books
o You go into the store will all your books, wait a few minutes, and they will offer you a price at which they will buy all of your books. This is super easy, but they often don’t pay you very much.
• Half.com
o At Half.com you decide how much you want to sell your books. There is no fee to list them. They just take % at the end when you have sold the book. You have to list each one separately, which can be time consuming. You also have to ship each book within a certain number of days after purchase. The buying pays for a set amount of shipping, but sometimes shipping cost are more than what half.com has estimated, so you have to pay the extra cost.
• Amazon
o Amazon is very similar to Half.com. You decide the price, and Amazon takes a cut of the final sales price. It is free to list, but there is a 6 to 15 percent commission, a variable closing fee, and a $0.99 per-transaction fee are applied when a sale occurs. Oh, and you can sell other things besides books as well.
• Cash4Books
o Enter the ISBNs of good condition books then they will give you a price quote and you can decide whether or not to accept it. They pay for shipping. Very easy, but can be time consuming entering all the ISBNs.
I have links and more info on how to make/save money my blog
http://chachingqueen.blogspot.com/
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Great list! I usually sell mine at the local Half Price Books, but they do totally rob you blind - even when you have books/DVDs that are in good condition.
This isn't really "selling" it - but have you heard of Book Mooch? It's kind of a used book-trading site. You should check it out!
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@alexsis (2149)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Thanks for sharing that information with us. I have a lot of books that are sitting on the shelf collecting dust. I use to sell my books on ebay. I think I will try out Cash4Books since they pay for shipping. There is this new entertainment store that just opened up, its about an hour away, its called Hastings and you can sell them your old books, DVDs, and video games. I haven't went there yet to see what it is all about. But I sure can use the extra money!