sanmar
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posted on December 17, 2003 05:19:30 PM new
I have a box full of books that are like new. Only read by myself & my sweetie. They are all by well known authors (Mysterys & Action Novels) What is the market for these? If there is no good market, then I will donate them to our public library. These cost between $20.00 & #30.00 each.
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sborchert
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posted on December 17, 2003 05:42:10 PM new
Go to this link: http://www.bookfinder.com/ and enter the information for the books and you will get a good idea if they are worth trying to sell. Also try an eBay search.
Good luck,
Sue B.
P.S. Forgot how to make a link "linkable" so you'll have to copy and paste.
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tomwiii
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posted on December 17, 2003 05:42:12 PM new
Mass market fiction hardbacks aren't even worth yer listing fees -- folks sell dem for pennies or buy them at remainder emporiums like Buck-A-Book up in Boston 
Some very narrow non-fiction can sell on feeBay, along with OOP crafts books!
I've had some modest success selling hardback fiction on Amazon Marketplace, but mainly to recoup some of the moola I sunk into a book I really wanted to read, such as any new KING or HARRY POTTER, etc.
EG: if I pay $20, I'm delighted to recoup $10
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vidrat/
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tomwiii
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posted on December 17, 2003 05:44:16 PM new
SUE:
http://www.bookfinder.com/
use this for c-links:
[*url]yerURLhere[*/url] remember to dumpeth the asteriks!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vidrat/
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pelorus
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posted on December 17, 2003 06:05:10 PM new
Hardbacks, maybe worth something. Paperbacks, no. Try Amazon Marketplace. You can see what your titles are selling for, and there are no fees unless the book sells.
They give you 60 days for the book to sell.
Because of the fees, it's not worth listing anything for under about $5.
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pelorus
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posted on December 17, 2003 06:05:10 PM new
Hardbacks, maybe worth something. Paperbacks, no. Try Amazon Marketplace. You can see what your titles are selling for, and there are no fees unless the book sells.
They give you 60 days for the book to sell.
Because of the fees, it's not worth listing anything for under about $5.
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neroter12
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posted on December 18, 2003 04:57:23 AM new
Hi all.
I just wanted to say depends on the books, ref paperbacks. I had 4 PB's for I put in a lot for sale. I had picked them up at .25 each at a garage sale. But they were in very good condition and they were James Patterson books. Of course, he is very popular. But if I remember right, think the bidding went up to 6-7 dollars and I made a buck or two on the shipping.
I think Airline industry people LOVE buying cheap paperbacks on the internet.
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jvj24601
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posted on December 18, 2003 05:45:29 AM new
Another factor is whether these are book club editions or not.
Book club editions (BCE) are generally printed on cheaper paper
and bound in cheaper bindings. There are a few exceptions to this
-- facsimile editions by Easton Press come to mind -- but in general
BCE's are not worth your time to list anywhere. At least not the
modern ones.
If they aren't BCE, then you might as well list them on Amazon.
They will sell eventually -- may take years -- but it's free until
it sells. It only takes about a minute to list each of them. You do have to relist
the unsold ones every 90 days.
Just a thought. Best of luck!
******
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marks
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exlibrismaried
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posted on December 18, 2003 08:51:10 AM new
I've had really good luck on Amazon Marketplace for OOP books and ESPECIALLY OOP video tapes. It is so worth checking out that site before listing on eBay. I have made three times my new purchase price for a used tape on several occasions and I was generally the lowest price seller on the item.
Just run whatever title through the search engine and check out the used prices in the right hand corner of the listing. You will be amazed sometimes. Other times you will find that there are 150 of your used item for sale starting at 79 cents - then it's off to eBay.
There is no listing fee but the commission if the item sells is about 15%. Also, you only get reimbursed a fixed rate for postage and for heavy items you will be out $$$ to ship. Still, you don't have to worry about mail-in payments or deadbeats. Buyers pay via their Amazon accounts and seller's purchase price less commission goes directly into seller's checking account twice a month.
[ edited by exlibrismaried on Dec 18, 2003 08:52 AM ]
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stopwhining
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posted on December 18, 2003 09:08:58 AM new
amxn marketplace charges commish of 15% plus 99 cents transaction fee.
if you have a promerchant account,then the transaction fee is waived.
pro merchant account is 40 dollars a month for 40,000 titles.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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sanmar
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posted on December 18, 2003 10:28:40 AM new
Thanks to all of you for your insight. These are all haedbacks & am going to take them to the library. Not going to waste my time for pennies.
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rhpepsi
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posted on December 18, 2003 01:49:34 PM new
Why has no-one mentioned eBay's HALF.com...is it that bad?...no listing fees...list by ISBN...everything else is done for you...sits on there for months???
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stopwhining
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posted on December 18, 2003 02:01:49 PM new
they are trying to tell him his books wont sell,no matter where you list them.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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Roadsmith
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posted on December 18, 2003 06:10:41 PM new
What's so bad about Half.com? Well, for one thing, it's tanked in the last 6 months for a lot of us sellers. I'm not listing there any longer and am about to pull out the rest of my inventory.
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"I have resolved to allow my friends their peculiarities." -- Samuel Johnson
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ewora
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posted on December 19, 2003 10:09:32 AM new
What's so bad about Half.com?? They are trying to transition (force) their sellers over to ebay auctions. They just up and deleted about 400 books from my inventory without letting me know which ones they were. I had to put the entire lot on vacation hold and will be heading over to Amazon.
There is a thread about the entire mess over at the booksellers forum on ebay.
http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jsp?forum=4&thread=2311577&modifed=20031217005529
[ edited by ewora on Dec 19, 2003 10:09 AM ]
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