Sell Your Books For Instant Cash

by ryank

Sell your old unwanted books for instant cash! A great way to make money from your old junk.

Did you know that there are hundreds of millions of brand new books sold each year? That doesn't include the secondhand market, which must be just as large in terms of units traded. So what happens to those books? I am guessing that the vast majority sit on a bookshelf for decades, collecting dust. Some may well be sold on, others - unfortunately - end up being thrown out in the rubbish to clog up another landfill site. In my opinion there are only acceptable options when it comes to disposing of books, one is to donate them to charity shops and another is to pass them on to friends for them to enjoy. The third is to simply sell them, and recoup some of your hard earned cash. The third option has become increasingly popular in recent years as a result of the tough economic climate, so much so that selling on the saturated eBay has become non-viable or at very least unprofitable.

How To Sell Your Books

Selling on Amazon.com is still a viable option for those with plenty of time on your hands, and their selling fees are reasonable. But that really is a time consuming option, buy the time you have listed each book individually and then awaited a buyer - a process which sometimes takes months - and then packaged them all up and driven them to the mail office. Remember that you need to ship your items promptly too, and that can mean numerous trips using expensive gas. The profit margin could well be there, for those intending to sell off a large quantity of books, but I wouldn't like to attempt this on a large scale unless I was semi-retired or a student. Another viable alternative is Abebooks, which is owned by - and is almost identical to - Amazon.com. These are options, granted. They are not however, in my own humble opinion, the best options. The best option for most is to sell your books as an entire collection to a business who will subsequently achieve a decent profit by reselling as a result of a full time dedication and economies of scale. So where do I find somebody to buy my books? Easy, I will tell you.

Sell Your Old Books Instantly

The solution is to sell to the company SellBackYourBook.com which will give you an instant price for your books, simply enter the ISBN numbers of each book and they will quote you for each book individually. You can accept offers on a book-by-book basis, and can sell any quantity of books - even just one. You simply accept the offers that you find attractive, print a free postage label, and post them at no cost to yourself. The business will then sort your books, and send you a cheque for the agreed price! As there is absolutely no cost to yourself, every single cent is profit. You may also be surprised to see that the prices paid for most books are very competitive, and at times much higher than you could expect to achieve by selling yourself; even before your selling costs are calculated. This site is for American based individuals only unfortunately, which rules me out, but I did trial 20 ISBN numbers of books that I actually own and was offered an average of $3.55 per book. If you have a large quantity of books to sell, or a small quantity of expensive books such as recent academic texts, then you could end up receiving a nice big cheque! Well, there is only one way to find out, and that is to head over to the site and get an instant price for your books.

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