Easiest way to sell books

MRSCARNEY

I have 100's of books to sell - basic fiction paperbacks. I can see from the forums that there are a number of places such as Amazon & Ebay where these can be sold but as I work full time it isn't always easy to get to the post office and there are obviously fees to pay.

What I am looking for is peoples opinions on the easiest way to sell them and taking into account fees, p&p etc which actually gets the best return.

Something like the book equivalent of music magpie would be ideal - I know they don't pay a lot but it means that you know what you will get for them in advance, you have no outlay and you can send them all in one go.

All advice and opinions welcome

Thank you


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Jay08

Not sure about fees on Amazon but eBay and Amazon are your best options they deal with massive search results on books. For fast sales those 2 are the best way to go.

Ebay you will have your standard listing fees, for postage charges you can pass this on to the customer.

Hardup_Hester

With Amazon you don't pay to list, just when you sell.

Aurelia_2

A site that was recommended in the Daily Express on January 1st is http://www.greenmetropolis.com/ You list your books at a set price, with the postage included in the cost so that both seller and buyer know what the costs involved will be. For larger/thicker books you can choose to set your own postage cost, but for normal sized paperbacks the site has worked out all costs based on the weight. You don't even need to describe the books - they have them all done for you already!

They also donate 5p from every book sale to the Woodland Trust, so you're helping a good cause too

I haven't used the site yet but plan to when I get around to selling some books (clothes and candles are on my list for the moment hehe).

There are a few other sites who offer a similar service if you google for book selling, or similar search words.

hilstep2000

I've used green metropolis, they are very good.

soolin

I use a mix of Amazon, Ebay and Greenmwtropolis although for recent paperback novels I just recycle them as they are very difficult to sell for a profit as Amazon tends to get flooded with hundreds of 1p copies.

To sell a lot of in bulk very quickly the best way has got to be an indoor boot sale. Load your car up, hire a table at a local indoor sale and sell the lot cheaply.

MRSCARNEY

A boot sale may be a good option for me. I really don't have the time to be parceling them up and going to the Post Office every few days and I expect that buyers would want them to be sent out promptly.

Thanks for all the replies so far

jessicamb

If you will struggle to post them off to people then a car boot sale may be the best option. Maybe worth checking that you arent giving away any gems that would go for millions on ebay first though

saving-mad

we have a local second hand book shop that buys books, mainly under 50p each but some a bit more, we have even done this as a fundraiser for school where people send in unwanted books then i took them to him and got £10-£20 a box for them
you may get more at a car boot and definitely easier than ebay but it all depends on how much time you want to put in and how much you expect to get.

liebe911

ejunkie will be a good option.

soolin

liebe911 please remove the link from your signature