Best way to sell books?

suejb2

I have sold a few on http://greenmetropolis.co.uk take a look

Sublime_2

Pickled_Hen wrote: »

People seem much more 'desperate' on ebay, I would say your probably easily get rid of them on there

Exactly the reason why, for those sort of books!

Quenastoise

The beauty of Amazon listing is that once the sale is uploaded to the site it stays there for as long as you like, whereas if you don't sell after say 10 days on Ebay, you have to relist again.

I also like the quick uploading process on Amazon - you enter the ISBN number and up it goes.

Having said that, I have only sold management/productivity books on Amazon, no luck with fiction.

Most of my books go to the local charity shop but then again, I rarely buy them brand-new in the first place

Vaila

thers also the option of gumtree, ive managed to sell a few books but i guess its mostly down to luck as it attracts no where near as much traffic as ebay

conradmum

soolin wrote: »

They are steep. For instance the 1p novel i quoted above costs the buyer £2.76 but the seller only gets £1.44 and postage on a standard paperback is £1.95- so a loss.

Where's that figure from? Postage on a large letter is £0.96 1st class and £0.81 2nd class.

GavB79

The Amazon Kindle was the most-bought Christmas present - the second hand book market will dry up very soon!!!!

Jacey53

As another poster has indicated, for fiction paperbacks I would go with Greenmetropolis.

You get a fixed £3 per standard paperback book, out of which you pay the postage, but i have sold quite a few.

heretolearn_2

I'd not heard of Greenmetropolis, thanks.

soolin

conradmum wrote: »

Where's that figure from? Postage on a large letter is £0.96 1st class and £0.81 2nd class.

I sell books , a standard chart style paperback weighs more than 250g and less than 500g. It is also too thick when wrapped to go as a large letter. Therefore a standard packet would cost £1.95 2nd class and £2.24 1st class.

You are quoting large letter rates at less than 250g, so a very thin old fashioned paperback or a thin lightweight penguin classic. In the OP it says

just modern paperbacks/hardbacks

Obviously hardbacks would in most cases be even more than my 'average' figure. A Standard modern hardback for instance a Terry Pratchett weighs 622g which would cost £2.36/£2,75

soolin

Jacey53 wrote: »

As another poster has indicated, for fiction paperbacks I would go with Greenmetropolis.

You get a fixed £3 per standard paperback book, out of which you pay the postage, but i have sold quite a few.

I keep around 200 books listed on Greenmet and sell around 1 every 6 weeks. The problem is that buyers buy where the book is cheapest, so a book that will cost them £3.75 on Greenmet can often be bought for £2.76 on Amazon- so where do you think they buy? If you read the seller forums on GM you'll find they recommend you put your books on discount or make them buy 2 get one free and thus reduce your profits.

GavB79 wrote: »

The Amazon Kindle was the most-bought Christmas present - the second hand book market will dry up very soon!!!!

That's why I reluctantly gave up th ebulk of my business in November. I was paying pro merchant rates to Amazon on a stock of around 1700 books but was struggling to sell the 30 a month I needed to pay my membership. I have removed all the 1p ones nowand am culling the rest and intend to keep just a core of aorund 500-700 books hoping to sell a few a month to make it worthwhile. I bought a kindle myself as well and am not buying as many books as I used to, and coupled with the postage increase in April I fear standard chart stuff will struggle online in future.