Books / CDs - best places to sell them

Lulu58

Hi, I've been having a big clear out of books and CDs and have several boxes of each which I'm hoping may generate a bit of cash.  
I've looked online, including reading a post on here but the last entry was in 2009.
I was wondering if anyone has recently tried selling books online and what the lowdown is on the good, the bad and the ugly.

mjm3346

Unless they are something special probably not much cash  - you could look at musicmagpie/e-bay etc to get some idea what they are selling for

Lulu58

mjm3346 said:

Unless they are something special probably not much cash  - you could look at musicmagpie/e-bay etc to get some idea what they are selling for

Thanks, mjm3346. Some are unusual and there are quite a few business books. I'd heard sites like music magpie don't pay out much, but I'll check.

lincroft1710

Lulu58 said:

mjm3346 said:

Unless they are something special probably not much cash  - you could look at musicmagpie/e-bay etc to get some idea what they are selling for

Thanks, mjm3346. Some are unusual and there are quite a few business books. I'd heard sites like music magpie don't pay out much, but I'll check.

Some business books can date quite quickly, so may not be worth much.

JohanXV

I looked at different platforms for this, but the benefits from each of them are small, so if you value it, then the money is not worth it

lincroft1710

Some of these "cash for clothes" companies buy books. One near me pays 10p per kilo! You would need 100 kg of books just to get £10!!

MalMonroe

music magpie is good. You say they don't pay out much but isn't that better than zero? My daughter and I had a big clearout and had a pile of books. Music magpie paid us just over £30 and they collected them free of charge. It's a great way to get rid of things you don't want. Sometimes they will give only pence for an item but sometimes they will pay a couple of pounds. Depends on demand at the time. 

If all else fails, there's always the charity shops. You can donate there but obviously you won't get anything back.