How to Sell Used Books & Novels Online
Finding a market for your books can be a frustrating experience. However, the advent of the Internet marketplace has made book selling a more streamlined, and potentially profitable, enterprise. All you need to know is where to look and how to get the best prices possible for your books.
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Instructions
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Evaluate your book's condition. A book's condition is the ultimate determinant of its value. While there are many different types of evaluative benchmarks and labels, there are three basic levels of book. The first is "fine." This label simply means that the book has no visible damage to the cover or binding and no rips or damaged pages. Anything with the above defects is "less than fine" and has a correspondingly lower value. Missing or damaged pages are likely to make the book nearly valueless.
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Know the categories that don't sell. While you are likely to get a modest return on most used books in fine condition, there are certain types of book that don't typically sell, no matter how good the condition. Religious material, outdated encyclopedias, older textbooks, magazines and collected editions of an author's work are all unlikely to sell.
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Get a baseline estimate. There are many websites that can help you evaluate the minimum value your book is likely to have. Cash4books.net has an easy ISBN evaluator that can give you a good sense of the market's minimum.
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Attempt a marketplace sale. Look to sell your books directly to a consumer, rather than giving up your books to a book dealer. The highest profits can be achieved in the Amazon marketplace.
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If advertising in a marketplace does not produce a sale, then go to an online book-dealer, who will often buy books at their lowest market value but will guarantee you some return on your books. There are probably used book stores in your area, but your best bet would be an online bookstore, since the price is likely to be more in line with market value.
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Tips & Warnings
A number of book-swapping websites have popped up online for those more interested in finding new reading material than making money
