Looking for advice from people who have sold their books on Amazon.
I have about 70 books I'd like to shift, and I believe Amazon is the most reliable and efficient way to resell.
The fees and procedures seem a bit different to their other products.
I thought I would just set up as a casual seller and do my own post. What are others experiences, suggestions?
Forgot to mention, books are coffee table books on art and design, many out of print.
Or just eBay?
Thanks in advance.
It's been flagged.
OP why do you believe the things you say in your post?
Online articles, discussions on Reddit…
To be fair they are both very reliable sources.
If you're looking for other people's experiences they're probably OK
How did you come to the conclusion selling a few old books would be best for Amazon? How on Earth did you think that rather than eBay?
and I believe Amazon is the most reliable and efficient way to resell
Random bunch of one off books as a private seller?
Seems unlikely that Amazon is the logical marketplace choice.
Well maybe I'll try eBay and Amazon. I thought people went to Amazon for expensive specialty out of print books, but maybe that's been in the past.
It's never been the case.
Why is that? The fees are a little higher than eBay. You keep saying Amazon is no good without giving any reasons. Al the results I get for searching this topic mention Amazon. I asked for advice and experiences, if you can't explain what's the point?
You have 70 books. Amazon is for selling 7000 of the same book. You wouldn't go into a book store and say can you sell my books would you?
Give us a link that shows people selling assorted used books on Amazon
I'm in a similar position with my patner's book collection being over 1000 of assorted childrens books (as a teacher).
i'm trying to work out some way to scan all the barcodes of them and see values as second hand books via Amazon, they're all in top condition like read once in class or so and then stored.. some at random googling show 2-3x what we paid for them since out of print etc.
Type the ISBNs into bookfinder.com
Will allow you to see prices new and secondhand on online listings (includes eBay, abebooks, Amazon etc)
Yeah been researching an iPhone app to scan them all but seem to all tie to USA Amazon and have subscriptions etc
Maybe a weekend project but yeah comfortably 500 books
Would love to scan them all and just get alerts if they’re worth more than we paid for it etc
I think you can use app plus Bluetooth scanner.
I didn't reply to this thread as I found the comments unhelpful. I plan to list my books on both Amazon and eBay. Fees are slightly higher on Amazon but I would think it has a much wider reach, especially for rare or specialty books. You can advertise globally on eBay for no extra charge.
Have you taken any of the books into the toilet?
Devalues the book significantly