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Has anyone ever done this? I have am in the process of spring cleaning and I have a large number of hard cover children's picture books in excellent condition that I need to start thinning out. I doubt I will get much for them selling them at a tag sale and I wondered if this might be a good way to go. I am interested in any feedback on the process of selling them through Amazon.
It's been a few years, but in used to sell used books on Amazon.
Depending on the worth of the book (and you can check that there by looking at the prices others are selling their used copy for), you would probably make more than a 'lot' sale at eBay.
I've sold books through Amazon (UK), one quite recently. It's pretty straightforward, you can set a price of your choice and then you wait for someone to choose yours. I did it to get rid of stuff rather than make a profit, so I priced low and they sold quite quickly. Makes me a few pennies and clears a space in my house!
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I did it to get rid of stuff rather than make a profit, so I priced low and they sold quite quickly. Makes me a few pennies and clears a space in my house!
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This is really what I am looking to do. Not sure if it works the same in the UK but did you ship the items to customers yourself or send them to Amazon for them to ship? My inclination would be just to send them to Amazon but wondering what makes the most sense.
You post directly to the buyer - Amazon emails you their details once they've paid, and then when you mark it as despatched Amazon passes the money to you. If I remember right, the buyer pays a set postage fee, and Amazon credits you a certain amount (based on their calculation of the size/weight) so you're not out of pocket for having to post the book (I think, it's slipped my mind now!). They deduct a fee as well though, so whatever you set as your selling price is not necessarily what you will receive (though the postage credit does bump it back up a bit). It's definitely not a way to make a living..!
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You post directly to the buyer - Amazon emails you their details once they've paid, and then when you mark it as despatched Amazon passes the money to you. If I remember right, the buyer pays a set postage fee, and Amazon credits you a certain amount (based on their calculation of the size/weight) so you're not out of pocket for having to post the book (I think, it's slipped my mind now!). They deduct a fee as well though, so whatever you set as your selling price is not necessarily what you will receive (though the postage credit does bump it back up a bit). It's definitely not a way to make a living..!
All of that is pretty good info. I've been selling a few things on there recently. I've been pretty happy with the process so far. And as far as the fees are concerned; because you set all of the prices up front, Amazon will tell you right away what the fees will be when the item sells. So there's not guessing or anything.
Also to note, Amazon pays on a weekly basis. You don't get the money right away. And to add to that; your very first payment, after you make your seller account comes like 28 days later. Only that first payment though. It's weekly afterwards.
There is some type of option for Amazon to ship the item. I'm not totally sure on all the details though. But I've been shipping everything myself.
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To be honest, I've only ever sold more specialist books through Amazon - ones that I've used for courses I've done and want to get some return on. Anything else generally goes to the charity shop...it's easier and I like the feeling of knowing I've helped someone. [emoji4]
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I believe in donating books to the public library. If they're not suitable for adding to the library, there may be a Friends of the Library group that has periodic sales to benefit the library system.
That way, I needn't mess with setting prices nor mailouts, and I know the books will indirectly provide ME with more good reading by enabling the library system to offer and support more services.
Easy philanthropy is how I look at it.
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I tried that when I had a few boxes full to get rid of a couple of years ago but my gosh they didn't make it easy - every person I asked was incredibly reluctant to show any interest. I couldn't take them to my local library, they had to go to a different one at a certain time where a specific person worked so that she could decide which ones they wanted. Then she was very picky about accepting them. I felt like saying "look I'm doing you a favour by driving out of my way to bring all these here - it's free stock, just take it all and bin anything you don't want".
I appreciate that they're busy (though all the gossiping going on every time you walk in would imply otherwise) so might not want to have to sort through stuff, but with all the constant reports of budget cuts and libraries closing you would have thought they'd have shown a bit more gratitude to someone trying to help..! [emoji19]
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I've donated books to the library before, but there are only specific times of year when they will accept them. Any good quality paperback picture books I have, I put in my "birthday treasure chest". I let my students choose a book on their birthday.
I've decided that the Amazon thing won't work out. I've decided I might "bundle" some of my "teacher books" by topic and try Craig's List. I'm also going to check with my library to see when they are taking donations.
I tried that when I had a few boxes full to get rid of a couple of years ago but my gosh they didn't make it easy - every person I asked was incredibly reluctant to show any interest. I couldn't take them to my local library, they had to go to a different one at a certain time where a specific person worked so that she could decide which ones they wanted. Then she was very picky about accepting them. I felt like saying "look I'm doing you a favour by driving out of my way to bring all these here - it's free stock, just take it all and bin anything you don't want".
I appreciate that they're busy (though all the gossiping going on every time you walk in would imply otherwise) so might not want to have to sort through stuff, but with all the constant reports of budget cuts and libraries closing you would have thought they'd have shown a bit more gratitude to someone trying to help..!
Having been a school librarian and briefly a church one, I can understand why a community library might be reluctant to take donated materials.
The bindings on commercially sold books often aren't durable enough to hold up with as much circulation as books get with oftentimes not very careful handling. Libraries may be restricted by policies and procedures from accepting donated items.
Also, it can be very time-consuming to sort through donations to be certain they're in good enough condition to be added to the collection. Even if they are, preparing books for checkout takes time and money, too. It's generally much more cost effective to buy materials from the library's regular suppliers.
Despite frequent reminders to church members that we would not accept anything and everything, particularly not underlined or highlighted books, people dumped huge boxes of ancient textbooks and others in poor condition on us expecting effusive gratitude for them.
There are many such considerations that may severely limit the extent to which a library can accept donated books.
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