used books
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Stacey
@xstitcher (39055)
• Petaluma, California
25 Apr 24
I just spent a bunch of money on books. Used books, grant you, but books nonetheless.
I need to continue several series' that I'm reading, and that was part of the reason for the book binge--and I still didn't get "next books"...
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Jun 23
We have a place in Tawas City, where I can buy used books. The
paperback books are cheap, about 25 cents.
I will purchase a couple books, read them and then give them to
the library.
The library has a few shelves of books,...
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Winona Morris
@nonersays (3344)
• United States
9 Sep 16
How do you feel about used book stores?
We have one we visit every 2 or 3 months. I'll usually get 4 or 5 books and my hubby will get 2 or 3.
Yesterday we found out they were going out of business. Closing doors forever in...
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
7 Jul 16
Selling used books can be profitable but you should start with the realisation that nobody (except very large volume businesses) ever got rich quickly that way! You should also be aware that stock turnover in second-hand books is...
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wildlittlefan
@wildlittlefan (4680)
• Hong Kong
7 Jul 16
I knew that many people are selling used books in many other countries and they do make some money from it. However, does it take a lot of efforts to do so is my concern about this business. Where will you get your old used books...
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ARIES1973
@ARIES1973 (11944)
• Legaspi, Philippines
6 Jun 12
I have two children, my eldest is already in college and my youngest is in second year high school. Yearly, we bought set of books for them to be used during the school year. The school would change the textbooks for the next...
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goldenapple951
@goldenapple951 (455)
• United States
1 Apr 11
Do you give them away or sell them or donate them?
If you have a little time please check out my profile to
see what I do. Books are treasure. And you don't know
what you have until you open one up. If y'all are avid
readers...
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goldenapple951
@goldenapple951 (455)
• United States
31 Mar 11
Why is selling books a really great place to make money?
Because first of all Everybody reads books....students, children,
elderly, professionals, I do mean everybody. Second the cheapest to
mail via media mail (book rate)...
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LilyoftheThorns
@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
18 Oct 10
So, I get a lot of used books from a local used book store, or a yearly used book charity sale. And I have to say I really enjoy having used books (as long as they are clean and well cared for).
One reason I like having used...
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kingparker
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
5 Oct 10
People might have some old stuff like books that they finish reading it, and they don't want to keep them anymore, they can either donate it to the local library, or they can get some money back. Try this website called...
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celestemichelle
@celestemichelle (429)
• United States
21 May 09
Where do you get your books? Do you prefer to get brand new books or browse the used book store? Do you use the library?
I love used book stores, it's cheaper than buying them new, and I can find rarer books that way too....
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byfaithonly
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
3 May 09
I have been a collector of books since around the age of 9 or 10 when my grandparents gave me my first 'real book' Heidi which I read a million times over the years. I have also moved a million times and after this last move...
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sdmoonchild
@sdmoonchild (731)
• United States
26 Nov 08
I have a solution for those people who have college textbooks that are cluttering your closet. I had just sold 4 of mine to Cash4Books.net. I received $31 for them. It is a great site-all you need to do is enter the IBN code found...
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SydneyHazelton
@SydneyHazelton (4586)
• Singapore
20 Oct 08
I have a lot of books that I would like to sell away. Which is the best sites to sell used books? Do you have any experience on selling books? How do you go about doing it and what are some of the things (listing, shipping, etc) I...
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estherlou
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
19 Oct 08
I buy used books a lot, from half.com and from Amazon.com. I decided to sell a few paperbacks. They were like new...read once and then set aside. I listed one for $1.75 to be competitive with all of the rest of the ones already...
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