Amazon or Ebay?
 

I have hundreds, if not thousands of books. :o I haven't counted them, but boxes and boxes. I used to have a formal library in our house. The books in there were all hardback. Since we moved, I have only bought paperback.

I need to sell them. I have donated a lot, but I need the moola.

Which would be better? Amazon or Ebay? One of our Yoga instructors works for Half Price Boooks. They have so much stock right not, I would be luck to get 5c per book. Many they would just offer to recycle. :(

I do have many first editoins and some are antique.

Oh, I also need to sell my Curious George collection. :(

if you are going to auction it, ebay gets more notice

if you are going to sell it in bulk, I would go with amazon.

all those rare books might do better on ebay.

You can try both also, I've notice a lot of dealers do ebay and Amazon...

antique books?? :(

bring them here when you come, we have an antique book dealer...she pays %35-50% of value...

I have sold books on both
eBay is more profitable IMO although Amazon sells well.
Amazon's fees are a bit steeper, especially since eBay recently reduced their fees for books.
I dont sell on auction tho, only fixed price which is currently 15c /30days insertion fee for books while amazon is 99c plus higher commission too. the advantage with Amazon is real easy to list tho longer listing period
Also on Amazon you dont pay the insertion fee till it sells

If you have sets or rare ones maybe try a few ads on craigslist?
to see if any hits that way?

Or are you thinking a bulk sale of everything at once?

I sell a lot of books on half.com, which is part of eBay. I have had good luck. Buyer pays pre-set media shipping costs. When you list the books, the program gives you a range of prices for that book based on the condition of the book and tells you what it is currently selling for and what the last copy of that book sold for and how many are currently listed. You can also set your own price and you don't have to take pictures. You can use the "copyrighted" dust jacket photo of the book as your listing picture. It's really pretty easy.

If you have rare books, or first editions, I would try Craigslist, or an auction on Ebay. You'd probably make more money.

Too much to sell all at once and ship. Where I live is gated and they frown on having pick up here from craigslist, but I can use the gym for that. :D

I'll look at half.com Cheryl, I forgot about that. I really like the idea of not having to take pictures. I know I will have to do that for the old books. I might try and post some at a few different places.

My goal is to get it all sold before we move in the beginning of summer. No way are we moving this stuff again.

both Amazon and eBay main site will give you the
"stock" photo and prefilled info when you enter the ISBN number

dont ever have to take photos for books with either of them and limit description just to condition, as all the other info is "prefilled"

Oh No~!!! Not your Curious George collection! I love my Curious George monkey. ((Curious)) :hug:

Pretty sad huh Doody? You and Bizi have two of my oldest ones. :hug:

I have given some as gifts, but I'm having to part with the rest now. :(

Hey, I know someone in Iowa who would be happy to add another monkey to your collection. I love him but he would go to a good cause...you! :hug:

This is a weird question but does the curious george look like the little ones
now. Or is it bigger.

The face is different. So is the body. They make many different sizes. I have one that is really big. :D

Even the originals. The one maker was pretty standard in sizing. Knickerbocker.

I'll see if I have a picture of just him. I know Doody posted a picture of the one I sent her.

Here is one. The yellow shirt was rarer than the red. His nose isn't showing up very well. lol
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...irdd/DB806.jpg

This shows part of my collection:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...rdd/cgroom.jpg

Heh. A lot of bears here but someone else snuck into the picture.

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/101_1844.jpg

And THEN someone else snuck into the picture. :D

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/101_1847.jpg

ahhhhhhhhhh.... all your pics are darling girls....
Curious... such a shame you have to sell off your collection! darn!

I think half.com might be your best bet.... that said, the book market is quite saturated.... can't even give them away to the local used book stores here. Having a set price is a great idea.... and if you do list them on eBay - remember to have a few auctions as that will draw the people to look in your store.

Moving sucks... I just moved and had to pack up all the knitting books that I sell... man, they are heavy!

ok... back to my regular forum ;)

:sing: Addy

I love the curious george stuff.

ESpecially the Yellow George and the cup.

They are so precious.

Donna

I would be very interested in any old children's books if you have any.

Just saw this thread! For some items, I think that www.half.com is better than Amazon or ebay. Check it out if you haven't -- it's an ebay company.

Oops...nevermind...I see it was already mentioned! :o

With these sorts of items, my Friends of the Library group does much better dealing with AbeBooks.com

Curious George
 

Hello, I would be interested in purchasing your curious george collection, are you still interested in selling?

Thanks,

Brian

Hi,
That original post was from 2008, so probably gone by now.

In case anyone reads this...Half.Com is the best place to sell books along with ABE.com for collectable and older books. Ebay is ok for selling but the book market is lacking...Amazon takes too much out of the sellers pocket for shipping and not worth the effort :)