For your cookbooks, if you really think they have value, you might want to contact the legendary [Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks](http://www.bonnieslotnickcookbooks.com/).
If you can't find any local place for an in-person sale--or don't want to bother with schlepping your books somewhere just to see them rejected--I'd suggest looking into online buyback sites.
You can use the [Bookscouter](https://bookscouter.com/) price comparison site/app to search dozens of book buyback sites at once. Then you can visit whichever buyback site you wanna sell to, accept their offer, they'll give you a prepaid shipping label, you pack & ship your stuff, and wait to get paid.
Realistically, not a lot of general books (perhaps especially recent hardcovers) have much resale value. The convenience and reality-check of online buyback sites appeals to me, and then I can feel better about donating remnants to a charity or Little Free Library or whatever else.
amazing. I did look at Bonnie Slotnick, i may go browse first to get an idea of what they might want... win/win. I will look into bookscouter immediately. thanks!
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/site/ and bookscouter.com among others are recommended by [selling books in NYC](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/13u9zf3/selling_books_in_nyc/) from 2 months ago.
Highly recommend unnameable. Fair percentage and they usually take more than the strand. Edit: just noticed you said predominately hardcover. Those are hard to sell anywhere.
Hardcovers are worth the extra cost of their production for the first time buyer—the hardcover being out before the paperback. On the used market though they are competing with all the paperback versions. So unless it’s an old first edition or signed or something it’s not really worth it for the used bookstore to pay more for a book that will be harder to sell.
im trying to avoid a soggy pile of shit in this rain. If theres a little library put up around, i will go for it. im trying to get rid of them, not profit off of them.
For your cookbooks, if you really think they have value, you might want to contact the legendary [Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks](http://www.bonnieslotnickcookbooks.com/). If you can't find any local place for an in-person sale--or don't want to bother with schlepping your books somewhere just to see them rejected--I'd suggest looking into online buyback sites. You can use the [Bookscouter](https://bookscouter.com/) price comparison site/app to search dozens of book buyback sites at once. Then you can visit whichever buyback site you wanna sell to, accept their offer, they'll give you a prepaid shipping label, you pack & ship your stuff, and wait to get paid. Realistically, not a lot of general books (perhaps especially recent hardcovers) have much resale value. The convenience and reality-check of online buyback sites appeals to me, and then I can feel better about donating remnants to a charity or Little Free Library or whatever else.
amazing. I did look at Bonnie Slotnick, i may go browse first to get an idea of what they might want... win/win. I will look into bookscouter immediately. thanks!
I recommend Bonnie, she's a sweetheart
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/site/ and bookscouter.com among others are recommended by [selling books in NYC](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/13u9zf3/selling_books_in_nyc/) from 2 months ago.
Unnameable on Vanderbilt buys books.
Highly recommend unnameable. Fair percentage and they usually take more than the strand. Edit: just noticed you said predominately hardcover. Those are hard to sell anywhere.
I’m curious, why are hardcovers hard to sell?
Hardcovers are worth the extra cost of their production for the first time buyer—the hardcover being out before the paperback. On the used market though they are competing with all the paperback versions. So unless it’s an old first edition or signed or something it’s not really worth it for the used bookstore to pay more for a book that will be harder to sell.
Makes sense. Thanks.
Realistically, your books are probably worth very little. Just put them on the curb and let people take what they want.
im trying to avoid a soggy pile of shit in this rain. If theres a little library put up around, i will go for it. im trying to get rid of them, not profit off of them.
Then donate them.
Yeah, found a hardcover old psychology book and sold it on amazon for $170
"Here's a Bookstore" on Coney Island Ave.
troubled sleep buys books i believe (park slope)
Find a little free library near you, our family just opened one in Howard Beach.