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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i don't even try to sell my books anymore ; i find that no-one will pay very much for them, and the time it takes me to cart the heavy bag all the way to the shop is worth more to me than the few euros i might get. instead i just give them away, either to the library (for their collection, or to add to the free "book exchange" they hold every few months), or to a café which has an informal lending library. or to friends, obviously, if they want them. this is another reason why i am hoping to buy mainly ebooks from now on.
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While it isn't a huge amount, usually they are worth more if you take a credit at a used book store. That's where the value of any "used" store comes in, since a lot of the times the savings aren't that great, but if you can get a discount over that price by trading in a bunch of books you aren't going to read again anyways, it starts to be more worth it.
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i did not know that used bookstores don't like to buy hardcovers. i would have thought they would be *more* interested in them, on the contrary.
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I suspect that they don't move for some of the reasons mentioned in this thread: they tend to be bulky and not as portable as a paperback. There are only a few places around my area that will even think about taking fiction hardbacks, and one of those wouldn't accept any that had damaged cover sleaves. That is also the reason why you see a lot of discount book sellers with a lot of overstock hardbacks for cheap, because there isn't much of a secondary market. The main reason why I'd want a book in hardback is if I'm planning on keeping it a long time, since they hold up better than paperbacks, or if I'm getting the author to sign it.
Jason