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Old 09-16-2013, 08:06 PM   #92
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It used to be easy and somewhat profitable to sell used paperbacks on Amazon, but these days, the big second-hand sellers are all over that market and Amazon now takes a larger chunk of the sale. I can testify that it is not worth it. By the time I use up my saved stash of envelopes and pay for gas to mail the thing, I'm lucky if I can make 40 cents to a dollar by selling a used book. There are so many copies of most everything, a lot of books sell for a penny. Amazon takes a cut of the shipping so you don't even get the full 3.99 shipping. Sometimes, out of the 3.99 postage cut, you get BARELY enough to cover the actual postage. If I didn't use up old bubble envelopes, I'd have been paying to ship books out. There are times when I was covering some of the postage from my supposed profit (hardbacks especially or any very large book like a cookbook, large paperback).

I've sold exactly ONE audio book via craigslist. It just doesn't have enough reader eyeballs to be a market for used books. I'm sure there are places where books could more readily be swapped, but I agree. It's a lot of trouble and with the price of gas and postage, it is hardly worth it (for me).
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