[Katsunami]

I've contacted a second hand store to see what my paperbacks would fetch.

Me: "I've got a lot of paperbacks in English, many complete series, in very good to excellent condition. The current price is between €6.99 and €9.99. What can I expect to get if I sell them to you? (I was hoping for €1, maybe €1.50.)

Answer: "I don't want them. E-Readers provide the ability to get books in other countries for very low prices, so they destroyed the second hand book market. And then I'm not even talking about just illegaly downloading the books. It doesn't matter how cheap you are: free is still cheaper."

He only wanted "special" books, about the local district, written in the local dialect, collector's items, that sort of stuff. Same with DVD's. ("Something special? If not, and they're just movies, I'll give you €0.25, if you have at least 10. Then I can sell them in a batch of 10 for €5.)

Even selling the most expensive books I have (around €17 new, can be sold at €10, maybe €12) will fetch me €5 at most after deducting postage and public transport costs to get them posted... IF I can actually sell them, but those are only a few. Maybe I'll try it and see what happens with those.

In short: I think I'm going to give most of the books and DVD's to a local charity book shop. Their entire profit goes to charity. Better to put them there than to just throw them out with the old paper.