How To Sell Used Books

How To Sell Used Books

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Many millions of books have come off printing presses in the US and Europe over the past four or five hundred years. Books that are obviously now defined as used.

Most of those books wont be worth any money. At least not to sell to book collectors or dealers. However, even a small percentage of those used books that could be deemed valuable, will consist of many hundreds of thousands.

And, a high percentage of those used books will be owned by people who do not know their true value.

Where are valuable used books found? Well, that is where you need to acquire a knowledge above the ordinary public. It is that acquired knowledge that enables book dealers to make a lot of money.

The age of a book has very little to do with its value. A book written and published just a few years ago may have greater value than one published 100 years ago. Book dealers, book collectors and librarians, however, do use some broad time spans to establish dates of likely importance.

What kinds of used books are usually not rare? Again, it is that acquired knowledge that enables book dealers to make a lot of money.

If you are a student of economics you'll understand the concept of supply and demand. If you're not, it doesn't matter. All we really need to know is this:

IF the book's supply in the marketplace is low and there's a history of high prices paid for this book, generally demand will create higher prices.

IF the book's supply in the marketplace is high, generally a lack of demand will create lower prices.

If a book's original printing, 50 years ago, was only a few hundred copies, there's a good chance a lot of those books will have been destroyed, and the price will be high. Of course, it will depend on the name of the author!

If a book is written by an author who is popular, and who has won awards, or if the book is read widely and is often quoted from, there is a good chance that the demand for the first editions of that author's books will be very valuable. There is one additional 'factor' that needs to be considered:

For a book to become valuable, someone must be "willing and able to pay the price to own it." Finding that book collector who is willing, and has the money to buy the book you have fortuitously found, is sometimes like finding a needle in a hay stack.

Again, it is that acquired knowledge, which enables dealers to know how to sell used books and make a lot of money.

About the Author:
Robert McMurtrie looking at how to sell used books



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