Is there a good place to sell books or is the charity shop the best option?

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Got loads but calculating postage etc feels like a pita.Wondering if I should just do my bit and charity shop or is there anywhere easy with a good return?

You can try a site/app like Webuybooks but you're unlikely to get much for them... Only pennies for most, with the odd few gettings 50p or £1... (And lots that they just won't take). Charity shop would be simpler...

Depends what the books are.
Sadly the vast majority of second hand books are virtually worthless. We thin our collection every now and then via the charity shop. I have sold books on ebay occasionally but only worth it for £20 plus books in my view.

Selling loads of stuff atm as downsizing for a move in the next year or so. Unless they’re specialist (in which case they do sell on eBay) we’ve found books don’t sell that well individually because of postage cost probably and the likes of Amazon being more cost effective. So we’ve done music magpie, though they turn down a lot of them. There’s literally a site called WeBuyBooks, going to give them a go and see if there’s anyone similar that has a better rate.

Good Luck finding a charity shop which takes books - not all of them so!

Ok I’ve got adhd too and trying to declutter Spending weeks for a few pence probably isn’t worth the clutter.

Want them to be valued though iykwim. Most are quite nice kids books.

Could try on local fb? Often see bundles of books by same author for £5 - £10. If vgc that can make it a bargain for 4 or 5 Julia Donaldson books (for example).

I use Ziffit, I usually average 50p to £1 per book. It works well if you have a lot to get rid of and there is no postage costs.

Has anybody used Ziffitt? J hi ow does it work?

The apps are quick. You scan and it adds it to a running total. DH got £100ish for three boxes I think. His were a mix of factual and fiction.

I just put them in a box at the end of my drive. Same for all sorts of things, toys, household stuff etc. It always goes!

Otherwise, I sometimes ask the local library if they would like any - again if good condition and just trying to get them out of my house! Or dependent on age, our school might sometimes take them. I always ask first though - not just turn up with a large bagful!

What happens with collection?

I'd get Ziffit and Webuybooks apps, scan your pile for one app then do it for the next. Some books will be priced differently in each app, some will be wanted by one app and not by the other and vv. So it can be a faff working out who wants which books and where the money is. You can also scan audio book CDs, music CDs and DVDs.

They will want you to box them up. I think one gives you a label to attach and one uses DPD who print their own label on collection - both collect from your home.

For ziffitt

Wow that’s ideal

Music Magpie won't give you much but it is super quick and easy. You set up an account, scan the barcodes, wrap them up and take them to the post office in a single parcel with free postage. It tells you on the spot whether they want them or not - normally less than a quid a book, sometimes only a couple of pence, but it's very ADHD friendly and you could run through a huge pile in an hour, splitting into "sell"/"donate".

I haven't tried We Buy Books.

But if they're kids books your kids' old primary school might want them.

Vinted is great. Postage is super simple as well as they calculate for you

I use Ziffit

I'd get both a ziffit and music magpie account, one will often take what the other won't. It s very quick, scan bar code, yes into box to post, no, into bag for donating. I did a box of over a 100 DVDs recently, only 30 were accepted, and I got about a Tenner for it. So it won't be much But they pay for postage, and it's just a scan and take to Post Office.

Vinted might be worth it if they are the kind of books that you would search for by name- I've bought communications theory, or psychology theory books before-but for fiction/novels or anything you'd just browse for it's not worth it. By the time you've added fees and post someone might as well have bought new And if you're lucky you'd get a pound from it.

I would say to donate, it would be better to go to a library, sure start centre, small local charity or food bank as even if the charity shop accept them they'll probably just throw them in the bin. They don't sell.

I wait til I’ve got a big pile and then scan them into the Music Magpie app. You get hardly any money for them, but it’s an easy way to sell them on - just stick them in a box and take them to the post office. It’s an easy tenner now and then.

I work in a library. We are not allowed to accept donations as it costs us to put covers & tags on them & add to our system etc.

The apps You just scan ISBN to see how much

We managed to give lots of DD's books away when she had a big clear out twice.

The first were mainly toddler books and went to a women's rescue who kept them as part of a libary for children staying. We also have a baby bank charity who often asks for books for older siblings when the mum/parents are referred for practical help with a pregnancy/new baby.

Her primary school age books went to a primary school library, the Beaver leader in her Scout group is a teacher there.

A friend donated books to a retirement home for their common room bookshelves.

You could ask in a local FB group if anyone knows places who take books.

A car boot sale 50p to £1 per book.