So tomorrow Tyler and I are going to Roanoke two hours away for a big book sale. Actually, two big book sales. One's at the Roanoke mall and one's in Salem, which is basically the next town over. I really have no idea how much money to take to these things. I don't know what to expect, either. The one in Roanoke says it has over 20,000 books...amazing...but will I have to dig through boxes of these bad boys? We'll see.
My books have been doing well this week! Here's what I sold:
*On the Road by Jack Kerouac Original Scroll 1st edition - $16.99 (I tried to read this but just couldn't)
* The Long Run by Matt Long - $10.92
* New Nancy Drew books #'s 1-6 - $18.99
* Fun Funky Things to Draw - $10.99
* Hello Cupcake decorating book - $5.99
And I have a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows first edition that's being bid on right now. I tried to examine these and see a pattern but I didn't see squat. A mix of non-fiction, cook books and fiction kid's books? Hm.
I've read a lot of stuff that says at first, selling books on eBay is intuition. I have that about some things, but with old books I have no clue. I saw an old Poster Art book for sale at our local library a few weeks ago. It was from the '60s and I thought it was pretty cool, something that would go for maybe $20-ish, but I got home and checked completeds and, nada. Luckily I didn't buy it.
My boy's Remington hunting coat sold for $24.00 today, too! Hurray!
I'll be sure to rant/rave about the book sale tomorrow!
Do you have a SmartPhone? If so, you can download a barcode scanner and then an Amazon.com app. Scan barcodes on the Amazon app and it will tell you how much stuff sells for.
ReplyDeleteI asked Tyler and he has an app called SnapTell, which lets you take a picture of the cover of the book and, through what I can only figure to be magic, brings up the book's Alibris, Amazon and other website's prices. I'm glad you said this because I forgot he had that on there!
ReplyDeleteThe snaptell sounds interesting. I used to use the barcode scanner..but everything always came up .01. So, I just mostly buy on intution..which isn't very often..lol
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