Selling old books

[eldavis]

Books today seems outdated, with the invention of ebooks in different files such as PDF, EPUB and the likes, most people tend to go for ebooks instead. There are some old books today that cannot be found as ebooks, you could start up a business selling these books to libraries or even museums. You could even make money selling your old books at home as well.

 

[timewo]

There is still a lot of demand for academic books and reference books, the shops selling used books are doing good business. Students find it easier to study from printed books.

 

[HansonU99]

I had no knowledge about this business but someone told me before that we can sold our old books for cash I only know were someone can teach and .make money

 

[Stardom22]

I too have a feeling that the business of selling old books can be more lucrative and profitable in most parts of the world because most people have reverted to reading books online leaving a large offline market audience for the same.

 

[nomad]

The market for books has certainly gone down over the years but books are still a profitable business. For instance school and college text books are still sold as print books and there is a lot of money to be made.

 

[riberet19]

There are many physical books that have been revalued today, many are sought after by collectors also who could pay a good amount for them, so I don't think that books will ever go out of style, in fact, I prefer a physical book to a digital one, and like me, there are many people who prefer them that way.

 

[aovurevu]

Books today seems outdated, with the invention of ebooks in different files such as PDF, EPUB and the likes, most people tend to go for ebooks instead. There are some old books today that cannot be found as ebooks, you could start up a business selling these books to libraries or even museums. You could even make money selling your old books at home as well.

There are old books that contain information and are also valuable that can't even be found online, this is a good idea but these books should not be in anyway reprinted without taking consent .

 

[olaniyi]

You can even try to convert these books to a PDF or any format that will make it more easier for people to Access and that will also be a source of income

 

[Stardom22]

The books are nowadays not selling as they used to be. This is because most people/ readers have reverted to the digital kind of books that really taking up more space.

 

[SHAHID987]

I used to read a lot of books those which are now available in the form of ebook now I am very comfortable to read it in no price, so I will sell all my books in bookstore, but here reality is different as they will give very little money for it.

 

[eldavis]

I used to read a lot of books those which are now available in the form of ebook now I am very comfortable to read it in no price, so I will sell all my books in bookstore, but here reality is different as they will give very little money for it.

There was a seminar I usually attend, back then they usually gives bags of books to their members but recently they no longer do that. What they do now is give out flash drives. These drives contains more than hundred books.

 

[Stardom22]

There was a seminar I usually attend, back then they usually gives bags of books to their members but recently they no longer do that. What they do now is give out flash drives. These drives contains more than hundred books.

For me l would prefer reading the hard copies of books. So the fact that someone gives me the flash disks containing books doesn't help me at all. The technology to that level really leaves me behind.

 

[eldavis]

For me l would prefer reading the hard copies of books. So the fact that someone gives me the flash disks containing books doesn't help me at all. The technology to that level really leaves me behind.

yea not everyone likes it though, for me I usually prefer the flash drive when traveling, cause I won't have to carry much loads and it would be easy to move around with.

 

[Starmix]

I don't sell my old books. They serve as reference when there's something I want to research. It's different to keep real books than eBooks. They're authored by intelligent people, and much needed by the academicians.

 

[freelancermaria]

I suppose selling old books could be a great idea. You could potentially sell them to students who need them or even approach libraries as a potential buyer. I must admit, I do not have any experience with it.

 

[Shavkat]

I am selling my collected old novels. I am selling the soft bound ones and planning the hard bound ones.