Where it is possible to hand over books for money: possible variants

Nothing compares to reading a paper book. The rustle of pages, the smell of printing ink, the bent corner, marking the right place - all this is not understood by those who prefer electronic versions of publications.

Unfortunately, in the age of computerization many people are thinking about how to release a little bit of living space and get rid of printed books - unnecessary, in their opinion, junk. Where should I take the old books? Where can I sell books in Moscow or abroad? This issue is of concern to many today, especially young people.

Dump

Probably the first thing that comes to mind is a person considering a pile of unnecessary, in his opinion, rubbish - take it out on a "trash" and quickly forget. However, this is not the best way to solve the question of where you can hand over old unnecessary books and magazines. This method, of course, is the fastest, but there will be no use from it. Firstly, you will not be able to earn a penny on this, and secondly - there is no benefit for others around here either.

Action "Good Samaritan"

If you not only do not know where to rent old books, but also want to do a good deed, you can use one of these options:

1. Kindergarten, orphanage, shelter or school. Revise the available assortment. If among the books and magazines from which you decided to get rid, there is a literature that can interest children - you have a direct road to one of these institutions. Budgets of school and preschool institutions today are so insignificant that the replenishment of the book fund is clearly not a priority item of expenditure.

2. Temples and social services. Here they will gladly accept fiction and fiction. Then your books will be transferred to social shelters or to needy families who will accept them with gratitude. In such places there is usually no money to buy modern gadgets, and even poor people like to read.

3. Hospitals and sanatoriums. In these institutions, money for books is also missing. And what can brighten up the life of an unhealthy person more than an interesting book?

4. Libraries. Then God himself ordered to take books. However, the editions are not accepted all the same. If you decide to hand over to the reading room the shorthand of Lenin's speech at the party meeting in the city of N, you will most likely be refused. Therefore, in order not to carry the weight in vain, it is best to make a preliminary list of what you want to donate to the library, and take it to the head. Employees of the reading room will note the editions that they are ready to accept, and if there are too many of them - even they will come to your home.

Books for money

If charity is not your horse, and you are looking for where you can sell books for money, then you have to work a little. First of all, you need to go through your library. To begin with, put aside the unneeded, unpopular editions of Soviet times that you were given "in strain" to the masterpieces of world literature. These books you realize, most likely, will not succeed, so they have one road - to recycled paper. For example, in the area of the m. "Strogino" there is a point of reception in which such folios are accepted at a price of 5-7 rubles per kilogram. The easiest way to find out where the recycling center is in your area is to ask the local outcasts. They certainly know all the "points".

More expensive and interesting publications can be submitted for sale at the reception of old books or secondhand booksellers. To contact these points, you will also need a list of proposed publications. Addresses of such shops in your city can usually be found on information resources of the relevant subject.

The next way is flea markets. It is not necessary to trade there. Most often in these places there are so-called wholesale points or "points", where second-hand dealers get almost everything at a price of 10-15 rubles apiece.

If you decide to sell books published in the last year or two, you can try to participate in the action, which is regularly held by the House of Books "Medvedkovo". If you have a new work in excellent condition, and it is in the assortment of the store, you can sell it yourself to the House of Books. You will be paid half the cost, but the money will not be given in cash, but credited to a special card with which you can buy any books from the store's assortment.

And again the Internet

If all the listed variants of places where you can sell books for money, you did not fit, you can try to sell them yourself and at the price that suits you. Of course, the Internet will help you in this.

There are many different sites, trading platforms and electronic flea markets, where you can put up for sale anything, including books. However, here, most likely, you will not be able to sell everything at once, you will have to put the lots separately. Each of the books will need to be photographed, a description, a price and wait for the call from the buyers. Here is just a small list of suitable resources:

• Libex.ru.
• Alib.ru.
• Avito.ru.
• Amazon.com.
• Antik-book.ru.
• Book-bazar.com and others.

If you have a lot of books, you can try to create your own online store or arrange a sale in social networks: Facebook, Twitter, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and so on. You can suggest a topic on the forum of bookmakers or librarians.

How to evaluate an old book

If you have already found a suitable place for yourself, where you can hand over books for money, then the next step is to evaluate your library. You can, of course, refer to specially trained people - appraisers, but, first, they will have to pay, and secondly, among them there are often dishonest people who can greatly underestimate the value of your books in the hope of own or through frontmen to acquire valuable Editions on the cheap.

1. If you are going to sell a book that you have not read, try to learn its contents. So you can better understand if the work represents any value.
2. Look at the year of publication of the volume and for the years of his author's life. It is necessary to know that in vivo copies are much more expensive than those that are printed after the death of the writer. In addition, you need to find out whether the book is related to antiques. Such publications can be recognized, which appeared more than half a century ago.
3. Try to find out what the general circulation of the publication is. If such books were produced less than 10 thousand, there is a chance that you have a bibliographic rarity.
4. Carefully inspect the book, make sure that all pages are in place and are in a satisfactory condition. The cost of an antique publication in a bad and good condition is radically different. You may need to contact a restorer.
5. Think whether the book is part of any series, a multi-volume. One or two volumes from the lost series, too, are not too expensive. If the publication is a multi-volume, it is better to sell it whole.

Of course, all these recommendations relate only to old books. To appreciate the more modern, it is enough just to wander through bookstores or rummage on sites-flea markets. So you can get an idea of how much the publication can cost in principle.

Soap for soap

If you have not found a place where you can sell books for money, or have decided to do a good deed for free, you can take part in the global bookcrossing movement. This term means free exchange of literature. There are specially designated places where you can bring your books and exchange them for free to other, more interesting ones or those that you have not read yet. Such service is provided, for example, by the anti-penalty "Dial", located on Tverskaya. The addresses of other items of bookcrossing can also be searched on the Internet.

Also on the network you can find sites where unnecessary books can be exchanged for other items, for example, children's things or a table lamp. Picking up the appropriate option, you will have to meet with another user and make an exchange.

other methods

And here's another option, where to put unnecessary books. Try to communicate on the forums of designers. Sometimes some people buy whole libraries for little money. It is important not the quality of the goods, but the quantity, because the publications are used not for reading, but for making the author's interior items. For example, from old books you can make a fashionable ottoman or coffee table.

As you can see, there are a lot of places where you can attach unnecessary books (both for money and for free). You just need to find the option that is right for you.