More advice?

[cyrano]

I know I have some bibliophiles on this list. I have about half a dozen old books. (Old meaning over 100 years.) They're not in great condition--given what I read on the web, I would say 'Good' at best. Recgnizable authors in some cases--Dumas, Scott, a collection of Greek mythology by Nathaniel Hawthorne--and I don't know if I should bother shopping them or just put them in the bin with everything else.

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[tavella.livejournal.com]

Bookbuyers *loves* paperback sf and mystery. Other stuff, especially hardbacks, not so much, far better to sell on half.com if they have any worth at all.

But I purged a third of my collection, got something close to a thousand in credit, which I either used or sold off to friends for half-price, and $100+ in cash. Granted, this was several years back -- don't know how much they are buying in the recession. I think out of something like 20 boxes of paperbacks I hauled in, I only had to take back about 2 boxes worth (they went to the library.)