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What’s the best place to sell used fiction books, paperbacks, and novels?  Start with Cash4Books.net.  We have an iPhone barcode scanner, as well as an Android barcode scanner, for some quick price checks. If we are buying the books, and you like the price you see, you can sell them immediately.  We offer FREE shipping to our warehouse with our simple prepaid label that you can print from home.  After we receive the books, payment is quickly sent out by your choice of check or PayPal.

Sell Paperback Books

A reliable and trusted buyer of quality used books since 2004, Cash4Books.net has purchased over 1.5 million books from 230,000 customers. We offer our services to college students selling college textbooks, but equally so to everyday people selling hardcover/paperback fiction and non-fiction. Located in Beaverton, Oregon, we are a locally-owned business with 42 employees. Cash4Books.net is committed to providing a simple, secure, and convenient way for anyone to sell their books to us with confidence and receive instant price quotes, fast payment, and exceptional customer service. Read more about us here, some media coverage, and some reviews.

Sell Used Novels

There are a growing number of companies buying used textbooks, but not a lot that will buy used novels.  We are proud to offer the service of buying and selling used novels, and we have done so since we launched our website in March 2004.

Here are some Cash4Books offer prices for some popular fiction titles (Sessalee’s Picks at Barnes & Noble). These Cash4Books offer prices were sampled on November 3, 2012, and are provided as examples only. Our offer prices are subject to change:

Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn.
Offer: $5.72

Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett.
Offer: $8.35

The Secret Keeper: A Novel by Kate Morton.
Offer: $7.85

In Sunlight and in Shadow by Mark Helprin.
Offer: $4.72

Sutton by J.R. Moehringer.
Offer: $3.65

Sell used fiction books in three easy steps:

1. Enter books to sell

2. Ship for FREE

3. Get paid

Visit the Cash4Books.net homepage to get started today!

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I love birthdays- especially mine.

I’ll confess (to the surprise of absolutely no one who knows me) that I love getting gifts. But as I’ve grown older (or maybe just since I started living in Portland), I’ve been volunteering more, which I’ve found to be as rewarding- if not more so- than unwrapping presents.

I don’t know if it’s an actual trend but I’ve been reading a lot of instances in which people who are celebrating some sort of occasion in their lives would ask their family and friends to donate money to a particular charity they’ve chosen in lieu of gifts. I always like to point out to people that money isn’t the only thing they can donate. Time is a valuable commodity as well.

What I decided to do for my recent birthday was have a special volunteer session at one of my favorite local non-profit organizations- the Children’s Book Bank. I knew my core group of friends was already of the charitable sort so it wasn’t that hard to convince them to do this for me. I wanted to do something that made a difference, to make some sort of impact, and I wanted to share the experience with others. I, for one, enjoyed myself and appreciated my friends more in the process.

If there’s a charitable cause or charity you’re passionate about, ask the organization if they hold birthday volunteer sessions. Let your friends know what you’re planning and why it’s important to you. It doesn’t have to be a four-month advance notice like mine. (I told you, I love birthdays!) More importantly, have fun!

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We love that you want to sell your books to us! It’s a winning situation all around: you clear space and get cash and we sell your books to others who want to read them.  Less waste is sent to our landfills as the lifecyle of each book is expanded. But have you ever thought about all of the other things lying around your house that you don’t need? What about those used electronics?

This would also be a cool way to recycle your electronics. It might take a bit more time than selling them to BuyMyTronics.com. Photo: Ross

Well now thanks to our friends at BuyMyTronics.com you can recycle your electronics for cash. BuyMyTronics is an electronics buyback company where you can sell your used electronics including iPods, iPads, smartphones and digital cameras. Check them out here and earn some cash for living green.

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Recently, I spoke with a friend of mine that works for a state & local funded organization.  This organization (to remain unnamed) is quite large in the Portland Metro area.  He described that there were a number of times they had technical & professional books that were just “thrown away” because they didn’t know where to donate books. Their organization has a layer of red tape that does not allow books to be sold for profit.  I told him that he should have sold the books to my company, Cash4Books.net, and then donated the money to charity.  I am sure that the Management team would have at least listened to a better solution such as giving the money to a charity.  This story brings me to this Green Frugal post about turning used books into donation dollars for your favorite charity.

Whether you are an individual with a bookshelf full of books, or if you can relate to the story above, please consider selling used books and donating the money collected to charity!

Turn used books into donation dollars for charity

Follow these easy steps to turn new or used books into donation dollars to help your favorite charity:

1. Sell used books at Cash4Books. Optionally use our iPhone app or Android app to price the books quickly and easily.
2. Ship the books for FREE, using our prepaid FedEx or USPS label.
3. Get paid via check or PayPal.
4. Write a check in the same amount to your favorite charity, or use Charity Navigator to find a top-notch charity.
5. Give the leftover books, that Cash4Books didn’t accept, to Goodwill or another local brick-n-mortar donation spot.

Charity Navigator provides addresses to mail donations to. Simply click into the charity, and then look in the left column.

For example,  MAP International‘s donation address shown as the following:

Mail MAP International donations to:
P.O. Box 7020
Albert Lea, MN 56007

Doing it this way ensures that you or your business/organization gets the tax write-off for the charity donation.  After receiving the check or PayPal payment from Cash4Books, you simply pass on the money to your charity.

Resources for finding books to sell

• Example books we buy
• Recent 500 list of books we buy
• Android app
• iPhone app
• How-to video

Please leave a comment below to let us know if you will be selling some books to donate to charity. Thanks!