What
Oregon Books and Games Pays for Used Books
We
buy books for cash or credit that we feel we can resell. We will
purchase whole libraries or single titles.
CASH:
We pay in cash approximately 30% of what we expect to realize
for the books bought. This is based upon desirability, market
value or in-print price, condition, and our current stock levels.
CREDIT:
We offer in store credit of 25% of the cover price on paperbacks
and 50% of what we expect to realize on other books depending
upon popularity, which can be used for special orders or purchasing
any item in the store.
Example
#1: "The Partner" by John Grisham, Paperback Cover
Price $7.99
We
sell paperbacks consistently at 1/2 the cover price ($4.00).
You
would receive 98¢ in cash or $1.97 in store credit. (25%
x 7.99 = $1.97, half of credit total is 98¢ in cash)
Example
#2: "The Partner" by John Grisham, Hardback 1st
Ed Fine Cover Price $27.00
We
would anticipate selling this book for $9.00
You would receive $2.70 in cash or $4.50 in store credit.
How
Much Is It Worth?
The
value of a book is based on two main factors, condition
and rarity.
The
condition of most books is the primary contributing factor to
its value. As an example; if a fine condition copy of a
book with a dust jacket that is also fine, is valued at
$100.00, a copy without a dust jacket and stains on the cover
would have a value of $3.00 to $5.00 as a reference or reading
copy only. We recommend and use the following www.abebooks.com;
www.half.com; www.alibris.com.
Book conditions are rated as follows:
Good:
A worn, creased, books often with rolled spine, crumpled and worn
corners are expected. All pages in-tack, could have some writing
inside, could be a public library copy, could have some stains,
sun bleached, yellowing of the pages, dust jacket could be torn,
ragged, and taped. (Good reference or reading copy)
Good
to Very Good: A borderline book closer to Very Good
than Good.
Very
Good: Typical used book. A solid copy. No stains,
dust jacket or cover could have minor dents, very minor stain,
minimal writing on inside, no more than 3 minor defects.
Near
Fine: A beautiful copy. No creases, could have a
small color chip or minor pencil arrival mark, could have slight
yellowing, but not brown.
Fine:
New off the shelf quality, could show very light traces of being
read.
What
Won't We Buy?
With
so many books in the world, and our own stock continually changing,
it is impossible to say exactly what we'll be interested in at
any one time. However, we can say exactly what kinds of books
we are not interested in. Those are:
Damaged
books
Family
Bibles
Old
textbooks
Old
encyclopedia sets
Adult
series westerns (Longarm, etc)
Adult
series romances (Harlequin, etc)
Magazines
Most
book club editions
That
leaves a lot that we are interested in, so please don't hesitate
to get in touch with us
if you have a collection or a single book you're interested in
selling.
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