9 Jawaban2025-10-07
While I have spent an embarrassing amount of money on ThriftBooks, I hope they won’t be ruined by an Amazon acquisition. Right now, ThriftBooks is a beautifully simple service – you search for a book, you see a few condition options for that book at a set price, and you can buy it. Amazon would inevitably try to ‘optimize’ all of this in order to sell more Kindle books and Audible subscriptions. The potential for books to be listed at fluctuating prices in order to induce more orders would be counter to the interests of used book buyers, and the methods that Amazon uses to promote its various products would mar the already pleasant experience of browsing for used books. I hope Amazon doesn’t ruin this.
4 Jawaban2025-07-04
Start with Amazon Trade-In, easy to use and you get to use the credit towards future Amazon purchases. If you want cash for your used Kindle then other great used Kindle trade-in websites are Gazelle or Decluttr. If you are going to get paid the most for your used Kindle then consider listing your Kindle on Swappa or eBay and get the highest price for your gently used Kindle. Other used Kindle trade-in websites and local used Kindle selling apps like OfferUp or Letgo also offer a way to sell used Kindles. Be sure to fully reset your Kindle to the factory settings before sending it in for trade-in to protect your Kindle data.
8 Jawaban2026-04-06
I'm a bit surprised by people's expectations regarding the shipping of their ThriftBooks orders. For $4 used books, near free shipping is near free shipping - you can't expect overnight delivery when the base cost of the book is so low. If you order, you'll receive your books in what I consider to be a reasonable amount of time given the free shipping model of ThriftBooks. On average, it takes about 10 days for all of my orders to arrive. Some have arrived in as little as a week, while others have taken as long as 14 days. But, in every case, I've been extremely pleased with my ThriftBooks orders. If you want instant gratification, then buy an ebook. But if you're after affordable, used books in physical form and don't mind waiting a little time for them to arrive, then ThriftBooks is great.
13 Jawaban2025-08-13
Short answer: Yes. This is especially true when you're selling directly to your audience (like at events, from your own website, from your own eBay/Esty store, etc.). You can buy an ISBN and put your book up for sale on gumroad.com and elsewhere, without ever using it for distribution. We actually recommend avoiding the use of ISBNs when you're self-publishing until you know whether or not you're going to need them for wider distribution. They're not an immediate barrier to entry for most indie authors and small press publishers. But, in order to get your books into bigger retail stores and into libraries, you're going to need an ISBN. It's the universal product code for books, and it's primarily used for distribution to these sorts of places (BN, expanded Amazon distribution, library catalogs, etc.).
10 Jawaban2025-08-30
The creative culture at Pixar was fueled by a culture of candor, iterations, and protection of the earliest ideas. Although Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull outlines the manual for this creative culture, the psychological underpinnings of the artist at work within that culture were protected by first creating a safe space to trust the artist’s earliest raw ideas before bringing them to brainstorming sessions with fellow artists and writers. In fact, The Artist’s Way proved to be the tool to create such a safe space so that the artists could bring their strongest work to collaborative meetings after having survived grueling but brilliant brain trust sessions to develop stories at Pixar.
8 Jawaban2025-11-09
A few genres have dedicated forums that are gold when it comes to finding books. The science fiction and fantasy forum for SFF Chronicles has an active 'Pay It Forward' thread that isn't a formal book swap but rather a list of books that people are willing to mail out to others and then others can claim those books and then add their own list of books to mail out to others later. I've found some incredible out-of-print paperbacks through this method and met some very nice people along the way. The books arrive by mail, so it's not as fast as some of the other sites and it's not guaranteed that you'll find what you're looking for but there's a wonderful sense of community involved. I end up discussing the books with the person who sent them to me, it's like being part of a book club and having a mailing list instead of just a cold transaction of sending and receiving books.
9 Jawaban2026-02-03
Honestly? Who cares about a story that one cannot locate easily even through normal channels? If you read this instead, you’d likely get a fractured or low-quality reading experience. There are so many better stories of a similar genre out there, and they are easily accessible. Only go on a wild goose chase for this if you are absolutely certain it is some sort of masterpiece.
12 Jawaban2025-10-24
Watch out for very new bestsellers with holds. Because our system considers Express titles with a 7 day loan to be held at the branch where they were picked up, returning them to a different branch will eat up the transit time to return them. I recently learned this the hard way when a librarian scolded me for returning an Express title. For regular loans, take them wherever you want, but for Express, Lucky Day, or Hot Pick titles, try to return them to the original branch where they were picked up in order to get them back on the shelf as quickly as possible for others who are waiting.
10 Jawaban2025-11-16
I’d love to explore how the rise of the audiobook has impacted the bestseller list. While a title may not be selling a lot of print copies, when you factor in the Audible audiobook units, the numbers are quite different. Celebrity narrated memoirs or full cast productions can generate huge amounts of money for publishers. Is bestseller measured by units, by dollar, by format? An audiobook costs more than a print book, so therefore it generates more per “sale”. This isn’t the world of simply counting hardcovers on the Barnes & Noble shelf anymore.
9 Jawaban2025-08-01
I live in Brooklyn and love donating books to local spots. One of my favorite places is the Brooklyn Public Library—they accept donations at most branches, especially the Central Library on Grand Army Plaza. Another great option is 'Housing Works Bookstore Cafe' in DUMBO; they resell donated books to support HIV/AIDS initiatives. For kids' books, 'Brooklyn Book Bodega' is perfect—they distribute books to families for free.
If you prefer community sharing, check out Little Free Libraries scattered around neighborhoods like Park Slope or Williamsburg. Some thrift stores like 'Goodwill' or 'Salvation Army' also take book donations, but call ahead to confirm. Donating books here feels rewarding because they directly benefit locals.