I must say, apart from being one of Book Grocer’s happiest clients, I am now one of its happiest sellers. I could not think of a finer home for my mother-in-law’s book collection, and I hope her books will make their way to a new generation of readers.
I was so happy to reach out [to sell my books]. The Book Grocer team was extremely easy to work with and made coordinating things very easy!
Thank you very much for your excellent service. Your guys who picked up my books were great. I needed someone who would take books in bulk. I will be recommending The Book Grocer and using them again in the near future.
Decluttering, clearing out or just tidying up? You can sell your books to Book Grocer.
Just email us at secondhand@bookgrocer.com to start the process.
*Please note - it can take up to 5 business days for us to reply to your email due to a large number of people interested in selling their books.*
Please include in the email:
- your postcode of residence
- an estimate of the approximate number of books.
- photographs of all the books you are selling (spine out is fine).
Providing photographs of all your books you are selling with the approximate number of books in your first e-mail will allow us to give you an accurate and quick quote.
What we will pay for - here are a few points that may help:
- small book collections as well as larger libraries and deceased estates.
- fiction and non-fiction in most categories
- good to excellent condition (ie no sun damage, creased/cracked spines, markings on pages)
- ideally more than 200 books in the collection you wish to sell (although we can consider smaller collections)
- we cannot take textbooks, newspapers, periodicals, magazines, phone books, almanacs or children's books
Getting the books to us: At present we are most likely to be able to make you an offer for your books if you are able to drop the books at our warehouse in Tullamarine.
If you live in metropolitan Melbourne and have a larger collection we may also be able to collect your books by arrangement. We may also be able to pack up the books for you.
Your used books can also be dropped at any Book Grocer store but this must be once we have made an arrangement - so please send us an email first. (You can check our opening hours here.) Please note that we will not offer on-the-spot payment for books that are dropped off without making prior arrangements.
Wondering how to pack your books up to keep them from being damaged in transit?Check out our handy video below.
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