This is probably old stuff to most but I just discovered it. Books that cost $30-35 new (in this case, cookbooks at Amazon and local Barnes and Noble) cost about $4 used at Amazon.com. I was quite skeptical thinking at that price there must be something to be lost in quality,etc. I called the local library hoping to get some idea what they bought their books for. I didn't get an answer but I did find out from them that libraries often sell excess books that they get from contributions at good prices on Amazon.
I ordered a couple of books w/ the additional charge of $4 shipping/book
(shipping free if ordered new). They arrived within a week or so and they are in , to me, fine condition esp. for the price. In fact because they were in such good condition, one was returned by mistake to the library (we kept the other one in error and had to arrange an exchange). Amazon had a deal for $30 credit if you got their card, so net cost was zero (in fact still have $14 credit left).
I ordered a couple of books w/ the additional charge of $4 shipping/book
(shipping free if ordered new). They arrived within a week or so and they are in , to me, fine condition esp. for the price. In fact because they were in such good condition, one was returned by mistake to the library (we kept the other one in error and had to arrange an exchange). Amazon had a deal for $30 credit if you got their card, so net cost was zero (in fact still have $14 credit left).