Trying to Sell Books to ThriftBooks

Trying to Sell Books to ThriftBooks March 19, 2026 Just had my first adventure in trying to sell some books to ThriftBooks.If you have a ThriftBooks account, there is a "Sell Your Books" tab to select and you will see a place to enter ISBN numbers, separated by a comma or a space. I entered 11 ISBN numbers and they said they already had enough of those books, but it was a good exercise. I found out a few interesting details: 1. You don't write "ISBN," just the numbers. 2. You don't write the dashes in between the numbers. 3. The minimum you can sell them is $7.00 worth. 4. You can be paid with PayPal or store credit (my preference). 5. You can't copy ISBN numbers from the Internet. You have to write them down and type them manually. It was slightly disappointing that they didn't want to buy any of the books, but now that just means I can give them to the library or I can give them to God's Storehouse, one of our top- rated thrift stores. It's tempting to go grab 11 more, but the truth is I am not sure I want to part with that many more at the present time. I entered "The Joy of Cooking," out of curiosity, in a way. I don't think I'll part with that one right now, even though I haven't used it for years...I have now entered 15 in all. It's becoming kind of a challenge to see if I have any books that they will buy. After entering 15 books, the 16th, “War to the Knive: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861,” by Thomas Goodrich, they'll give me $2.05. I paid $15 for it at the antique store in Brookwood Shopping Center many years ago. My favorite kids books are "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, "Love You Forever," by Robert Munsch, "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams, and "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper. I have a Dolly Parton Imagination Library copy of the latter that is exactly like the one my parents read to me. What a great story that is. But I don't have kids or grandkids to read them to. I might as well give them to the library. So, I have a box of 14 books to give to the library, all but three of them are children's books. I got a handful of "Magic Treehouse" books in there, and at 11:00 p.m., I don't think I'm going to hit the $7.00 minimum. I still lack $4.95. Keeping the cookbook and keeping the one they'll buy for $2.05 for now. It is also still impossible for me to part with books that have my dad's signature in them, ones he's signed for me and written in or ones I've written in for him or my mom. That's tough. Still have several old law books to figure out what to do with. So, that was a lot of work for nothing. But I don't mind. At least I put a dent in my pile of books, hardly noticeable, but better than nothing. Kind of fun, actually.