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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2331167" data-attributes="member: 15651">I have a feeling that the issue with used books is not as much that you can sell your personal books to someone else, I think the issue is the fact that there are used book stores and people who make a living off of selling used books.  Of course I don't see whay this is any different than a person who sells used furniture.  They don't compensate the furniture maker for reselling that, why should books be any different?[edit] Well, I guess I took too long to submit this post...Stackpole has a good point, and it is something I usually do.  Used book stores are very hit or miss, and you often have to wait a while to get a copy of a particular book.  Of course if a book doesn't sell well in the first place, there will be very few copies available in used book stores.</blockquote>