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Washtenaw County, Michigan
Sell your books in Ypsilanti
Before you give your books away, let us look. We pay cash for books in Ypsilanti, pick them up for free, and take nearly everything except magazines.
Free pickup services take your books for nothing. We pay you for them, and the pickup is still free.
Ypsilanti has been a teachers’ town since 1849, when Michigan State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, opened to train them. Generations of educators, professors and students have filled its houses with books, from the old homes around Depot Town to the neighborhoods by campus.
That shows up on the shelves: education and children’s literature, textbooks and teaching guides, university press titles, and a lot of local history. We look at every book, including the old school readers and the pamphlets, because they’re easy to throw out and sometimes worth keeping.
What we look for in Ypsilanti libraries
- Older children’s books and school readers, especially with dust jackets
- University press titles and scholarly sets
- Ypsilanti and Washtenaw County history, maps and photographs
- Signed or inscribed copies from authors who taught or visited locally
How it works
- Send a few photos through the offer form, or just tell us roughly how many books you have.
- We reply the same day with a free value check and, if it fits, a time to come out.
- We look through everything and make a cash offer, explained book by book if you like.
- We pack and haul it all, for free.
Selling a whole estate? See estate book collections. Want a written valuation instead? See book appraisals.
Questions from Ypsilanti
Do you buy textbooks in Ypsilanti?
Yes. We take nearly everything except magazines, textbooks included. Recent editions can have resale value; very old editions usually don’t, and we’ll tell you honestly which is which.
Do you pay for books in Ypsilanti?
Yes. We pay cash for books in Ypsilanti, from a few boxes to a whole private library, and pickup is free. Before you give your books away, let us look.
Can you tell me what my books are worth first?
Yes, and it’s free. Send a few photos (wide shots of the shelves, plus title pages and any signatures) and we’ll answer the same day. Photos sent after 6 PM get an answer the next morning.
Is there a minimum?
Ypsilanti is more than 15 minutes from our office, so we ask for five boxes or more for a free pickup. Smaller amounts with something special in them are worth asking about.