I can’t figure out how Amazon makes any money at all. I read an article that said Amazon lost tons more money in 2012 than they made!! Regardless, I am an author (just novice, self-published), but I would not think ANYTHING of someone receiving my books as gifts then reselling them. I think it’s fine and anything in your possession is yours and you can do whatever you want with it, by law and by life.

thx for posting this as I have been trying to sell on amazon and it’s taking me forever to get customers. I think I’ll stick around this blog a while.

Actually I used to list them on paperbackswap.com, but someone who used to select my books once emailed me and said that people search that site for books to sell. They list books that no one will buy, but request books that still have a decent resale value. I figured if someone was going to make a profit off of them it might as well be me.

Your industry must be suffering though. Amazon prices seem to be dropping significantly.

I hope it proves useful. Let me know how it works out for you!

As someone who works in publishing, though, I’m sad to hear that you are selling books that are sent to you for free. My policy on books I get for free is to pass them on for free – I don’t make a profit on them.